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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Sustainability

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

Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa

Latin America is burning

Year after year, valuable ecosystems are destroyed by wildfires. This drives climate change and decimates biodiversity. Slash-and-burn agriculture is partly to blame.

Human rights
Sam Opio
Isabella Bauer

“LGBT people still tend to hide”

Though things have improved, LGBT people still face serious harassment in Uganda

Environmental protection
Ridwanul Hoque

Nice try

Why an important court ruling concerning Bangladesh’s natural environment did not set an internationally relevant precedent

Agribusiness
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Where gardens contribute to families' vital resources

A home-grown farming sector is taking root in Zambia’s mining regions

Markets
Sarah Schneider
Armin Paasch

Trade agreements as door-openers

Trade agreements secure lucrative markets for Big Food

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Stay alert - after sigh of relief due to Biden’s victory

New US administration will boost international cooperation, but may yet be obstructed by Republican-dominated Senate

Food industry
Armin Paasch
Sarah Schneider

Profit prioritised

Food manufacturers undermine healthy eating and promote malnutrition

Food insecurity
Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul

As in biblical times

East Africa is living with the looming threat of a second invasion of desert locusts

Covid-19 immunisation
Jörg Schaaber

Just crumbs for Africa?

The BUKO Pharma Campaign doubts that all countries will have the same access to Covid-19 vaccines

Nutrient deficiency
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Hunger without feeling hungry

Hidden hunger is a nutritional problem caused by a lack of vital vitamins, minerals and trace elements

Agricultural diversification
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Dethroning King Maize

Zambian government is reconsidering whether maize should remain country’s main staple food

Poverty Reduction

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

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

Gender Equality

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

The hard lot of old people
Women, climate and chocolate
Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?
How GIZ gets young people moving

Governance

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

The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system
Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds
Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue

Sustainability

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

The desert alliance
How to challenge a corrupt system
Gukurahundi: Zimbabwe’s lingering genocide wounds
Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue