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EU Council presidency
Gerd Müller

Investing in the future

Gerd Müller, Germany's federal minister for economic cooperation and development, wants the EU to adopt a new Africa policy

Neglected and underutilised species
Silke Stöber

Important for a sustainable diet

Malnutrition would decline if people ate a greater variety of plants

Regional integration
Ciarán Ó Maoláin

Irish peace at risk

It is not obvious that Irish peace can survive the UK’s exit from the EU

Mediterranean Sea
Moutaz Ali
Walid Ali

Defining relationship

Why Libyans have mixed feelings about the EU

Regional integration
Felix Haas

Borderline prosperity

Flourishing border trade is offering new opportunities in Mae Sot, Thailand, and Myawaddy, Myanmar

Global environment
Saleemul Huq
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“Swimming against the tide”

Bangladeshi scholar Saleemul Huq assesses the role of the EU in international climate talks

Organic farming
Vijay Kumar Thallam
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Four wheels of Zero Budget Natural Farming

Why the government of Andhra Pradesh, a South Indian state, is promoting organic farming

KfW
Stefan Oswald

Paradigm shift: focus on investments in Africa

With the initiative “Compact with Africa”, BMZ aims to support Africa's economic potential

Agrarian reform
Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert

Agriculture without emissions

Political will is the most important driver of climate-neutral agriculture

Crops
Lucien Silga

Traditional seeds are under threat

Industrial and genetically modified seeds are on the rise in Burkina Faso

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Poverty Reduction

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Gender Equality

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya

Governance

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

Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire

Sustainability

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

Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire