As part of the workshop “Towards Multifunctional Landscapes and Resilient Communities: The Process, Opportunities and Challenges”, Dr. James Reed shared his experience working with Integrated Landscape Approaches (ILAs) through the COLANDS (Collaborating to Operationalise Landscape Approaches and Nature,
A ten-minute role play at Tropentag exposed a problem that no confidence interval can address: whether the person answering your question feels safe enough to tell you the truth. Photo credit: Adesoji Adeyemi-Adejolu Room VG
Photo taken by Adesoji Adeyemi-Adejolu Picture yourself at the edge of a wet market in a Bangladeshi and India city as the evening approaches. Next to each other are stacks of bruised tomatoes, banana skins,
The role agroecology scientists, in the Global South, can play in supporting Peasant-led Action. Manuel Toleda-Hernandez (Agriscope) hosted a workshop session to introduce an analytical framework led by a group of agroecology scientists from LATAM.
Every autumn, large parts of northern India experience a familiar environmental problem: farmers burn crop residues after harvest, sending large amounts of smoke into the atmosphere. The consequences are visible in satellite images and pollution
Regenerative agriculture is often discussed in terms of healthier soils, stronger ecosystems, and more resilient farming systems. But there is another question that matters just as much: can regenerative agriculture actually help families eat better?
For the Batwa Indigenous communities of southwestern Uganda, the forest has traditionally and historically been much more than a place to live. It has been a source of food, medicine, culture, spirituality, and knowledge passed
The bell rang again after a year. On the afternoon of 16 September 2026, after a year of silence, the bell rang out through the packed hall at the University of Göttingen, marking the beginning
How local knowledge and adaptive practices are redefining conservation and livelihoods in one of the world’s most vital ecosystems. In the vibrant bustle of Tropentag 2025, one poster quietly pulled visitors in. Its muted greens
In conference halls, paradigms compete. In the fields, farmers blend whatever works.
