Agriculture

For many smallholders living in remote districts in Nepal, it is difficult to access agricultural inputs and agronomic advice. Therefore, there have been numerous public and private interventions to change this state of…

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Biodiversity

A state forest department in Kerala, in south India, has now taken the novel step to shift wildlife crime documentation from manual to digital. The new system, Hostile Activity Watch Kernel (HAWK), is a secure portal…

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Biodiversity

Permanent crops are plants that can survive for years in a certain favourable environment and do not require as much care as temporary crops to bear fruits. These crops do not end their lives with the harvesting season,…

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Food security

The development of global food prices and their short-term volatility are viewed with concern, as price increases indicate shortages and can have a direct impact on countries' food security, which is a problem not only…

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Food security

Food prices are soaring across the world. The causes are a complex mix of global and national factors and are not only related to disruptions through the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war. Policy-makers and central…

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Food security

The Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) was launched in 2011 by the Group of Twenty (G20) to prevent turmoil in international food markets. Looking back at more than ten years of operation, has the system…

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Food security

High agricultural prices affect developed and developing countries alike, but the problem is aggravated for the latter through the lack of or inadequate resilience measures. Our authors explain what can be done to…

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Food security

The consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine have enabled many countries to open up new export markets for their agricultural goods. However, smallholder farms have been largely left out. Drawing on his experience…

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Food security

The world is currently experiencing a historic food crisis. High fertiliser prices are part of the problem. In addition to the necessary short-term aid measures, the crisis ought to be made use of to develop and…

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Food security

In their report “Food Barons 2022”, the ETC Group exposes how few corporations have come to control the industrial food chain over the last century and proposes recommendations for fighting their growing power and…

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