The agricultural sector's perceived importance in the international development circle waned dramatically after the 1980s, and investments in rural development and agricultural research and development declined sharply. This volume reasserts the role of agricultural and rural development in the...

Wie eine Reihe anderer Veröffentlichungen zum Thema und auch das kürzlich breit empfohlene "Handbuch Welternährung" (ID-A 9/11) kommt auch der jüngste Lagebericht des renommierten Worldwatch Institute (vgl. zuletzt "Zur Lage der Welt 2010", BA 5/10) zu der Einschätzung, dass die Erde alle...

The EU is one of the three largest economies in the world. But its economy, which is still suffering from the cCOVID-19 pandemic and the negative effects of the Russian war in Ukraine, faces a bleak outlook. Inflation, or even stagflation, is a major concern as it reflects cost pressures from...