Farming Africa
The Global Centre for Adaptation wants to act big and fast when it comes to climate adaptation for the most vulnerable people in the world. They are right: the need is big and time is scarce. Therefore, they only work top-down and not bottom-up. Programs developed from grassroots level are …
When it comes to climate adaptation in Africa, agriculture is a big topic. Big industrial farming, however, is not the solution. It’s the smallholder farmer we need, different world leaders say. The world needs to invest in smallholder farmers, rather than big industrial farming. Especially when it comes to Africa, …
With climate change sweeping around the world, Masai and other pastoralists are forced to change their way of life. On behalf of …
Ten years ago George Fugluu from Ghana told me about his dream: an organic demonstration farm with pigs. Help him to make his dream come true.
Living as a Christian in a jihadist country is tough. When, above that, you are a journalist who takes his job seriously, …
After climate change and hunger in the countryside of many developing countries, COVID-19 is just another phenomenon that proofs that industrial agriculture …
The Western Cape of South Africa will not allow buying land anymore by citizens without a certificate in land management. With this …
Booming Africa needs jobs. Agriculture is the main sector for creating jobs, especially when it comes to smallholder farmers and rural areas. …
In its future policy, the European Union will take the interest of smallholder farmers more into account.
Investing in West-Africa is not for the faint-hearted. Risks are serious. But so are the business opportunities. Especially for agriculture.
De natuur maakt geen fouten. De natuur is zoals ze is. Het herstellen van ‘een krakkemikkige fotosynthese’ is mooi voor de economie, …