Scientific World

Agroecology

Agroecology embraces a collection of different disciplinary fields, ranging from agriculture and ecology to political theory. A stronger recognition of agroecology in agricultural research, which often has a strong…

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Nutrition

The potential of so-called underutilised crops for human nutrition and as a source of income for poor farmers in the Global South was discussed at the Elsevier International Conference on Global Food Security in Cape…

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Youth

Child labour continues to be a major global development issue, mainly in developing countries where family-farm agriculture employs the majority of the labour force. A tracking study from rural Ethiopia looks at the…

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Climate change

A study by climate researchers at Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) shows that the impacts of land use change on carbon dioxide emissions is higher than assumed. In climate protection reforestation should…

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Organic farming

In a long-term project in Kenya, the Swiss-based Research Institute of Organic Agriculture has examined the potential of organic and conventional agriculture regarding soil fertility, the occurrence of pests and…

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