Sustainability

Sexual abuse

Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi

In Malawi, female fish traders face a troubling practice known as ”sex for fish,” where they are solicited for sex in exchange for fish supply.

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Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

What purposes our Digital Monthly serves, and how it differs from the print issue

D+C/E+Z

Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

What purposes our Digital Monthly serves, and how it differs from the print issue

Environmental health

Why some Indian farmers are backing away from rice cultivation

Four decades after the green revolution, the associated environmental problems are becoming increasingly obvious.

Gender equality

Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda

Marie Rosine Ntabomvura challenges traditional gender roles in Rwanda by becoming a bus driver. Her journey highlights progress in gender equality and the support needed to overcome societal expectations, inspiring other women to defy stereotypes.

Forest fires

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.

Crop management

The problems with Glyphosate

Glyphosate/Roundup is a prominent recent example of a pesticide causing controversy

Harmful practices

Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing

Herbicides, fungicides and insecticides cause serious environmental harm and put human health at risk – but they are not a foolproof way to boost production.

Nutrition

How sustainable agriculture benefits from moderate animal husbandry

Farmed animals have many advantages and have a role to play in sustainable global agriculture. However, there is an urgent need for a switch to livestock farming that does not compete with human food crop production.

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Kenya

Against the mass planting of eucalyptus trees

Kenyan legislators are seeking to ban the cultivation of eucalyptus along riparian lands, because the trees deplete the water, often resulting in the drying up of streams, aggravating the effects of climate change.

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