Not having access to clean drinking water is a common but extremely serious problem in the Ethiopian highlands. It forces local residents to take long walks and to consume polluted, unsafe water. A GIZ project demonstrates how innovative water filters contribute to healthier lives for thousands of people.
A case study from the Afar region in Ethiopia on digitization of land use, crop and forage productivity as well as its contribution to food security -- by ICRISAT.
Die deutsche Entwicklungspolitik hat sich zu einem menschenrechtsbasierten Ansatz verpflichtet. Frauenrechte und gleiche Chancen, Verantwortlichkeiten und Einflussmöglichkeiten der Geschlechter sind damit eigenständiges Ziel und handlungsleitendes Prinzip. Die Förderung von Gleichberechtigung stellt eine übergreifende Aufgabe und Qualitätsmerkmal aller Bereiche der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit dar.
Many farmers have very limited access to information, causing poor farming practice and low productivity in sub-Saharan Africa. This rice and cocoa value chain example demonstrates how mobile based ICT solutions can contribute to closing the knowledge gap.
Social protection tools are becoming a popular policy response. DIE and GIZ co-organised a panel to discuss evidence demonstrating that regular income transfers allow people to better meet their immediate basic consumption needs and enable them to save for hard times.
Aggregated results from 10 nutrition baseline surveys in Africa and Asia. This study is unique because of its geographic and cultural scale.
You might have heard about it already, SNRD Africa has established a new working group. Members of the sector network who directly or indirectly deal with Food Security, Nutrition and Resilience have formed an interdisciplinary collaboration of experts (…)
Maryan Dualle, who runs a fish project in Somalia, expresses her appreciation of the working group and being part of the 2017 gathering in Pretoria.
Resilience and food security are closely intertwined. Which products have to be chosen to improve the nutritional status - and therefore the overall resilience in countries? These were the main question working groups dealt with during the discussions in Pretoria.
