No 1 2008

Scientist Vandana Shiva has been at the forefront in the battle for sustainable agriculture for three decades. Global Knowledge met her in New Dehli.

“Within the next two years we are going to see food emerge as the single most important issue around which economy, politics and culture will have to be redefined.”

A research project in India looks at how biofuel can enhance food security.

Can expansion in the production of biofuels benefit the environment, ensure food security and help the poor? Researchers at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Hyderabad, India believe so.

Girls in Northern Uganda have lost their childhood as soldiers in the Lord’s Resistance Army.

Thousands of girls from northern Uganda have been both victims and perpetrators during a 22-year-long civil war. A research project looks at how religion and rituals help girls reintegrate in society.

Editorial by Teresa Grøtan.

Brief reports by the Global Knowledge staff.

Interview with Chancellor Bethwell A. Ogot on how the disputed elections affected Kenya’s university environment.

Students are leading Georgia’s efforts to seek closer integration with Europe.

The father of the Green Revolution, Norman Borlaug, is steadfast in his commitment to the world’s poor and in his belief that biotechnology can improve agriculture.

In a new UN report, 400 scientists conclude that we need to shift away from large-scale industrial agriculture in order to feed the world’s hungry.

A collaborative research project between Norway and Uganda examines how to improve the quality of the nourishing drink obushera.

Norwegian students learn about local food, culture and tourism in Italy.

ONLINE ONLY: Despite the challenges involved in growing it, cassava’s role in poverty reduction in Tanzania is increasing.

ONLINE ONLY: Did you ever wonder, bending over the fresh fish counter: Where was this fish actually caught? And how fresh is it?

In an economic experiment, students from Norway, Germany, Tanzania and Uganda played a game with money to find out how wealth impacts on the idea of fairness.

As a boy, Bangladeshi PhD-student Hafizur Rahman could not bear to witness friends dropping out of school due to poverty. Today he teaches children on their own terms.

Interview with Assistant Professor Fatima Abu Salem on how violence and sectarianism add to the difficulties faced by academics in Lebanon.

ONLINE ONLY: Academics and professionals seem to be a prime target for militias in Iraq.

Academic essay on how a paternal society and traditions impact on food security in Uganda.