Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Why some Indian farmers are backing away from rice cultivation

In West Bengal, the green revolution made high-yielding rice cultivation attractive. Four decades later, the associated environmental problems have increased – and the climate crisis is further compounding them.

Fundamentalist ideologies

Competing Islamisms

Ideological differences contribute to current tensions between Qatar and Saudi Arabia

Land grabbing

Mafia-like networks

Land grabbing will not stop as long as officials are users and investors themselves

Land grabbing

Commercialisation is destroying community rules

Land conflicts are escalating in Chad, with farmers suffering most

Letter to the editor

Marshall Plan with Africa must succeed

African SMEs need better financial services and more competent vocational training, and Germany can help

Land policy

How to ease tensions in Sierra Leone

In Sierra Leone, too many farmers have lost their fields as a consequence of large-scale international investments

World Health Organization

Funding for clean water

New UN report assesses how to finance SDG of universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene

Land rights

Disadvantaged traditional occupants

Secure land rights are a key factor for sustainable rural development

G20

Education for catching up

Better education and more investments must pave the way to African development

Colonial legacy

No land in sight

Despite independence since 1990, land ownership remains unfairly distributed in Namibia

Rural development

Tangible goals

Berlin Charter provides G20 with advice concerning rural development

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.