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With a marine offensive against environmental pollution, the German Federal Government seeks to promote the conservation of marine biodiversity and take steps to counter a further littering of the seas. This was…

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The Swiss agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is launching a new development research programme with a long-standing partner, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). The programme supports high-level…

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One of the expert panels at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) dealt with the topic: ‘Beyond policy change: using the VGGT to secure tenure rights for farmers’ and revolved around the question of how…

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Global food production depends 90 per cent on soil. World-wide, however, intensive agriculture and climate change are putting pressure on the ecosystem. This topic was at the centre of this year’s Global Forum for Food…

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In many countries in the Global South, malnutrition is a cross-cutting issue with economic, societal and environmental impacts. Via an SDC-funded project carried out by IFOAM – Organics International, hundreds of…

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In 2018, the United Nations adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP). A coalition of Swiss NGOs are working for UNDROP’s implementation in and by Switzerland.…

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In most of Sub-Saharan Africa, agricultural extension models have become more complex and rely on effective farmer-to-farmer learning, while increasingly including non-traditional forms of education. In cooperation with…

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A study conducted by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the German University of Hohenheim under the global project Fund for Agricultural Policy Advice and Innovation, identified the main…

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The German KfW Development Bank is contributing 400 million euros to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to improve food security in developing countries, not least with regard to the impact of the…

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After a two-year break, two AgroTech trade fairs have returned. The 2nd AgroTech Ethiopia took place in the country’s capital of Addis Ababa in mid-October. And already for the third time, AgroTech Nigeria came to Lagos,…

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