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Sustainability

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

Boro Baski
Boro Baski

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.

Livestock
Damilola Oyedele

Cattle in the cassava field

Desperate herders terrify Nigerian farmers

Disease control
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

No water, no hygiene

Trachoma is a blinding disease that thrives under conditions of poor sanitation and hygiene

Water and sanitation
Ibrahim Awol
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

“Every farmer must have an improved latrine”

Access to safe water is crucial for disease control

Official development assistance
Scott Morris
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

A matter of enlightened self-interest

US-President Donald Trump`s budget plans for 2018 are alarming: he wants to slash official development assistance

Water stress
Damilola Oyedele

The dwindling lake

Climate change in the Lake Chad region affects several countries negatively

Garment production
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Glimmers of hope

In Bangladesh´s garment industry there are entrepreneurs who are improving working condition for their staff

Farming
Belay Begashaw

Drought is the new normal

East Africa is now obviously a low-rainfall area, so the region must adapt to climage change

Political jargon
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A contentious term

“Marshall Plan” means different things to different people

International cooperation
Gerd Müller
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“Our success will depend on joint action”

Gerd Müller, Germany’s federal minister for economic cooperation and development, proposes launching a Marshall Plan with Africa

International cooperation
Frannie Leautier

Continent of opportunity

The African Development Bank considers the German proposal to launch a Marshall Plan a step in the right direction

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Why some Indian farmers are backing away from rice cultivation
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Lessons of failure
The problems with Glyphosate
Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda
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The hard lot of old people
Women, climate and chocolate
Justice for victims of rape

Governance

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

Success in Senegal and South Africa
Supporting local vaccine production in Africa
Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
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Sustainability

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

Success in Senegal and South Africa
Supporting local vaccine production in Africa
Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
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