Rural transformation
NIRAS is again looking for talented and highly motivated graduates with relevant first working experiences and the passion for pursuing an international career within development consulting for NIRAS’ Young Professional Academy (NYPA). The NYPA is a fast-track on the job training and learning programme.
Economies in sub-Saharan Africa are hampered by low productivity, high vulnerability to climate change and poor market infrastructure.
Agrifood systems must evolve to become more sustainable, productive, and climate-resilient to address global challenges and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This transformation...
Main takeaways of the HLPE-FSN report on the role that data collection and analysis tools play in supporting effective evidence-informed decisions.
As a result of prevailing market and demographic shifts and extreme environmental conditions, global communities are attempting to enhance food security through different sustainable agrifood...
How can young people receive the support and knowledge they need to innovate and lead the sustainable future? How can youth engage in the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? So, what should we focus on to create conditions that would not only bring youth on board, but also help to fully realize their potential for a sustainable future?
This was the concluding remark by Dr Jessica Fanzo in her inspiring presentation at the Third Global Food Security Conference in Cape Town, this last December 2017. I attended the conference on...
It has been ten years since the global climate community agreed that a financial mechanism to support reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) must play a role in fighting climate change. Since then, a vast number of research projects have studied how REDD+ can be implemented in practice, and it has become apparent that paying local landowners for keeping trees is not a fix for sustainable forest management in its own right.
Seminar on the emerging contestations around changing dryland governance and use in East Africa.
An evening of brainstorming led to new ideas about how art, restaurants, politics and farms can help change the food system.