Introduction Climate change is predicted to be the reason for an increase of global temperature levels, which are mostly due to very high carbon dioxide emissions caused by anthropogenic livelihood systems, mainly in industrialised countries. Nearly every country is already
Recently, there has been a big debate about the use of neonicotinoides or rather systemic insecticides in the European Union. The European Commission declared now a partial prohibition of three neonicotinoides. In European organic farming, systemic pesticides are a priori
[dropshadowbox align=”center” effect=”lifted-both” width=”40%” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ] Christoph Rosinger Finding leverage points to improve the agricultural system in semi-rural areas in Sierra Leone Shabka Background Nr. 7-2013 [/dropshadowbox] Sierra Leone is one of the poorest countries in the
If one has never experienced the livelihood systems on the countryside in developing countries, it is hardly conceivable how rough living conditions are and what kind of problems people are facing. The following pictures should give a brief impression, how
If one has never experienced the livelihood systems on the countryside in developing countries, it is hardly conceivable how rough living conditions are and what kind of problems people are facing. The following pictures should give a brief impression, how
Recently there has been a big debate about so called neonicotinoids, in particular the systemic insecticides Imidacloprid, Thiametoxam and Clothianidin, and their fatal consequences for the total European bee population. The bee population, however, is decreasing rapidly and up to
Christoph Rosinger Organic agriculture and certification in Eastern Africa Shabka Background Nr. 2-2013 Organic agriculture is an upcoming sector and at any continent you may consider, the numbers of organic farmers and the area under organic cultivation are rising notably.
