Digital monthly

11/2023

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Global food supply

12.11.2023

There is enough for everyone

Almost 800 million people still suffer from chronic hunger. One widespread assumption is that when people go hungry, there is not enough to eat. But it is not that simple

Biodiversity

Stefan Schmitz

31.10.2023

Seed banks preserve diversity

In order to ensure global food security, it is important to stop the loss of crop diversity. Seed banks play a central role

Land-use conflicts undermine food security in Nigeria

Climate crisis and population growth increase pressure on arable land in West Africa

Poverty Reduction

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

Hope is a resource

Zimbabwe’s malnutrition crisis worsens under El Niño drought

Rethink conditions for lending to African countries

Better development financing for Africa

Burundi’s struggling tourism: Parks and reserves under threat

Gender Equality

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

Hope is a resource

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women

Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem

Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment

A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition

Governance

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

Annexation as a political goal

Living between hope and helplessness

Fundamentally different fundamentalists

How indigenous spirituality matters

Soviet-era borders cause trouble today

Sustainability

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