Can China and Brazil use their home grown agricultural knowledge which has driven phenomenal agricultural productivity at home to transform agriculture in Africa? That was one of many questions discussed at the Contested Agronomy conference.
25 February 2016
This is the second of a series of 3 blogs by STEPS co-director Andy Stirling, responding to the ideas of Giorgos Kallis on the 'degrowth hypothesis'.
25 February 2016
At the weekend, Umar Khalid, one of the six student activists accused in Delhi's 'anti-nationalism scandal' unfolded by the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Modi, returned to the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
24 February 2016
This is the first of a series of 3 blogs by STEPS co-director Andy Stirling, responding to the ideas of Giorgos Kallis on the ‘degrowth hypothesis’. What's at Stake Between Growth and Degrowth?
23 February 2016
A two-day conference organised at Jawaharlal Nehru University, in collaboration with the STEPS centre, raised questions about how to bring about critical new thinking on sustainable urbanisation in India.
22 February 2016
The latest and most destructive El Niño the world has seen for years takes its toll on harvests after a year of droughts and floods.There are now serious food shortages in southern Africa and Latin America on top of the slow-burn of cost of living rises.
22 February 2016
In the second time in as many years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a new Global Public Health Emergency: the Zika virus crisis has been born.
22 February 2016
The El Niño drought is hitting hard this year. Livestock in particular are suffering, as grass and water are scarce. Some fear that it could be as bad as 1991-92 when around a million cattle died.
22 February 2016
What does design for development actually mean in practice and how can we strengthen design for development and humanitarian work?
19 February 2016
The partial usage of toilets is a frontier subject for Community-Led Total Sanitation as well as the broader sanitation sector. Some members of a household may not use a toilet at all, while others may only use it some of the time.
18 February 2016
Ahead of the Contested Agronomy Conference, this blog post sets the stage for the debate and provides new insights to the understanding of knowledge politics within development-oriented agronomy, and the implications in the developing world.
18 February 2016
The STEPS Centre stand in full solidarity and support for colleagues at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India after hearing of the circumstances leading to the arrests and raids carried out on the JNU campus in the last few days.
17 February 2016
