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Agriculture

In many parts of the world, agriculture has been marked by increased productivity. And yet, that alone has not been enough to eradicate global hunger.

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DW's Eco Africa

Turning threats to the environment into opportunities

How women can profit from DRC's male-dominated mining sector and how to recycle used motor oil.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 8, 202426:04 min
A closeup of a cow's face

Danish farmers to pay climate fee for methane-burping cows

Denmark is the first country to agree to tax, as of 2030, climate-damaging emissions from the agricultural industry.
ClimateNovember 8, 202404:21 min
DW Eco India (Sendungslogo Composite)

Eco India: The path to a cleaner future

Tanneries seek to reduce their environmental footprint; switching to solar power in the Himalayas.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 7, 202426:04 min
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Introducing: Up from Dust

This week we are sharing an episode from Up From Dust – an environment podcast from the NPR stations of Kansas.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 7, 202434:05 min
Dänemark | Debatte um Methansteuer für Rinder

Focus on Europe — Spotlight on People

Denmark is the first country to start taxing climate-damaging emissions in the agricultural sector.
SocietyNovember 7, 202426:04 min
Deutschland I Genkartoffel-Feld

Farmers or corporations — who should control seeds?

The EU is reforming laws around seed regulation, and plant-breeders and companies are pulling in different directions.
ScienceNovember 6, 202406:45 min
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DocFilm: Chick shredding banned! Where are the roosters now?

Roosters bring little profit on the poultry market. They lay no eggs and produce little meat.
SocietyNovember 3, 202426:04 min
A wolf growls next to the body of its prey

Spain's farmers, wolves clash in ongoing battle

Wolves in Spain are killing livestock, and farmers want to bring back wolf culls. But EU rules on hunting are stringent.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 31, 202404:39 min
Chinese windpark in Bosnia

Illegal land grab? Chinese wind farms in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Chinese company builds wind farm in Bosnia-Herzegovina. But was everything above board?
GlobalizationOctober 30, 202406:03 min
A man sprays pesticide in a field

Toxic harvest: How pesticides threaten India's farmers

In India's Punjab state, where fields sustain families, pesticides are poisoning locals.
HealthOctober 29, 202402:36 min
Producing solid-state battery

Going all in for climate targets - MADE

From green hydrogen and solid-state batteries, to AI and lab-grown meat. A closer look.
BusinessOctober 29, 202426:04 min
DW "Global Us" Sendungslogo Composite

Big business — evangelical churches in Brazil

Evangelical churches are growing rapidly in Brazil. Mass tourism is threatening coral reefs in Egypt.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 25, 202426:04 min
DW "Eco Africa" Sendungslogo mit Partnerlogos (Composite)

Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine

Threats to Gambia's blue economy, Tunisian olive farming in crisis and an eco hospital in Ghana.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 24, 202426:06 min
DW Eco India (Sendungslogo Composite)

Eco India: Tech changing how we live and farm

As climate change affects farming and food production, how can technology help us to adapt?
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 24, 202426:04 min
Schwarze Hühnerrasse Ayam Cemani aus Indonesien

Tanzanian breeder cashes in on valuable all-black chicken

Abdillah Sarumbo has built a thriving business from selling the world's most expensive chicken breed, Ayam Cemani.
LifestyleOctober 19, 202401:59 min
DW The 77 Percent: Spannungen um den Nil

River Nile: Upstream nations challenge Egypt's dominance

Uganda, Ethiopia, and eight other countries oppose Egypt and Sudan's dominance over the Nile River.
SocietyOctober 17, 202401:59 min
Tea pickers in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's Tamil tea pickers struggle for rights

The hill country Tamils in Sri Lanka, who have shaped the nation's tea industry, continue to live on the margins.
Food SecurityOctober 17, 202403:10 min
Geflügelfarm

Zambian ecopreneur builds incubators from waste material

Zambian ecopreneur builds incubators from waste material
TechnologyOctober 17, 202403:54 min
A Ukrainian soldier carries the splitter ammunition as a Ukrainian bomb squad team carries out mine and shell detonation work in Donetsk region, Ukraine, June 15, 2024

War in Ukraine: Landmines to hurt food exports for years

Mines are a huge challenge for Ukrainian farmers. What does contamination mean for the world's dinner plates?
BusinessOctober 16, 2024
Dokus KW 42

How land clearance is destroying Bolivia's forests

Bolivia is burning. For months, flames have been consuming huge swathes of forest and pastureland.
PoliticsOctober 15, 202428:34 min
A pile of electronic waste

Malawi: Building water pumps from electronic waste

In Malawi, one young man is using electronic waste to create cost-effective water pumps for farmers.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 10, 202404:32 min
Goat's horn, a spicy heirloom pepper variety, bundled together and hanging from a rack

Serbia's extreme weather devastates agricultural yields

A rise in extreme weather conditions in Serbia is having a severe impact on harvests and farming communities.
SocietyOctober 4, 202402:49 min
DW Projekt Zukunft Sendungslogo Englisch (Tomorrow Today)

Tomorrow Today — The Science Show

How to cope with climate fears? Stop feeling powerless! And how agriculture and crop engineering can help.
ScienceOctober 4, 202426:04 min
DW "Global Us" Sendungslogo Composite

New solutions for cities and sustainability

City housing shortages, traffic reduction in Bogotá, sustainable farming in India, and art from recycling in Uganda.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 4, 202426:04 min
Two hands holding a cup of coffee with a spoon full of sugar

Grounds for debate: Is tea or coffee the greener sip?

DW spills the beans on which of our favorite morning beverages makes for a more sustainable brew.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 4, 2024
DW Sendung Afrimaxx

Afrimaxx — Modern African Lifestyle

These lamps made it to Wakanda Forever, Nigerian AI artist Malik Afegbua and a Kenyan eco-farm.
LifestyleOctober 2, 202426:03 min
DW Sendung Eco India

Tamil Nadu: Boosting organic farming with vermicompost

We meet an organic farmer whose crops are flourishing thanks to vermicompost he produces himself.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 2, 202404:04 min
A camel on a pasture, in the background its herdsman and the herdsman's dog in Kenya.

Kenyan farmers invest in camels to beat the drought

Northern Kenya's changing climate has prompted many farmers to trade in their cows for camels.
Food SecurityOctober 1, 202403:55 min
DW Dokumentationen | Kaffee mit Zukunft

The future of coffee

Climate change could halve the amount of land suitable for coffee production by 2050.
PoliticsSeptember 30, 202428:34 min
DW Sendung Eco India

Apple farming in Himachal Pradesh: Fighting fungal disease

In Himachal Pradesh, regenerative farming is helping stave off fungal disease in apple orchards.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 30, 202406:07 min
An Ethiopian farmer ploughs his fields manually with the help of cattle

Digitizing agriculture: App helps Ethiopian food producers

A former farmer in Ethiopia is on a mission to boost the productivity of small-scale farmers through a mobile app.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 27, 202405:46 min
DW "Eco Africa" Sendungslogo mit Partnerlogos (Composite)

Eco Africa: Getting active for the environment

Dancing to raise climate awareness. | Seagrass protection efforts.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 27, 202426:05 min
DW Eco India (Sendungslogo Composite)

Eco India: Adapting to change

Fighting flash flooding in Delhi and fungal infestation in the apple belt.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 27, 202426:04 min
Thailand | Straßenhändler | Durian Früchte

A spiky delicacy from Malaysia gets trade boost from China

Malaysia, one of the world's biggest producers of the durian fruit, stands to profit from higher exports to China.
BusinessSeptember 27, 202403:43 min
Food packaging ready for sale in Germany. Prominently visible on the labels is information about the living conditions of the animals used to make the meat, and about the overall nutritional value of the produce.

German minister: Eating habit survey shows shifting tastes

A new government study points to changing tastes in food, but not a clash of cultures, the agriculture minister says.
SocietySeptember 24, 2024
Eco India 20.9.24

Mitigating climate change with local weather data

After repeat devastation by floods, a community in Kerala works together, collecting and sharing essential forecast data
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 23, 202406:04 min
DW "Global Us" Sendungslogo Composite

Living in flooded homes: Climate change in the Philippines

Climate change is destroying islands in the Philippines. A ballet school in Peru brings hope to poor children.
ClimateSeptember 20, 202426:04 min
DW Eco Africa (Sendungslogo Composite)

When technology and nature work hand in hand — Eco Africa

In Ghana start-ups are finding inventive uses for agricultural waste; Senegal’s ‘agri-influencers’.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 19, 202426:04 min
Screenshots EcoIndia 13.9.2024 / Dry fish

Sustainable and tasty — traditional dry fish makes comeback

A Tamil Nadu businessman is promoting karuvadu, or dry fish, prepared using an age-old method under sand.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 17, 202403:53 min
Dokumentation | Yvan Sagnet, Kämpfer für die Rechte von Erntehelfern

Campaigning for migrant workers' rights in Italy

Yvan Sagnet has been campaigning against the exploitation of migrant workers in Italy for years.
MigrationSeptember 17, 202428:34 min
Easter Island: Moai statues with a dark red evening sky in the background

Rapa Nui's early inhabitants survived despite the odds

Rapa Nui may no longer be the example of ecocide — human destruction of the nature — as previously thought.
ScienceSeptember 17, 2024
A small group of grown-ups and children hold a bowl with a few grains of pearl millet in their hands, in Ghana.

Pearl millet — making a great grain even better

Pearl millet is nutritious and climate-resilient — a sustainable food security crop. How can its potential be maximized?
Food SecuritySeptember 17, 202406:01 min
Früchte des Brotnussbaums

Rediscovering the breadnut tree in Colombia

The seeds of the breadnut tree have high nutritional value. And other parts of the plant are used as remedies.
ScienceSeptember 16, 202407:27 min
Kenia Drohne Landwirtschaft Symbolbild

Smart Farming: Tech for sustainable food

How tech can help to make global farming more sustainable and productive.
Digital WorldSeptember 13, 202412:36 min
DW Eco India (Sendungslogo Composite)

Producing more nutritious food sustainably — Eco India

Boosting nutrition by benefiting nature – Schoolchildren learn to grow veggies and an age-old fish dish makes a comeback
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 12, 202426:04 min
A drone in the air viewed from the ground in a cornfield in Switzerland.

Protecting deer with drones in Switzerland

Volunteers are using drones to stop tractors from killing fawns in Switzerland.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 10, 202402:49 min
Collapsed and abandoned houses in the village of Gornje Nedeljice that the company Rio Tinto bought from the locals

Serbian farmers battle mining giant Rio Tinto over lithium

Serbian farmers in the Jadar River valley are afraid that a lithium mine could ruin their livelihoods.
BusinessSeptember 9, 202403:41 min
Tourists disembark a ferry on the island of Naxos

Greece's water shortages spare tourists, leave farmers dry

Greek islands like Naxos are facing water shortages. Desalination plants can help tourists, but not local farmers.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 9, 202403:32 min
Farmers in Nigeria's Borno state work on their field as guards stand by to protect them.

Boko Haram militants terrorize farmers in Nigeria

As DW's Christine Mhundwa reports, the violence is exacerbating food shortages in northeastern Borno State.
CrimeSeptember 6, 202404:30 min
A woman walks up a mountain path with cows in front of her

Swiss cheesemakers struggle to find dairy workers

Ever dream of working summers tending cows and making cheese high up in the Swiss Alps? It seems many Germans do.
SocietySeptember 4, 202403:09 min