Rural development

08.05.2012

From technocratic to participatory planning? Water supply and sanitation services development in post-Soviet Moldova

The authors were part of an international team that entered uncharted territory by designing and implementing a participatory and integrated development planning approach in a post-Soviet country with a legacy of central planning...[more]

Development cooperation

15.03.2012

Rural Territorial Development – benefits from German experience?

Early in 2011, the Institute for Rural Development Research (IfLS) at the University of Frankfurt/Germany examined structural features of various regional development approaches. Can success factors be derived from its survey...[more]

Food security

08.03.2012

Strategies to feed the nine billion mouths

With the world population set to exceed the nine-billion mark by 2050 in the not too distant future, a range of measures are becoming necessary to address the problem of sufficient food for all. At the same time, ecological...[more]

Biodiversity

08.03.2012

Use it or lose it – Agrobiodiversity conservation in China

China is extremely rich in agricultural biological diversity, as many crop plants and domesticated animal breeds now found around the world originated from China. However, many of the traditional varieties and breeds have been...[more]

Empowerment

08.03.2012

Mutual support groups surge ahead

How small-scale farmers in Uganda are joining forces and stimulating rural development – an example from the diocese of Luweero.[more]

Renewable Energy

08.03.2012

First-class energy from second-hand turbines

In 2009 a refurbished turbine from Europe became Gambia’s first wind-power plant. Now two more are being connected to the electricity grid, underpinning the small country’s pioneering role in the face of considerable resistance...[more]

Tourism

08.02.2012

Mali tourism under terrorist threat

A visit to the West African Sahel country of Mali is like a journey into the past. Today, the clay architecture and cultures in Djenne, Mopti and Timbuktu still reflect most impressive artisanship as well as the prosperity of...[more]

Gender

18.01.2012

Rural women in Zambia: Light at the end of the tunnel?

With the support of international NGOs, Zambia’s government is making an effort to improve the conditions that rural women are living in. However, it is going to take a long time before the well-meant measures take effect – also...[more]

Water

18.01.2012

Drought in the Horn of Africa - Not a hopeless case

Every few years, you read the same headlines: People starving in the Horn of Africa! Worst drought for 60 years! Tens of thousands threatening to starve! And each time, there are calls for donations and accusations that...[more]

Development cooperation

16.01.2012

Inclusive business models – new prospects for smallholder market integration?

Direct co-operation between small farms and businesses is promising. Trade and processing industries hope for access to resources, while smallholders can dream of stable outlets as well as improved management and negotiating...[more]

COMING EVENTS

13-18 May 2012 - Dublin, Ireland

World Congress on Water, Climate and Energy

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14 -18 May 2012 – Rome, Italy

FAO Regional Conference for the Near East

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20-22 June 2012 - Halle (Saale), Germany

IAMO Forum 2012: "Land use in transition: Potentials and solutions between abandonment and land grabbing"

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20-22 June 2012 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - UNCSD

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25 - 29 June 2012, Nairobi, Kenya

IUFRO-FORNESSA Africa regional congress "Forests and Trees: Serving the People of Africa and the World"

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26 -28 June 2012 – London, United Kingdom

Agriculture Investment Summit

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8-12 July, 2012 -  Valencia, Spain

International Conference of Agricultural Engineering

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7-10 August 2012 – Bengaluru (Bangalore), India

Biodiversity Asia 2012: Science, Policy, and Governance

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20 - 22 August 2012, Bern, Switzerland

International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD 2012): Research for Global Transformation

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26-31 August 2012 – Stockholm, Sweden

World Water Week

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3-7 September 2012 – Hanoi, Viet Nam

2nd Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change

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9-11 September 2012 - Hyderabad, India

6th International Hybrid Rice Symposium 

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11-12 September 2012 – Dublin, Ireland

The World of Rural Co-operation: How rural co-operatives build a better world,

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12-13 September 2012, Villers-Saint-Christophe (Aisne), Frankreich

PotatoEurope

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12-14 September 2012 – Hamburg, Germany

The 2nd IFOAM Animal Husbandry Conference

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16-21 September 2012 – Busan, Korea

IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition

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19-21 September 2012 – Göttingen, Germany

Tropentag - Resilience of agricultural systems against crisis
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19-21 September 2012 - HangZhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Water Quality 2012: Protecting Our Water Resources – Issues for a Changing World

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22-27 October 2012 – Nairobi, Kenya

ISFM 2012:  Integrated soil fertility management in Africa: From microbes to markets

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29 October 2012 - 01 November 2012 –  Punta del Este, Uruguay

GCARD 2012 - Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development

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30 October - 2 November 2012 - Kigali, Rwanda

African Economic Conference 2012: "Fostering Inclusive and Sustainable Development in Africa in an Age of Global Economic Uncertainty"

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12-15 November 2012 – Sede Boqer Campus, Israel

4th international conference on Drylands, Deserts and Desertification (DDD)

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13 – 16 November 2012 – Hanover, Germany

EuroTier

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