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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.

Gender
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Robbing widows of their land

In Uganda, women work in agriculture, but few own the land they till

Aquaculture
Angela Escosteguy

A trend towards ­organic fish

Organically farmed fish and other marine animals are becoming increasingly popular in Brazil

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 27 June to 3 July

Meat production
Barbara Unmüssig
Christine Chemnitz

When table and trough compete

Meat production can meet rising global demand in the long term – but only at excessive environmental and social costs

Livestock production
Paul Nyambe

Profitable goats

Zamgoat is working on improving farmer’s opportunities in Zambia

UN
Rebecca Renz

Hunger in numbers

UN argues that MDG 1 showed fighting hunger can succeed

Relevant reading
Hans-Jochen Luhmann

Economics beats politics

Relevant reading – who and what could drive climate protection forward

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 20 June to 26 June

Paramedics
Genene Regassa
Esmael Tessema
Nicoletta Buono
Cornelia Heine

From the community,  for the community

Why community-based animal-health workers are indispensable, not only in Ethiopia

Paramedics
Genene Regassa
Esmael Tessema
Nicoletta Buono
Cornelia Heine

Innovative voucher scheme

Enabling poor herders to pay community-based animal-health workers in Ethiopia

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
Why you might find our newsletter useful
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.

Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance

Sustainability

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

Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance