Larson Didier is a farmer and father of three living in Migioko in the heart of Madagascar’s Sambirano Valley, a world-renowned growing region for cocoa. He begins each day with a major concern: how to preserve his cocoa farming business in the face of growing climate challenges ...

Qualifications: A relevant Master’s degree in agriculture, geography, environmental sciences or related fields; ideally complemented by a postgraduate degree in development studies.

The social insurance programme TASAF aims to bring people – particularly women – together for their economic empowerment. In Dar es Salaam two groups of women have bundled their energy and created sustainable small businesses.

Förderung der erneuerbaren Energien, der Energie- und Ressourceneffizienz in Entwicklungs- und Transitionsländern
 

The EU is set to ban imports of certain raw materials and processed goods if their production is linked to deforestation. But what does this mean for hundreds of thousands of smallholder farmers and for producer countries?