The cashew industry is coming under increased scrutiny as campaigners advocate for better conditions and pay for producers and processors at the bottom of the value chain. Find out about the true cost of the premium nut in our interactive, and listen to this month's podcast, which examines trade justice. Afua Hirsch reports from Ghana on the country's cashew business.
Plus, catch up on events at this year's climate talks in Warsaw. John Vidal reported on the walkout of poor countries during the debate on "loss and damage", while NGOs warned of increased civil unrest if there was no action on climate change. Meanwhile, the UN warned that the cost of climate change adaptation could destabilise African countries. Read more on our environmental sustainability page.
Elsewhere on the site
Aids deaths soar among young due to inadequate health services
UK charities have lost their radical soul, says John Hilary
Smoking, unsafe sex and alcohol "pose growing threat in poorer countries"
Row as Barclays promotes tax havens as "gateway for investment" in Africa
Jordan's Zaatari refugee camp mushrooms as Syrians set up shop
On the blog
Sarah Degnan Kambou and Kristin Kalla: Why rehabilitation is vital for survivors of sexual violence during conflict
Cecil Laguardia: Philippines diary from the frontline – "our volunteers face their own exhaustion"
Tim Hanstad and Renee Giovarelli: Why Kenya must not pass its revised marriage property bill
Deborah Doane: Can Fairtrade in India help close growing gulf between rich and poor?
Multimedia
• Video: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on how women's economic empowerment can help stamp out hunger and poverty
• Video: Nepalese migrant worker shares story of labour abuses in Qatar
• Video: Ghana seeks to empower women through family planning
Coming up
We will be reporting on the introduction of HIV viral load testing in rural areas of Malawi, and, to mark the 25th anniversary of World Aids Day, we'll highlight the changing face of HIV and Aids activism.
We report on the challenges of educating young people at Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan.
In the runup to the World Trade Organisation talks, we'll look at what's at stake for poor countries.
What you said: this week's top reader comment
Reflecting on Afua Hirsch's feature on Ghana's cashew business, tiojo write:
Is there a role for new technology-based co-peratives? Small-scale farmers sell to processors. They might get a better deal if they worked together as a co-operative. Could such co-operatives be organised by mobile phone technology rather than through the usual channel of district or neighbourhood groups? Would that give them a chance of reaching a critical mass to negotiate with processors?
Highlight from the blogosphere
Doreen Akiyo Yomoah: Africa may or may not be "rising" but it's certainly widening. Obesity is on the rise, and is rising fast.
And finally …
Poverty matters will return in two weeks with another roundup of the latest news and comment. In the meantime, keep up to date on the Global development website. Follow @gdndevelopment and the team – @MaeveShearlaw, @ClaireProvost, @LizFordGuardian and @MarkTran – on Twitter, and join Guardian Global development on Facebook.
