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Thanks for your comment, Otto. I agree, education is crucial, especially the combination of theory and practice. When I studied...
Toon van Eijk
12/16/2020 10:03 am
The entrepreneurial tribe: the answer to achieving food sovereignty in Africa?
A good deal of my time goes to the supervision of students internships for entrepreneurship in emerging economies. At TUDelft...
Otto Kroesen
12/16/2020 8:37 am
The entrepreneurial tribe: the answer to achieving food sovereignty in Africa?
Toon van Eijk , this brief introduction doesn't show the complete story. The real question is the businessmodel how drone...
Coen Hubers
12/15/2020 11:28 am
Drones Applications for African Agriculture - Join the Conversation, Thursday December 17
You write: "The application of drones in African Agriculture is seen as the holy grail of modernizing agriculture". This...
Toon van Eijk
12/15/2020 11:15 am
Drones Applications for African Agriculture - Join the Conversation, Thursday December 17
Otto, you write: "Here I need to get Van Eijk and Groen out of their theoretical considerations". Yes, my considerations may be...
Toon van Eijk
12/15/2020 10:46 am
The entrepreneurial tribe: the answer to achieving food sovereignty in Africa?
I want to thank Groen and Van Eijk for their comments, and also for the literature references. Of primary importance is the...
Otto Kroesen
12/15/2020 9:10 am
The entrepreneurial tribe: the answer to achieving food sovereignty in Africa?
Otto, thanks a lot for this original and interesting contribution. You write: “There is a need to improve the image of...
Toon van Eijk
12/14/2020 9:52 pm
The entrepreneurial tribe: the answer to achieving food sovereignty in Africa?
Thank You Ikechi for the interview and well articulated issues. I also wanted to add other challenges faced in SSA as regards...
Asayile Mbughi
12/14/2020 3:27 pm
'Africa needs to develop both its agriculture and food processing industry'
Otto #4 My initial curiosity in your article on entrepreneurial tribes turned into some questioning that I compact here into...
Diederik van Groen
12/13/2020 9:57 pm
The entrepreneurial tribe: the answer to achieving food sovereignty in Africa?
In answer to Jur Schuurman and with thanks for the issues raised, first let’s take another look at the guilds of the Middle...
Otto Kroesen
12/13/2020 3:42 pm
The entrepreneurial tribe: the answer to achieving food sovereignty in Africa?
Since opinions on the above are requested, here is mine. First of all, Kroesen's original thinking deserves a lot of praise. A...
Jur Schuurman
12/12/2020 7:32 pm
The entrepreneurial tribe: the answer to achieving food sovereignty in Africa?
Piet, could you explain what your ‘wow’ stands for?
Dick Veerman
12/10/2020 8:34 am
How a culture of depoliticization stands in the way of effectively addressing societal challenges
Wow.
Piet Hermus
12/9/2020 6:29 pm
How a culture of depoliticization stands in the way of effectively addressing societal challenges
An electronic copy of the book Cross-cultural Entrepreneurship and Social Transformation, Innovative Capacity in the Global...
Otto Kroesen
12/9/2020 8:57 am
The entrepreneurial tribe: the answer to achieving food sovereignty in Africa?
Otto Kroesen , welcome at AgriFoodNetworks.org. Frans de Jong a must read and see.
Coen Hubers
12/8/2020 10:00 am
The entrepreneurial tribe: the answer to achieving food sovereignty in Africa?
Remember the first conference, even before the opening, in the World Horti Center was about Drones in Greenhouses. So this...
Coen Hubers
12/2/2020 9:27 pm
Drones Applications for African Agriculture - Join the Conversation, Thursday December 17
Thank you Dr Ikechi. That was very insightful!!!
Tabisa Finiza
11/25/2020 10:35 am
Exacerbation of food insecurity in Africa due to COVID-19 pandemic - a short report
Meanwhile in Africa the old Western type discussion is on: is change towards that kind of new future better served by socialism...
Dick Veerman
11/20/2020 12:47 am
The Food Security Conundrum of sub-Saharan Africa
Ken Giller a warm welcome to Ifama2020.
Coen Hubers
11/19/2020 7:04 pm
The Food Security Conundrum of sub-Saharan Africa
Henric, sure, airfreight exports are just a few percent of Dutch total horticulture exports. The question Hughes puts on the...
Dick Veerman
11/15/2020 7:21 pm
Dutch horticulture as a remotely operated glocal multinational
No I’m not narrowing the discussion, that’s why I say “for example”. Horticulture is indeed another problematic sector.
Niko Wojtynia
11/15/2020 10:07 am
It's the free market food chain, stupid - but farmers must be able to catch up (part 2)
Dick, if that is the point he is making he propably does not have an idea of the percentage of the Dutch production that is...
Henric van der Krogt
11/15/2020 8:38 am
Dutch horticulture as a remotely operated glocal multinational
OK, Niko, you're narrowing down the discussion to pigs? Did you check our exports in horticulture? Pig meat is lagging behind...
Dick Veerman
11/14/2020 7:18 pm
It's the free market food chain, stupid - but farmers must be able to catch up (part 2)
Henric, I guess Professor Hughes is making a different point. He says the Netherlands aren't a place to airfreight from as...
Dick Veerman
11/14/2020 4:31 pm
Dutch horticulture as a remotely operated glocal multinational
That’s a good question Dick Veerman, and I guess it depends on the delta, who lives in it, and what demands the inhabitants...
Niko Wojtynia
11/13/2020 8:55 am
It's the free market food chain, stupid - but farmers must be able to catch up (part 2)
What makes Dutch production too expensive? I don't see why production with the same technology in for example the UK is less...
Henric van der Krogt
11/13/2020 5:51 am
Dutch horticulture as a remotely operated glocal multinational
Hi Niko, thx for your critical comments! Niek Koning is particularly keen on asking the question: suppose all delta's by the...
Dick Veerman
11/13/2020 12:36 am
It's the free market food chain, stupid - but farmers must be able to catch up (part 2)
I've read this post and the previous two with great interest. They provide useful background insights to what the title of the...
Niko Wojtynia
11/11/2020 7:41 pm
It's the free market food chain, stupid - but farmers must be able to catch up (part 2)
In advance: I wrote my comment along the conversation was going on my tv screen. I started writing by parts that I have...
Jeroen van Buuren
11/5/2020 7:24 pm
It's the free market food chain, stupid - but farmers must be able to catch up (part 2)
Dr Ikechi thanks so much for this timely articulation on this point and practical carry on about it; grateful that many involved...
ALAFI FULLI
11/1/2020 9:52 pm
Exacerbation of food insecurity in Africa due to COVID-19 pandemic - a short report
Thank you Aart Van den Bos for your point, as an entrepreneur in Agribusiness I agree with you completely especially on...
Chinyelu Jennifer Obiasor
10/23/2020 8:25 pm
Dr. Agbugba: 'COVID-19 Pandemic has reaffirmed the need to develop Nigeria's agriculture sector'
Thank you Dr for the valuable information. Corona did destruct a value chain.
Yanga Matam
10/19/2020 5:41 pm
Exacerbation of food insecurity in Africa due to COVID-19 pandemic - a short report
Top!
Piet Hermus
10/11/2020 11:30 pm
It's the free market food chain, stupid - but farmers must be able to catch up (part 2)
Thank you for the insightful interview. It mainly highlighted that the problem in Africa mainly emanates from lack of...
Brian Beseni
10/11/2020 4:21 pm
'Africa needs to develop both its agriculture and food processing industry'
Thank you Dr. Agbugba, always appreciate your hard work in creating high level awareness in the areas of food security, and...
Aschalew Bekele
9/26/2020 5:02 pm
Dr. Agbugba: 'COVID-19 Pandemic has reaffirmed the need to develop Nigeria's agriculture sector'
This is an interesting piece and indeed without altering the "ValueProposition" the chances of creating a profitable business...
Vijayender Nalla
9/25/2020 12:32 pm
Digitization of Food opens up new Value Propositions - Join the Conversation, Wednesday August 12
The Young Board initiative is an excellent initiative from IFAMA. Appreciate the approach, board composition and the...
Vijayender Nalla
9/25/2020 12:20 pm
IFAMA Young Board Webinar highlights the Role of Youths in global post-COVID19 Food Systems
This is very insightful @Ikechi and @Dick. Our experience working with Agribusiness talent from around the world suggests that...
Vijayender Nalla
9/25/2020 11:42 am
'Africa needs to develop both its agriculture and food processing industry'
As always very insightful Dr. David Hughes. Provides such a nice context to the mega trends in "Healthy/better Food" and...
Vijayender Nalla
9/25/2020 11:06 am
Post-covid nutrition: prepare for ‘heavy duty regulation’ and urban vertical farming
David thank you for you clear vision. As you mentioned on one hand we see more regulation to reduce the negative impact on...
Woody Maijers
9/25/2020 9:47 am
Post-covid nutrition: prepare for ‘heavy duty regulation’ and urban vertical farming
Carolien Makkink I don't consider space exploration and good Earth stewardship to be fundamentally mutually exclusive. On the...
Angelo Vermeulen
9/19/2020 12:41 am
Living on a Planet is just one of the Options for the Future of Human Civilization
Jur Schuurman The book 'The Martian' is a terrific read. The unique blend of math, engineering and humor works remarkably well....
Angelo Vermeulen
9/19/2020 12:33 am
Living on a Planet is just one of the Options for the Future of Human Civilization
I was reminded of two movies and a book while reading this article. The movies: a) The Martian. I wonder what Vermeulen...
Jur Schuurman
9/7/2020 4:59 pm
Living on a Planet is just one of the Options for the Future of Human Civilization
We should clean up the mess we made on earth first, before we go out to destroy other planets or asteroids
Carolien Makkink
9/7/2020 2:34 pm
Living on a Planet is just one of the Options for the Future of Human Civilization
Krijn Poppe IT solely will not change the Agrofood world. Only the combination of processing technologies (“stainless...
Wouter de Heij
9/4/2020 6:12 pm
The Dutch used to be capitalist farmers, the 19th century forced them into family farming
In the discussion, a name frequently mentioned is 'Mansholt'. And rightly so. But: we should extend the discussion beyond Sicco...
Merijn Knibbe
9/4/2020 9:28 am
The Dutch used to be capitalist farmers, the 19th century forced them into family farming
We will record a new talk this morning. For our Dutch readers, this is what the most qualitative of Dutch TV channels thinks is...
Dick Veerman
9/4/2020 8:47 am
The Dutch used to be capitalist farmers, the 19th century forced them into family farming
What the future will bring, is in the stars. These new technologies needs lots of mainly fossil energy. That problem isn't...
Piet Hermus
9/1/2020 10:17 am
The Dutch used to be capitalist farmers, the 19th century forced them into family farming
Wouter de Heij I also see information technology as something that could have a large impact, perhaps comparable to the effects...
Krijn Poppe
9/1/2020 9:01 am
The Dutch used to be capitalist farmers, the 19th century forced them into family farming
“ Processing factories took over the command of the Dutch agricultural intensive advantages. These were gradually developed...
Wouter de Heij
9/1/2020 8:13 am
The Dutch used to be capitalist farmers, the 19th century forced them into family farming
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