Farmers’ Health: Mental Health (2)

This week's letter is dedicated to all the farmers in the World, especially those who were badly affected as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic, and yet produced food for us.

Geopolitical Food Policy: Can Food Security be Achieved for Africa?

The Russian attack on Ukraine has had major effects on world market prices of cereals (and of food in general) and of fossil fuels. Is compensation of food supplies form elsewhere feasible? African populations are the main victims of less cereals on...

Farmers’ Health: Mental Health (1)

In business generally, shocks are normal occurrences at different stages. The ability of the actors to absorb these shocks as and when needed, bouncing back quickly, shows the capacity of the business to sustain itself.

Agriculture Must Work for Us

What constitutes good policy for the agricultural sector? Babatunde highlights some key aspects in this week's letter to his farmers.

Agricultural Insurance: Building Resilience for Smallholder Farmers

How do farmers respond to being exposed to increasing natural perils? Think of insurance, says Babatunde in this week's letter to his farmers.

OPEC-Like Constructs Can Promote Peaceful Use of Scarce Minerals for Agriculture

Since the war in Ukraine began, politicians all over the world have suddenly become intensively involved in agriculture. World food production, as it has developed in recent decades, together with energy, appears to be one large 'interwoven system'....

Digitization and Due Diligence: profit or suffer!

Digitisation, standards based transparency and government led Due Diligence are rapidly on the rise in agri- & horticulture, food and nutrition. Companies that don't comply will lose trust by their lack of transparency and can even find themselves...

The Farm Family: An Under-Emphasized Model

In this week's Letter to My Farmers, Babatunde emphasizes the importance of involving the whole family in the training process, rather than just the head of the household. This ensures that they can carry on the farm for generations.

Making Sense of a Jumble of Data to Assess Sustainability Opportunities in Animal Husbandry

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Food and Population: Tackling the Barriers to Increasing Food Production

In this week's Letter to My Farmers, Babatunde places the focus on the various barriers to farming for the people and being able to produce enough food for all the hungry mouths. Food production can be more efficient, if we all focus on sustainable...

Port of Amsterdam Builds Sustainable Brand for Its Business Cluster

The Port of Amsterdam is the world's largest port for cocoa. This flow of goods is so substantial that the port is seizing the opportunity to introduce its own sustainability standard. Mark Hoolwerf, area manager of the Amsterdam Port Authority (Port...

Food or the Environment

Food is a universal language that anyone can speak or experience irrespective of location. Nature (environment) rewards the farmers who till the soil, plant the seeds and maintain his or her pride to produce food that meets the needs of the people.