SDG 2: Zero Hunger

In this akzente interview, agricultural scientist Matin Qaim talks about the global food situation and explains why the current crisis is a continuation of an unwelcome development.

Monika Egerer is a professor at the Technical University of Munich. Her research explores what a healthy urban climate could look like. akzente asked her about the importance of urban ecosystems in the Global North and South, and how they benefit society.

Climate change, biodiversity loss, the pandemic and the war in Ukraine – food security is under pressure worldwide. GIZ expert Diana Diekjürgen explains the role that digitalisation could play for food security in the future.

In the fertile valley of the Senegal River farmers grow rice on vast swathes of land. The foodstuff is part of every meal in the West African country of Senegal. While farmers use traditional methods and tools, they also rely on digital tools to compete in the market.

Svenja Schulze is new to the German Development Ministry but not to Government. Her priorities are climate, poverty, gender, health and crisis prevention. In an interview, she discusses German development policy in flux.

An interview about business and biodiversity in the Dominican Republic with Marike de Peña, Director of the Banelino organic cooperative in the north of the country.