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Gender equality

How a transgender tobacco farmer in Zimbabwe is fighting for dignity

In a country where queer people face exclusion, formal agriculture offers rare stability. Yet significant risks remain.

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by Lungelo Ndhlovu

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Worms thrive in humus-rich soils.

Ecosystems

Why farms should opt for multiple benefit strategies

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by Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert
Health care in the USA is expensive, but not necessarily efficient: doctor in the new operating room of a hospital in Chicago.

GDP statistics

How GDP statistics are misleading

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by Praveen Jha
Too much meat, too much plastics, too much consumption: food items in European supermarket.

Economics

Growth, green growth or degrowth?

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by Praveen Jha

Development in culture

Overview culture special

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by D+C / E+Z
Teff is a neglected species even though it is a staple food in Ethiopia: harvest in the Amhara region in 2023.

Plant-genetic resources

Many crops are neglected in spite of being vitally important

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by Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau
by Stefan Schmitz
Eva-Maria Verfürth and Hans Dembowski.

On our own behalf

Our editor-in-chief says goodbye

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by Hans Dembowski

Cultural heritage

Kuomboka festival: Zambia’s cultural jewel boosts tourism and trade

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by Derrick Silimina
“Lots of low wages can make a big difference”: garment production in Bangladesh.

Poverty alleviation

Additional jobs mean additional incomes

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by Stefan Dercon
by Hans Dembowski
Procession on the way back from a tree planting campaign in the Mantogera church forest near Addis Zemen, Amhara region, 2019.

Religion and sustainability

The sacred forests of Ethiopia

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by Christoph Schneider-Yattara
by Peter M. Borchardt
Kenian farmer: as women do most agricultural work in Africa, they would probably have the best investment ideas, but typically lack access to credit.

Rural development

Africa must move on from subsistence farming

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by Nyasha J. Kavhiza