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#4, Dick, I think that that 'strong' saying is in contradiction with this one: "It is of such importance that this debate must...
Frank Eric van der Meer
3/24/2021 7:34 am
Regenerative agriculture – one half of another simplistic dichotomy
Prof. Wim van der Putten, you are a true expert from NIOO KNAW in the Netherlands. We would be much obliged if you would comment...
Dick Veerman
3/23/2021 11:45 pm
Regenerative agriculture – one half of another simplistic dichotomy
Maarten, in fact James Sumberg et al. are trying to say that some S(oil)O(rganic)M(atter) guru's mustn't fool us. At the same...
Dick Veerman
3/23/2021 11:38 pm
Regenerative agriculture – one half of another simplistic dichotomy
I am not a scientist but I do know logic thinking. Thinking about health sooner or later you end up thinking about nutrition....
Maarten Bennis
3/23/2021 11:03 am
Regenerative agriculture – one half of another simplistic dichotomy
James Sumberg Great combine efforts of seasoned academics discussing on how the practice of regenerative agriculture can help...
Ikechi Agbugba
3/22/2021 6:03 pm
Regenerative agriculture – one half of another simplistic dichotomy
#4: Wow Dick! You really go into the depth, thanks. (could discuss about the truths of the "Frankfurter Schule'... but leave...
Frank Buurman
3/21/2021 8:09 pm
The dangers of a Ministry of Truth by proxy
Arnold, can't understand a word of what you're saying! We'll have to remove comments in national languages.
Dick Veerman
3/21/2021 2:54 pm
The dangers of a Ministry of Truth by proxy
Ik ervaar de bijdrage van Dennis als een zeer waardevolle reële waarschuwing aan ons, maar vooral aan wijze mensen hierover van...
Arnold van Woerkom
3/21/2021 2:32 pm
The dangers of a Ministry of Truth by proxy
Jan Bransen, we would be much obliged if you would care to express your thoughts on Dennis' fears about the book burnings that...
Dick Veerman
3/21/2021 2:22 pm
The dangers of a Ministry of Truth by proxy
Frank, the advantage of mileage is mellowness. I pick my battles. This one will take well over a lifetime. When I grew up...
Dick Veerman
3/21/2021 1:39 pm
The dangers of a Ministry of Truth by proxy
Awareness comes with education and free information possibilities. Framing allready starts early. In different/ many respects....
Frank Buurman
3/21/2021 12:54 pm
The dangers of a Ministry of Truth by proxy
A scary thought that hunger is never far away in a system. We’ve seen a logistics breakdown at the start of corona in the US...
Arend Van 't Oever
3/21/2021 10:43 am
Food and Farmers Insecurities: Time to Act
Thank you Babatunde for sharing your thoughts with us. We need to know this over here. And thank you for the two great...
Dick Veerman
3/20/2021 12:42 am
Food and Farmers Insecurities: Time to Act
This article is quite something. I tend to lay down on this topic in public and only talk about it amongst friends. Why? We're...
Dick Veerman
3/17/2021 4:14 pm
The dangers of a Ministry of Truth by proxy
Dennis Zeilstra , thank you for your first contribution to AgriFoodNetwork. Will put this long read on my list for the weekend!
Coen Hubers
3/17/2021 2:49 pm
The dangers of a Ministry of Truth by proxy
What Dr Ikechi writes sounds all very sensible to me. Apart from private initiative, what he proposes also requires resolute...
Niek Koning
3/15/2021 5:54 pm
The Pungent Food Insufficiency Narrative In The Nigerian Southwest
To grow onions in the South and to install governmental policies and regulations conducive to agriculture – undoubtedly it is...
Otto Kroesen
3/15/2021 10:35 am
The Pungent Food Insufficiency Narrative In The Nigerian Southwest
Dick Veerman In my view there are several ways trust can be created in Nigeria and SSA in general: 1. Promote government...
Hugue Nkoutchou
3/14/2021 8:52 pm
The Pungent Food Insufficiency Narrative In The Nigerian Southwest
Hugue Nkoutchou, Babatunde Olarewaju, Otto Kroesen and Niek Koning, what do you think on the trust matter?
Dick Veerman
3/14/2021 8:28 pm
The Pungent Food Insufficiency Narrative In The Nigerian Southwest
Great insights!!. It is interesting and for sure "group assets" spread costs over a large pool to make smallholders enjoy...
David Madanhi
3/14/2021 11:40 am
Food Security: The Power of Cluster or Group Farming
@Dr. Ikechi, thank you for sharing your thoughts in this article. I find them insightful. To the real pungent question; how to...
Gil Cito Wakenge
3/13/2021 10:57 pm
The Pungent Food Insufficiency Narrative In The Nigerian Southwest
Arnold, many apologies, but you're speaking in a foreign tongue! AFN is strictly in lingua franca English.
Dick Veerman
3/13/2021 3:42 pm
The Pungent Food Insufficiency Narrative In The Nigerian Southwest
Dick je laatste zingreep me zeer, overigens geld dat ook niet voor hier ondanks onze kennis?
Arnold van Woerkom
3/13/2021 2:37 pm
The Pungent Food Insufficiency Narrative In The Nigerian Southwest
The real pungent question Dr Ikechi is putting at the table is: how to create trust in a country that is on a slippery slope...
Dick Veerman
3/13/2021 10:35 am
The Pungent Food Insufficiency Narrative In The Nigerian Southwest
Great initiative. Cooperative use of tractors and machines was main driver for mechanisation and increase yields in our area to....
Herman Krebbers
3/13/2021 10:32 am
Food Security: The Power of Cluster or Group Farming
Very insightful contribution Dr Ikechi, this shows the enormous potential for Nigeria but at the same time it should serve as a...
Frans de Jong
3/13/2021 9:16 am
The Pungent Food Insufficiency Narrative In The Nigerian Southwest
Sharon Idahosa , great job!
Coen Hubers
3/10/2021 2:00 pm
Hello guys! 'Let’s talk agriculture with Dada Bacudo'
I don't share in the philosophy of subsidizing smallholder farmers for long, it is a short palliative measures and SHFs should...
Babatunde Olarewaju
3/8/2021 11:15 pm
Food Security: Making Agriculture Work for All
@Dick Veerman Over the years, we have tried different technologies (especially indigenous) but we didn't take the pain to...
Babatunde Olarewaju
3/8/2021 11:07 pm
Farm Mapping: the Future of Efficient African Farming
@Toon. I have an advocate of indigenous knowledge and how to can be harness to increase productivity. A simple technology of...
Babatunde Olarewaju
3/8/2021 11:04 pm
Farm Mapping: the Future of Efficient African Farming
@Toon. Yes, trial and error is one method of learning. However, when there are modern technologies, adoption to increase...
Babatunde Olarewaju
3/8/2021 11:01 pm
Farm Mapping: the Future of Efficient African Farming
Okay, I see what you mean Toon. Babatunde Olarewaju what do you think?
Dick Veerman
3/8/2021 10:55 pm
Farm Mapping: the Future of Efficient African Farming
I am not sure whether (large illiterate) farmers looking at cell phones for soil data will help them a lot, while decades of...
Toon van Eijk
3/8/2021 2:19 pm
Farm Mapping: the Future of Efficient African Farming
Toon, I've learned about the experiences of monks growing grapes in Roussillon area in France between 900-1400. Over a number of...
Dick Veerman
3/8/2021 1:18 pm
Farm Mapping: the Future of Efficient African Farming
"farmers produce crops based on trial and error, and this contributes to poor yield in many cases". I think that farmers'...
Toon van Eijk
3/8/2021 12:42 pm
Farm Mapping: the Future of Efficient African Farming
From my LinkedIn posts: There’re a lot discussion points in this post. Buth the emphasis is on subsidizing small holders. But...
Coen Hubers
3/1/2021 8:04 am
Food Security: Making Agriculture Work for All
#4 @Coen. Yeah, not only smallholders in the Netherlands and I did not really mean that. Responding to the rest of the...
Ikechi Agbugba
3/1/2021 4:43 am
Food Security: Making Agriculture Work for All
#9 Dick, this over simplifies the protection from imports. Rather specific measurements for protection of farmers development...
Coen Hubers
2/28/2021 6:09 pm
Food Security: Making Agriculture Work for All
Coen, so let's make it simplex again. The baseline sounds like this: if a society wants to step up agricultural production, you...
Dick Veerman
2/28/2021 4:06 pm
Food Security: Making Agriculture Work for All
#7 Dick, your argumentation makes it more complex. Taking into account the internal dynamic of the European market and politics....
Coen Hubers
2/28/2021 1:23 pm
Food Security: Making Agriculture Work for All
Coen, you're just talking $ or € volume. At that point world trade regulation on specific commodities and goods comes in....
Dick Veerman
2/28/2021 1:07 pm
Food Security: Making Agriculture Work for All
#5 Dick, regarding (3), the think tank might consider that Europe is importing far more agro-foods products from Africa than...
Coen Hubers
2/28/2021 8:17 am
Food Security: Making Agriculture Work for All
Thank you Hugue Nkoutchou for #1! You're launching a discussion a think tank in the Netherlands on African agriculture I...
Dick Veerman
2/27/2021 11:06 pm
Food Security: Making Agriculture Work for All
#3 Ikechi Agbugba , it were not only smallholders in the Netherlands, but it has affected agro-food stakeholders across the...
Coen Hubers
2/27/2021 5:26 pm
Food Security: Making Agriculture Work for All
With respect to stakeholders to smallholder and agriculture sector development engaging in ensuring that insecurity issues among...
Ikechi Agbugba
2/27/2021 5:07 pm
Food Security: Making Agriculture Work for All
Babatunde Olarewaju , thank you for this weeks letter; a storyline is developing. And apparently the stakes are high, Hugue...
Coen Hubers
2/27/2021 1:46 pm
Food Security: Making Agriculture Work for All
SDG #2; it is my own opinion that key to the achievement of sdg #2 or zero hunger in Africa is offering world class training to...
Hugue Nkoutchou
2/27/2021 1:21 pm
Food Security: Making Agriculture Work for All
Gil and Babatunde, the challenge - as I am getting the message clearer by the day, reading you and talking to you - is...
Dick Veerman
2/23/2021 10:27 pm
Have we really tackled the farmers-herders crisis as a nation? (2)
Good piece for reflection and possibly a stepping stone for a solution-based discussion @ Babatunde Olarewaju. Although it seems...
Gil Cito Wakenge
2/23/2021 6:29 pm
Have we really tackled the farmers-herders crisis as a nation? (2)
With regard to the spiritual dimension of development processes, I would like to refer to my PhD thesis: Van Eijk, T. (1998)....
Toon van Eijk
2/22/2021 4:52 pm
Have we really tackled the farmers-herders crisis as a nation? (2)
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