SDG 1: No Poverty

The following interview with GIZ experts Christel Weller-Molongua and Jochen Renger focuses on hunger and nutrition.

Algeria is rich in biological diversity. The coastal regions in the north are home to many rare delights.

In northern Mali, women smallholders are providing good and healthy food. Thanks to new vegetable varieties, goat farming and improved methods of growing rice, they are enhancing not only their income, but also their standing in the community.

The bush is spreading in the expanses of Namibia. A visit to the north east of the country reveals how thorny twigs are turned into animal feed.

High-quality seed and better knowledge of modern farming techniques are the key to higher yields – and to improving the lives of farming families. GIZ is supporting farmers in Ethiopia to boost their crops.

Investing in good nutrition is one way to leverage sustainable development. Find out more about GIZ’s work in this area.

Modern technology could enable farmers in Ethiopia to achieve far higher yields. Young men and women at a training centre are learning how to use agricultural machinery efficiently and how to manage a farm professionally.

A solar pump at an agricultural training centre in Benin has made the donkey work of irrigating fields a thing of the past.

After a decade of gradual progress in Colombia, the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated social and environmental conflict.

GIZ supports the efforts of its partner countries to tackle the pandemic in sustainable ways that offer both social and environmental benefits.

As they look for alternatives to migration, young people in El Salvador now receive support with vocational training, finding employment and personal development.