@wouter Maybe political instability that doesn't favour the ruling party would make them address the issues.
Alarming message, Babatunde! It summarizes three key challenges: high costs, security and corruption. If hunger is not enough to address...
#1 So happy to read your comment on this and I must commend you for being exceptional and a typical example of a brain re-engineered...
Powerful signal, Babatunde! Does it equally apply to grassland fires started by herders to create fresh grass?
Thank you so much, Ikechi Agbugba, PhD. As youth who have been along the straggle of my country, I can mention that in Africa, we need to...
It would be interesting to hear Claasen's opinion on a similar (at least in my opinion) data-driven initiative by other Dutch organisations:...
I completely concur with this article.As the essay points out, as young Africans, we must embark on our business journeys as soon as...
Near the Dutch town of Venray, family-owned company Nijsen has been producing animal feed for about 35 years, initially for pigs. Since the pig has historically been a 'scavenger,' Nijsen somewhat accidentally rolled into processing food industry...
For every food sovereign nation, the market is a powerhouse that helps improve the food chains and its system, with a strong market structure that supports it and the market forces (the forces of demand and supply) that are self regulatory. Not...
In today's world, food production is no longer a hobby for the farmers but a business of wellness and satisfaction - where consumers have a preference for food that satisfies their needs (health, social and environmental needs). Thus, how food is...
Over the last 15 years working with smallholder farmers, I have come to terms with the increasing importance of private agricultural extension services after the demise of public agricultural extension services. This is necessary as farmers need...
Everyday, more people are being born to our world, and more food is required to sustain them - There are many mouths to eat, many stomachs to be filled with nutritious food - but only few farmers produce food. More sadly, the majority of these...
The reality of today is that the agricultural sector is plagued with several challenges in different countries. Farmers are protecting, farmers bitterly complaining and farmers diverting in order to make ends meet.
Women grow food, women are involved in paid and unpaid labour on the farm, women are involved in trading and processing of food, women prepare food for the family and women cater for the overall well-being of the family. In more and more of these...
Food security is a journey that no nation achieves overnight. This is because it requires consented efforts of many independent but key stakeholders coming together to have a common goal and to become dependent on one another.
This morning, I sat down to reflect on the work I have done in the last 14 years working with farmers. One key component stood out - Food Safety (I want to be remembered as a strong advocate and supporter for food safety at the farm level).
Africa's population is growing much faster than that of other continents. Is that cause for hope or, on the contrary, for fear? And for whom? The debate about this is often riddled with prejudice and misunderstanding. Demographer Leo van Wissen and...
In July 2021, slaughterer Gosschalk in Epe received a heads-up from RTL News. The channel would run a story with undercover footage taken at the slaughterhouse. Shortly thereafter, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) shut down...
Thank you, Cécile, for this interesting article! You mention the competition for by-products and residual streams. I agree that this may...