Green Cotton project in India - FiBL consultant explains how to prepare the flowers for crossing

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Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL
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Coffee enthusiasts and traders are buzzing about one of the world’s finest brews: a specialty coffee made from 100% Arabica beans, cultivated and hand-picked by small farmers, often promoted as “made by women.” This exceptional coffee hails from Rwanda. But what lies beneath this appealing narrative? A research team from CDE delved into this question in Nyamasheke, the heart of Rwandan coffee cultivation. They explored how agricultural structural changes have affected the local community, especially women. Read the full CDE storymap.

Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Wer agrarökologisch wirtschaften will, braucht einen langen Atem. In Kenia und Uganda setzen sich bereits dutzende passionierte Unternehmer:innen trotz der Herausforderungen des Marktes für eine nachhaltige Wirtschaft ein. Biovision bietet zusammen mit der Partnerorganisation Shona Unterstützung und hilft beim Wissensaufbau, der Vernetzung und dem Zugang zu Kapital. Lesen Sie wie zwei Unternehmer:innen über das Neycha-Projekt Unterstützung fanden

 

Biovision Foundation

SDC's "Nature Conservation Programme" in North Macedonia has convincingly demonstrated how nature conservation and local development can mutually reinforce each other.

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

Driving Development Cooperation in a Changing World

Helvetas

The latest Researcher Diary features Elena Zähnler, a BFH-HAFL BSc in International Agriculture student currently doing an internship in Peru.

School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (BFH-HAFL)

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