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Micro loans help rural women to start small businesses and to get more financially independent

With the decision to conclude new global treaties, UN members are rising to a daunting environmental challenge

Country in southern Africa needs a vigorous programme of land conservation and tree-planting to reverse the steady erosion of forests

Experts do not think there will be a middle class in Malawi soon

Why organic agriculture does not need synthetic pesticides

Agricultural biodiversity has been neglected far too long, for instance in Malawi

Residents of Malawi’s slums face dire conditions with little hope of improvement

Slow Food is a global grassroots organisation, which was founded in Italy in 1989

In Malawi, Slow Food campaigners are promoting the cultivation of traditional crops – and not only for health reasons

In Malawi, an army of volunteers across the country are busy sewing face masks from locally available materials such as cotton and pieces of fabric