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...
Maar wat gaat er gebeuren als AI die minihelicoptertjes opdracht geeft alleen nog maar paperclips te maken?
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...
“People consume food rather than data, but data ensures the security of our food” says Fernando Santiago-Cajaraville of Bühler, a global supplier of technological solutions for food and mobility. In the daily lives of billions, Bühler...
The story of every farmer on the field is full of tales of many challenges, sacrifices and few successes. For every success recorded comes with a huge cost paid. Everyday, there is a farmer paying this huge cost in every corner of the World to ensure...
Africa's population is growing much faster than that of other continents. Is that cause for hope or, on the contrary, for fear? And fear for what or whom? The debate about this is often riddled with prejudice and misunderstanding. In three articles,...
The challenges in the agricultural sector in developing countries are enormous - from inflationary pressure driving price increase, to climate crises impacting production at its different stages, to unstable market and purchasing power of consumers...
Africa's population is growing much faster than that of other continents. Should we fear this or can we draw hope from it? The debate about this migration is full of prejudices and misunderstandings. Demographer Leo van Wissen and environmental...
@wouter Maybe political instability that doesn't favour the ruling party would make them address the issues.