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Editorial staff

Advisory council

Boris Büchler (GIZ)
Dr. Reinhard Grandke (DLG)
Martin Koppa (HELVETAS)
Jürgen Maier (Forum on Environment and Development)
Ueli Mauderli (SDC)

Editorial committee

Dr. Michael Brüntrup (DIE)
Dr. Manfred Denich (ZEF)
Dorothea Hohengarten (GIZ)
Karl-Martin Lüth (DLG)
Prof. Dr. Matin Qaim (University of Göttingen)
Dr. Detlef Virchow (Plan International Germany)

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Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung
Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Forum on Environment and Development
Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Translated by

Michael Gardner
Christopher Hay
Joan Tazir

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Rural 21 replaces since 2008 the journal entwicklung & ländlicher raum (1976- 2007).