How do rising food prices, falling crop prices, droughts and floods affect food security when they hit rural households together? At Tropentag 2026, Shamsurrahman Hamdard presented new research on how economic and environmental shocks shape food security and resilience among rural households in Afghanistan.
PRIMA, the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area, is a 10-year initiative (2018-28), funded by the EU and 20 member countries to create collaborative solutions to water management, farming systems and food
Serena Ferrari, a socio-economist at CIRAD (Agriculture Research for Sustainable Development) and a PhD from the Université libre de Bruxelles based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, offered insights into how pastoralist farmers play a crucial role
Recent years have seen Africa simultaneously grapple with a growing population and a decline in soil health that threatens the continet’s food supply. Soil plays a crucial role in safeguarding a sustainble food supply to
In conference halls, paradigms compete. In the fields, farmers blend whatever works.
Imagine being a farmer who wants to do things differently—grow more diverse crops, care for the soil, reduce chemical use. You can already see the benefits. Your neighbours agree. Yet without access to credit, without
The hard questions for agriculture are inseparable from the hard questions facing society.
In Nairobi’s informal settlements, teenagers know healthy eating matters—but poverty and limited food choices keep balanced diets out of reach. At Tropentag 2025, Chiara Masser from Justus Liebig University Giessen presented striking new evidence on
Bridging Equity and Sustainability in Agricultural Water Management: Lessons from Africa and Germany
As climate change reshapes rainfall and intensifies competition for water, farmers face a dilemma: how can irrigation secure both survival and sustainability? This dilemma took center stage at the Tropentag 2025 pre-conference workshop on “Reconciling
Cleaner skies are on the horizon, but unless we prepare, they could also bring tougher times for farmers.
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