Ants outweigh all wild birds and mammals combined
Have you ever wondered exactly how many ants live on Earth? Possibly not, but it’s certainly a question we’ve asked ourselves.
Watching Hannah Ritchie make a meal looks like an environmental travesty. It looks like the opposite of what seems sustainable. But it's not. That's why we need to change our images of what really are 'environmentally-friendly’ behaviours, she...
Over the last 50 years, the food systems in developing countries has suffered major shocks and instability leading to food crises. Every year, trillions of dollars are spent on food aids in developing countries, and at the same time worsening the...
Every effort of a farmer is to ensure that enough food is produced at the time due and reaches the target market. However, there are several factors that limit the scalability of a farmer's production; one of which is access to affordable financial...
The evidence is clear. Conventional farming is one of the world’s greatest drivers of climate change and biodiversity loss, and we’re running out of time to reverse its adverse effects. With some big moves back to nature, however, and by looking...
Next to the pool on the rooftop of the Amsterdam W Hotel, Dick Veerman met with Nigerian-born and bred tech investor and CEO of an innovation-based oil and gas company Akintoye Akindele. Dr Akindele says he is an agnostic investor. He’ll invest in...
In the most remote areas of developing countries, there are smallholder farmers working assiduously to make food available for his or her family and a little commercial quantity for income. This is the main reason smallholder farmers are the bedrock...
When there is a major disaster leading to huge loss, who do farmers run to for help? In most developing countries, there is no safety net for farmers to bounce back quickly and this is a major challenge in our food system.
Food is our greatest asset as it represents a common language everyone understands. The feeling of hunger is the same across tribes, nations and sex; there is no difference and only one thing solves hunger - Food.
Join us every last Tuesday of the month for our chats in the Digital Food series. Moderator Tiffany Tsui invites her guests to present an interesting use case. Save these dates. The 2022 series has finished. All webinars can be found below.
Join us on Tuesday, October 25, from 1:30 PM till 2:15 PM (CEST) + 45 more minutes of informality (if you care to stay on) for the seventh use case in our Digital Food series. Registration no longer possible.
In the last few weeks, I have emphasized the effects of climate change on rural dwellers' livelihood in developing countries, who are mainly agrarian. One of these effects is the increase in early dry spell and late spell: rainfall not starting early...