The corona crisis has taken the world captive. While there is broad discussion of the immediate risks of the pandemic, the same can rarely be said of the immense impact that the virus is expected to have on food security for those living in absolute poverty. This impact is resulting primarily...

Die Corona-Krise hält die Welt im Bann. Während die unmittelbaren Risiken der Pandemie breit diskutiert werden, gilt dies eher selten für die zu erwartenden immensen Auswirkungen auf die Ernährungssicherheit der absolut Armen. Sie ent-stehen hauptsächlich durch Lockdown-Maßnahmen (LD-M)...

Rural communities are particularly vulnerable to weather shocks and ecosystem decline. Traditionally, farmers have adapted to climate variability and extremes through various risk management strategies, either individually or cooperatively. However, climate change amplifies the frequency and...

There is a widely held consensus that it will not be possible to feed the world without the help of the smallholders of Africa, Latin America and Asia, who number up to 570 million farms or 2 billion people. Given the sheer size of this figure alone, the sustainable development of smallholder...