Livestock

In many African and Asian countries, traditional systems of transhumance are viewed as backward, and partly, the governments pursue very strict sedentarisation policies. Describing the example of Benin, our authors…

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Livestock

Diversifying our protein supply to include plant-based foods and cultivated meat can be a game-changer for climate mitigation and climate adaptation, especially in the countries of the Global South. However, a great deal…

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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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In the coming years, the demand for aquatic food is set to further rise. It is all the more important to minimise the huge losses incurred along the value chain. But to achieve this, they first of all have to be…

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Rural development

Kampot pepper is regarded as the “champagne” among pepper varieties and is held in high esteem by the world’s gourmets and chefs. It is grown in accordance with stringent quality requirements in the Cambodian province of…

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Agroecology

Agroecological food system transformation has been identified as one solution to repair the broken global food system. However, in-depth evidence of the agroecological status, based on the ten elements of agroecology,…

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Soils

Addressing soil health is recognised as a key strategy to improve fertiliser efficiency, and this is particularly important in Africa, where fertiliser is a scarce resource. Our authors have established the potential…

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Women

In addition to gender-insensitive laws and limited access to land, the situation of women farmers in Nigeria is not helped by the drudgery and physical demands of rural farming and having to combine this with caring for…

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Indigenous people

Despite the pledge by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to “leave no-one behind”, even today, a disproportionately high number of indigenous people live in poverty. One of the reasons for this is their limited…

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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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