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Solar energy even on cloudy days.

Good News

Solar energy despite clouds, and days off during menstruation

The two pieces of good news this month are about harnessing solar energy even on cloudy days and additional two paid days off for female employees experiencing menstrual pain.

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Teff is a neglected species even though it is a staple food in Ethiopia: harvest in the Amhara region in 2023.

Plant-genetic resources

Many crops are neglected in spite of being vitally important

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by Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau
by Stefan Schmitz
Eva-Maria Verfürth and Hans Dembowski.

On our own behalf

Our editor-in-chief says goodbye

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by Hans Dembowski

Cultural heritage

Kuomboka festival: Zambia’s cultural jewel boosts tourism and trade

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by Derrick Silimina
“Over-the-Counter” by Taabu E Munyoki, part of the consumption-critical exhibition MORE IS MORE in Nairobi, Kibera Arts District.

Our view

The era of hubristic capitalism

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by Hans Dembowski
Africa must produce green technologies itself instead of relying on imports: solar panels in Lagos.

Growth models

Why Africa needs a strong green growth

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by Chukwumerije Okereke
by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Procession on the way back from a tree planting campaign in the Mantogera church forest near Addis Zemen, Amhara region, 2019.

Religion and sustainability

The sacred forests of Ethiopia

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by Christoph Schneider-Yattara
by Peter M. Borchardt
Kenian farmer: as women do most agricultural work in Africa, they would probably have the best investment ideas, but typically lack access to credit.

Rural development

Africa must move on from subsistence farming

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by Nyasha J. Kavhiza
Church development cooperation is not necessarily about praying: farmers at a coffee field school in Indonesia sharing a meal.

Church development cooperation

Hope is a resource

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by Dagmar Pruin
by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

Hunger crisis

Zimbabwe’s malnutrition crisis worsens under El Niño drought

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by Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo