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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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9/2024

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Harmful practices
Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert

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.

Horn of Africa
Christoph Schneider-Yattara

Why food security needs both peacebuilding and livelihood development

The countries in the Horn of Africa face multiple challenges in terms of food security. An example from Ethiopia emphasises that peacebuilding and the promotion of livelihoods must go hand in hand in order to overcome them.

Crop management
Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert

The problems with Glyphosate

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

Poverty Reduction

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

Rethink conditions for lending to African countries
Better development financing for Africa
Burundi’s struggling tourism: Parks and reserves under threat
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa

Gender Equality

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

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
Why you might find our newsletter useful
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.

Rethink conditions for lending to African countries
Better development financing for Africa
Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa

Sustainability

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

Rethink conditions for lending to African countries
Better development financing for Africa
Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa