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Shortly before ending his position as Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPR) Dr. Shenggen Fan talks about the reforms and new modes of operation needed to achieve global food security in the coming decade

 

Every year in October, the "Welthungerhilfe" aid organisation, with the Irish "Concern Worldwide" NGO, publishes the Global Hunger Index, a tool with which the hunger situation is recorded. What are the trends - and what needs to be done?

 

Green Innovation Centres are a key element of the work of the GIZ to support agricultural development in Africa and India: They spread knowledge, technology and sustainability. What are the experiences? And what are the innovations? A plea.

Farmers need a voice. And not just through farmer organisations, while important. Farmers are citizens, as well as economic producers, and they need opportunities to talk directly with their political and bureaucratic leaders at local and national level.



As a presentation of the 2017 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report on 12 October in Berlin revealed, hunger is distributed throughout the world unevenly.

Mebrat is 49, a widow, and a mother of two children. Through her openness to new ideas and the courage to invest, this small farmer has visibly improved the life of her family.

Munich students developed innovations for smallholder farms in Kameroon.

Germaine Badanaro is a nurse in northern Benin. She teaches women about the benefits of the nutritious Moringa tree and shows them how to grow and process it.

For as long as development policy has existed, it has had its critics. Welthungerhilfe is among those who scrutinize the government's development policy, conducting an annual review of goals and actual results. A report on German development policy.

Shoppers in Germany who want to know whether a product adheres to social and environmental standards at the production site will find answers on the consumer portal Siegelklarheit.de.

Only 15 percent of people in the world's poorest countries use the internet, compared to 81 percent in wealthier countries.

 In 2050, there are likely to be nine billion people who populate the planet. WWF agricultural expert Birgit Wilhelm explain, how we can manage to provide these people with food. 

Bianca Oebel is working for the Programm Ernährungssicherung und Resilienzstärkung (ProSAR) in the municipality of Tanguieta in northern Benin.

Worm compost is the next level of compost - a kind of super fertilizer. The Ethiopian small farmer, Haleka Gidey Hagos, explains why. 

Gunther Beger, department head at the BMZ, explains why the BMZ is expanding its commitment to the IGW and what each of us can do to contribute to a world without hunger.

Poultry farmer Modeste Dayato tells the story of how he formed his own company with help from the Green Innovation Centers.