For her many years of work on African indigenous vegetables, Kenyan horticulturist Mary Abukutsa’s was recently awarded 2025 Africa Food Prize. In an interview with University World News, she gives an account of a wide…
The democratic liberal countries are cutting funding for their development cooperation. Who is going to bridge this gap? Four approaches could mitigate the decline in support. However, they are either not very realistic…
The impact of climate change is growing by the minute and urgent action is needed to put knowledge into the hands of the world’s smallholder farmers. The measures which CABI is taking in this respect are described here…
Progress in combating desertification has been dealt a blow, with UNCCD negotiating parties failing to reach an agreement last December. Our author stresses the importance of addressing the issue of desertification and…
Embedded in the CAADP framework, and adopted in 2014, the Malabo Agenda was intended to contribute to implementing agriculture-led development on the continent that eliminates hunger, reduces poverty and food insecurity,…
After two weeks of United Nations COP 29 with an almost routine extension day to reach some sort of agreement, most of the participants have gone home disillusioned, among them our author. He would like to see somebody…
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…
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…
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.
“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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