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Plant breeding

The Right to Food and EU seed marketing legislation

The voting in the European Parliament in April on the new EU seed market legislation will have an impact whether the legislation can be considered as a positive contribution to the 20th anniversary of the voluntary…

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Education

Cotton of the future – using VR glasses as a training tool

VR glasses are hardly a conventional tool in agriculture. For the last three years, they have been used in rural areas of Burkina Faso and Cameroon as a training tool for sustainable cotton cultivation. The benefits of…

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Conflict

Sudan's crisis – a humanitarian disaster overlooked by the global community

Since April 2023, fighting in Sudan has caused an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. According to the UN, 24.8 million people will need humanitarian aid in 2024. With the massive influx of Sudanese refugees into Chad,…

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Agribusiness

DLG: Agritechnica exhibition expands reach in growing Asian markets

The German Agricultural Society (DLG) is strengthening its exhibition offering in Asia to meet greater demand and new requirements of agricultural professionals in the region for know-how in plant cultivation, technology…

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Gender

Bangladesh – quick solutions instead of long trips

In rural Bangladesh, people have to walk a long way to get to the nearest outpatient facility or vegetable market. Women entrepreneurs are closing this gap – with apps, teleconsultations and knowledge for the rural…

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Water

Avoiding water conflicts – cross border cooperation of river basins

Globally water is becoming scarcer. Demand is increasing. Cross-border cooperation of river basins, be it in Africa or Asia, are elementary to avoid conflicts. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit…

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Soils

How organic fertiliser improves the soil and protects the climate

The global project ProSoil of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit supports new methods to produce organic fertiliser and new approaches in switching to better and more sustainable cultivating…

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One Health

Swiss-Ethiopian research partnership for preventing zoonotic diseases

Researchers at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) work closely with partners at Jigjiga University in the Somali Region. Their common goal is to improve health service delivery for pastoral and…

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Food security

Berlin conference of agriculture ministers at the GFFA sends a strong signal for the right to food

Members of Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung, Germany’s NGO forum on environment and development, again provided input for the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) in Berlin in January 2024. A panel of experts…

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Gender

Promoting gender transformative approaches within rural youth employment

“How to”.. is a new paper series for rural youth employment developed by the Global Project Rural Employment with focus on youth of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). Each How to Paper…

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