Ernährung
Tradition

Communal meals unite rich and poor

The custom of “mahwauro”, a practice of serving meals on fresh banana leaves, is a reminder of the possibility of an equal society in Zimbabwe

Overview fiscal space

Governments’ budget constraints are too tight

To rise to the challenges of the current polycrisis, governments need more fiscal space

Overview global food security

How to end world hunger

Overview: This is what needs to happen to ensure global food security and achieve SDG2

Ecosystems

A future for the Pantanal

Traditional communities protect biodiversity of world’s largest inland wetland in Brazil

Extreme weather

Climate impacts compound Pakistan’s pre-existing problems

Why this summer’s floods will reduce food security in Pakistan in the long run

Approaches

Industrial agriculture has failed

The solution to the present food price and hunger crisis is to transition food production to agroecological concepts suited to the location

Food prices

Number of starving people worldwide is again on the rise

Rocketing food prices are only partly due to shortages; food speculation and energy prices are key drivers

Fighting poverty

Social protection improves food security

Why social safety nets are key to fighting hunger and poverty in the global south

Farming

Expensive input

Ghanaian farmers can’t afford fertiliser anymore

Farming

What agriculture-policy reforms must deliver

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

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