Food Inflation: There is a Need for Palliative Measures Now
The increasing food inflation is a big threat to the agricultural sector, especially at the primary production level.
My recent visit to the beautiful East African city of Kigali in Rwanda was remarkable and a moment of congregating together of the academia, researchers, entrepreneurs, farmers, businessmen, youths, leaders and other persons for the International...
The agriculture sector was affected by a number of external factors at different times in the year, especially the primary production. The sum total has resulted in inflation rates with side effects we cannot afford to accept.
In our changing world, climate change has been a bane to food production. Farmers are adversely affected both at farm and community level and no concrete solutions at sight. Everyday, new information, technologies, and techniques keep emerging to...
"If everyone has to abide by the same rules, then maybe we will finally make progress in making the world food system more sustainable," says Frederik Claasen, Head of Policy at the NGO Solidaridad. He sees the introduction of the Corporate...
Every day we are faced with new challenges and realities in the agricultural sector: insecurity, inflation, climate crisis amongst others. Their impact has drastically challenged the status quo, distorting the supply chain and increasing the number...
To protect crops from pests and diseases, two approaches are generally used: crop protection products (which can be chemical or green), or biological control through antagonists (predatory mites, bacteria). During the Foodlog Digital Food Webinar on...
The power plant you see above produces electricity. A bakery using electrical stoves purchases electricity in order to bake cakes, pastries and loaves of bread. A supermarket buys the bakeries' products to sell them in its carbon neutral operated...
In automotive you know exactly how many cars you are going to produce. In horticulture, it is more difficult because you are dealing with living organisms. However, data based growth management makes it possible to control life just like a carmaker.
The “wizard farmer” will say food production should not be seasonal as hunger is not seasonal. So, increasing food production becomes a necessity in the face of population explosion. Beyond food hunger is another big threat yet less spoken about....