Farming Africa
When developing an agricultural system, when creating a media landscape, or even shaping a society: please take lessons from mistakes we have already made in the Western world. This was the message during my speech on World Environment Day, June 5th, 2023 at Bay University in Mogadishu. Here’s the complete …
Farming becomes a challenge, because of climate change. At the same time, some farming methods are an important cause of climate change. Marc van der Sterren, founder of Farming Africa, will tell about this predicament at the online Media Café at Bay University in Mogadishu. Somalia is one of the …
The annual congress of the IFAJ (International Federation of Agricultural Journalists) will come to Kenya in 2025. The country where environmental- and …
Op de klimaattop in Egypte is een belangrijke rol weggelegd voor de Groninger professor Patrick Verkooijen. Hij zamelt miljarden in voor klimaatadaptatie, maar in plaats van het geld te spenderen aan deskundige klimaatslachtoffers, doet hij zaken met het Nederlandse bedrijfsleven en corrupte Afrikaanse leiders.
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.
Mali, here I come! Thanks to an invitation of Api Mali, the Investment Promotion Agency of the Republic of Mali.