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Development and cooperation

D + C

Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

E + Z

Sustainability

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

Stella Tushabe

Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda

Marie Rosine Ntabomvura, a mother of three, in Kigali, defies gender stereotypes that prescribe roles and abilities based on gender. When she turns the wheel of the humongous 60-seater town-bound bus, nothing about her skill suggests that she is intimidated by...

Agriculture
Gerd Müller

Promoting structural change

Innovation and knowledge management are the driving forces behind successful small-scale agriculture in developing countries.

Editorial
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

More knowledge, more innovation

Sabine Balk: Farms must become more productive to feed all of humankind in the long run

Infrastructure
Matthias von Bechtolsheim
Eva Terberger

A brief history of irrigation

Evaluation of irrigation projects

Rural development
Raphael Mweninguwe

Ineffective subsidies

Malawi’s subsidies for farms are only affordable with donor support, but that is not what is needed to boost agriculture long term

South Asia
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Huge challenges

As the limits of the Green Revolution are becoming ever more obvious, Indian agriculture faces huge challenges

Food
Philippe Bacac

Food safety “from farm to fork”

What Metro's suppliers and customers are taught in Vietnam to ensure food safety

Review essay
Ingo Melchers
Heike Hoeffler
Ellen Funch

Nuanced assessment

Relevant publications on commercial agriculture

Urban environment
Mohit Ray

Old mirrors

Ponds belong to Kolkata’s heritage and must be protected to the benefit of future generations

Rule of law
Kai Hauerstein

Assess new legislation early on

Before passing new laws, policymakers should assess their impact

Print edition

Contents May issue

D+C/E+Z: Contents page of May's print edition with links to all contributions

Poverty Reduction

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

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Lessons of failure
The problems with Glyphosate
Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing
More financial support for college students

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.

Risking collapse
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Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system

Sustainability

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

Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system