Land governance

Secure land rights are crucial to sustainable development, gender equality, conflict mitigation and climate resilience. National survey programmes have played a key role in monitoring progress towards such outcomes.…

Education

Agricultural higher education aims to make young professionals fit for the challenges they face in occupational life. But does it do justice to this mission? An interdisciplinary team of young professionals from Kenya,…

Education

Women play a crucial role in agricultural production and food security world-wide – and hence also for the transformation of our food systems. However, when it comes to executive posts in the sector, they continue to be…

Education

In recent years, debates about the need to decolonise education have moved from academic circles into the heart of development practice. This article explores the Centre for Rural Development's didactic strategies as a…

Agroecology

Food and nutrition security in Africa is undergoing a fundamental policy shift away from input subsidies and towards soil health and socio-ecological resilience. Our author gives an account of recent developments.

Bioeconomy

With rising numbers of people lacking food, worsening climate conditions and the loss of biodiversity, to name just a few issues, the bioeconomy is facing increasing challenges. Our authors call for a turnaround in…

Bioeconomy

This report explores data on the state, potentials and risks of the country’s national bioeconomy development. It addresses both the sustainability impacts and innovation dynamics of the bioeconomy transformation and…

Bioeconomy

A report compiled at the request of the G20 Initiative on Bioeconomy (GIB) looks at financing approaches for the activities and sectors the bioeconomy engages in. The Nature Intensive Bioeconomy, one of the three basic…

Bioeconomy

Inclusive economic growth and job creation – these are the overarching goals which the East African Community has been pursuing with its Bioeconomy Strategy, published in 2022. The regional science network BioInnovate…

Bioeconomy

Over the past decade, bioeconomy strategies, investments and policies have expanded rapidly world-wide. High-income and emerging economies – and, increasingly, low-income countries – are embracing bioeconomy-driven…