This Wednesday the Federal Council presented the key figures for the 2025 budget. This includes a 1.4% cut in international cooperation (IC). Last year, in its dispatch on IC 25 - 28, it had planned…
Star anise is familiar to Western consumers as a component of mulled wine, various pastries and as a flavoring of spirits such as Pastis and Sambuca. It is far more widely used in Asian cuisine,…
Many good initiatives struggle with scaling and true empowerment. Meet three farmers and learn how Farmers’ Hubs in Kenya led to more empowerment, scaling and a source of inspiration.
CDE is launching a new study programme. This cutting-edge MSc seeks to train students to become sustainability specialists. Students will be equipped to critically analyse sustainability issues in…
Over the past few decades, increasingly intensive maize farming by smallholders in the uplands of northern Thailand has produced a maize boom that has fed the country’s livestock industry. Despite…
Soil-dwelling insect pests may cause considerable damage to crops worldwide, and their belowground lifestyle makes them hard to control. Amongst the most promising control agents for subterranean…
One of the core challenges to achieve land degradation neutrality (LDN) is to spatially identify, and strategically prioritise, the areas to implement actions to avoid, reduce and reverse land…