Feeding the world: Chemical sprays, but hunger stays Industry says it can feed the world. But total food production is not the issue; access to food is. The key solution is to fight poverty. By Olivier De Schutter and Emile Frison
Alternatives: Agroecology and community supported agriculture Agroecology is a successful concept which promotes farming methods that are attuned to local ecosystems. It is already used for growing rice worldwide. By Jan Urhahn and Christine Pohl
Monsanto and Co: From seven to four – growing by shrinking Mergers galore: Bayer wants to buy Monsanto and become the world’s largest producer of seeds and agrochemicals. All top rivaling companies are pairing up. By Heike Moldenhauer and Saskia Hirtz
Benedek Jávor: the Commission should not have approved the Paks II project During his visit to Prague in November 2016, Hungarian Green MEP Benedek Jávor gave an interview to EurActiv.cz on the latest development around the controversial project of Hungarian nuclear power plant Paks II.
Hungarian Uprising: Blind Spot 1956 During the 1956 uprising, the coat of arms named after the Stalinist dictator Mátyás Rákosi was cut out of the national flag by revolutionaries - the ground for a workshop arranged by the artists Katharina Roters and József Szolnoki. By Kristóf Szombati and József Szolnoki
Too queer to believe? Where are the interfaces between religion, faith, and LGBTIQ rights? This question was discussed at the conference “Too queer to believe – Religion, social activism and LGBTI rights” which the Heinrich Böll Foundation held in Berlin in conjunction with the Turkish NGO Kaos GL at October 5th, 2016. By Caroline Ausserer
South Africa: “Strengthening democracy is about building trust in the system” Like nobody else Thuli Madonsela stands for the compliance of constitutional maxims in South Africa. In her seven years in the office as “public protector”, she repeatedly uncovered various abuses of powers by the political elite. We talked to the winner of this year’s German Africa Award. By Maria Kind and Layla Al-Zubaidi
Avoiding America's Flaws: Lessons for Rising Asian Nations For those who have held the U.S. as the bastion of all things good and right, this may be a wake-up call. By Chandran Nair
Discussion Paper: "Civil society threatened all over the world" Numerous non-governmental organisations and networks have worked on a discussion paper about the restrictions for civil society all over the world.