An international consortium led by researchers at ETH Zurich investigated the cascading impacts after two consecutive hurricanes on smallholder banana farmers in the Dominican Republic.
The dependency of our food system on fossil fuel-based fertilizers led to a devastating impact on the environment, while 85 to 95% of fertilizers applied to the soil are lost.
This new CDE project aims at collectively engaging local stakeholders in the development of a sustainably managed landcape in the Sambirano Valley of Madagascar.