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Contents June issue
D+C/E+Z
Viable farms
Editorial:
Sabine Balk:
Farms must become more productive to feed all of humankind in the long run
Monitor
Why online activists should protect themselves from repression | Better governance and stronger institutions can dispel the resource curse | Views diverge at this year’s Global Forum on Migration and Development | Nowadays: Long-term refugees from South Sudan | In brief | Social unrest ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil | Open Knowledge Festival to promote transparency in Berlin in July
Focus: Viable farms
Boro Baski:
Profound change in Indian Adivasi village
Gerd Müller:
Innovation and better knowledge can boost agriculture in developing countries
Interview with Philippe Bacac:
Wholesale giant Metro Vietnam must ensure food safety
Matthias von Bechtolsheim and Eva Terberger:
Lessons learned in KfW support for irrigation projects
Raphael Mweninguwe:
Malawi’s farm-input subsidies are popular, but questionable
Sebastián Artigas:
Uruguay legalises marihuana
Heike Höffler, Ellen Funch and Ingo Melchers:
Review essay: recent publications emphasise that there are different categories of smallholder farms
Tribune
Mohit Ray:
Why many ponds in Kolkata deserve protection
Kai Hauerstein:
Before new laws are passed, their probable impact should be assessed
Friedrich Kaufmann and Winfried Borowczak:
Cooperating with civil society from outside a country is not a trivial matter
Debate
Interview with Conrad Schetter on Afghanistan’s presidential elections | Letter | Comments on Narendra Modi’s election triumph in India, EU policies on asylum and migration, looming famine in South Sudan and the plight of women and girls in northern Nigeria