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Gender

From the business idea to what is, in the best case, a thriving enterprise, there is often a long way to go – and the going can be tough. This still applies in particular for women. Ysabel Calderón, founder and CEO of…

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Food systems

Whereas attendance is growing with each new international climate event, this has hardly contributed to more being done to combat climate change. Our author argues that instead of spending millions on raising false…

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Climate change

Starting today, the June UN Climate Meetings will take place over the next ten days in Bonn, Germany. Our author calls for the underlying process to be reformed.

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Indigenous people

“No indigenous land will be demarcated in my government,” declared Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro at the beginning of his period in office, opening the door for illegal mining and land invasions, with…

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Indigenous people

Combining scholarly insights with on-the-ground practical research and original fieldwork, our author intends to highlight voices that have so far been marginalised or silenced to preserve existing power structures.

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The social business Saving Grains was founded in 2019 in order to improve the livelihoods of small farmers in Africa. Its aim is to establish a fully hermetic grain value chain from the farmer to the food industry.…

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Per capita growth had slowed down in Africa years before the Covid crisis and the war in Ukraine. Also, the number of people going hungry has been on the rise again for some years. These and other factors have to be…

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Climate change

In just a few days, the UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP28) starts in Dubai. A reason for hope? Our author doubts it.

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For many years, Brazil’s National Council for Food and Nutrition Security (CONSEA) has been campaigning for alleviating hunger and poverty as well as for the right to food – with success. Its President Elisabetta Recine…

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Food systems

Looking back on developments since the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, our author maintains that relevant major organisations at international level are unsuited to address food systems transformation. Rather, Dhanush…

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