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At D+C/E+Z, we are proud of our international network of authors. It is particularly important to us to be a platform for voices from the global south. Some authors contribute on a regular basis, others don't. Here you can find information about the people behind the contributions.

Mathias Mogge

mathias.mogge@welthungerhilfe.de

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contributed to D+C/E+Z in 2024. He is the secretary-general of Welthungerhilfe, the Bonn-based German international non-government organisation which compiles the annual Global Hunger Index in cooperation with its Irish partner Concern Worldwide.  

All articles of Mathias Mogge

Rural development
Mathias Mogge
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Agricultural policies must take into account local voices

Because of the climate crisis, a rethink is needed in rural affairs, and it is indeed happening internationally

Farming
Mathias Mogge
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

What agriculture-policy reforms must deliver

Smallholder farmers are clever entrepreneurs who know exactly what they want and need

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Pressure on wildlife in Uganda

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.

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Living between hope and helplessness
Fundamentally different fundamentalists
How indigenous spirituality matters
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Sustainability

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

Annexation as a political goal
Living between hope and helplessness
Fundamentally different fundamentalists
How indigenous spirituality matters
Soviet-era borders cause trouble today