By James Kintu, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Governance and Sustainability, UMass Boston
Women in Uganda’s sugarcane-growing Busoga region must feed their families but have little control over land or income. Fairer contracts could help change this.
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By Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso, Senior Lecturer at Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, Nigeria and Extraordinary Senior Lecturer at Indigenous Knowledge Systems Centre, North-West University, Mafikeng, South Africa, North-West University
Abiodun Olusola Omotayo, Ass. Professor, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; North-West University
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu, Professor, North-West University
Olaniyi Fawole, Full Professor, SARChI Research Chair and Director of Postharvest and Agroprocessing Research Centre, University of Johannesburg
Agriculture in the global south remains under pressure to produce more food while responding to climate change and resource constraints. Policy responses have focused on increasing production. But what about post-harvest losses? Globally, about one-third…
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By Arash Talebi, Professeur assistant, EDHEC Business School
Sylvain Riffe-Stern
A study reveals how discriminated consumers are more likely to turn to AI-based recommendations rather than human advice to avoid judgement or what could be uncomfortable conversations.
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By Lourdes Moreno Cazalla, Doctora en Comunicación. Autora del estudio para el Observatorio Nebrija del Español "El boom de la música urbana latina y la expansión del español a nivel global", Universidad Nebrija
According to the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE, under its Spanish acronym), a “piquete” is either a sharp object, a small wound, or a group of striking workers blocking access to a workplace. It is a word, generally speaking, of conflict and harm.
But when Puerto Rican musician Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio – more commonly known as Bad Bunny – intones on his song
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By Dolors Palau-Sampio, Full Professor of Journalism, Universitat de València
In Spain, an average of 44 evictions are carried out every day. While statistics like this are shocking, numbers alone rarely spark a revolution. Mass protest movements instead tend to rally around one compelling individual story.
This was exactly what happened with 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal, who has become so famous that she is known in Spain as simply Maricarmen. Following an insurmountable rent hike and a lengthy legal battle, she was evicted from her Madrid…
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to a police raid of the headquarters of Halk TV, one of Türkiye’s few broadcasters not aligned with the government, and the appointment of a trustee manager to oversee it as part of an investigation into alleged corruption, Esther Major, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe, said: “This alarming move is a brutal blow to […] The post Türkiye: Police raid and state takeover of opposition TV channel ‘a brutal blow to media freedom’ appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the dramatic escalation of armed hostilities between the Huthi de facto authorities, the Yemeni government and Saudi Arabia in recent weeks and the growing toll on civilians amidst ongoing attacks, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Heba Morayef, said: “The risks to civilians in Yemen and Saudi Arabia are rapidly increasing each day this conflict escalates. All parties to the conflict must ensure civilians are protected and abide by their obligations under international […] The post Saudi Arabia/Yemen: Civilians must not pay the…
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By Kale Sniderman, Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Chris Mays, Lecturer in Palaeontology, University College Cork; Natural History Museum Vienna
Greg Jordan, Associate Professor, University of Tasmania
Plants are crucial for life on land. The energy they capture from the Sun underpins the existence of almost all land-based animals, fungi and bacteria.
In particular, flowering plants – the most productive and diverse group of land plants – dominate most ecosystems on Earth. There are at least 350,000 species, and they’re vital for capturing carbon dioxide from the air.
Over millions of years, flowering plants have evolved complex relationships with…
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By Emily Hay, Research Assistant in Scottish Literature, University of Glasgow
Craig Lamont, Senior Lecturer in Scottish Studies, University of Glasgow
In July 2025 a literary scandal erupted when The Observer journalist Chloe Hadjimatheou claimed that Raynor Winn, author of the award-winning memoir The Salt Path, had omitted significant facts and invented key parts of her story. This much-loved account of Winn’s transformative and healing coastal walk with her terminally ill husband after they lost their home, had recently been made into a film.
In her article Hadjimatheou maintained that the details of how Winn and her husband lost their home and…
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By Joseph Downing, Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics, Aston University
Across France, school students have taken to the streets to protest about teacher shortages, dilapidated school buildings and long school days.
While the tradition of student protest has long roots in France, the country’s current fiscal crisis combined with entrenched structural problems with teacher recruitment,…
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