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It would be interesting to hear Claasen's opinion on a similar (at least in my opinion) data-driven initiative by other Dutch...
Jur Schuurman
12/22/2023 12:41 pm
Small Farmers Have no Data and Solidaridad is Doing Something About It
Thank you, Dick. I have read Otto's article with great interest. It raises a lot of relevant questions, for instance whether the...
Jur Schuurman
6/6/2021 11:25 am
The mistake white people make in establishing new African cooperatives
Thanks for your reaction, Dick. As for your question, I do not really have the figures that would enable me to say that those...
Jur Schuurman
5/24/2021 8:51 pm
Will digitisation finally emancipate smallholders and revolutionize fair trade?
A challenging paragraph, above: "Block chain and crypto currencies enable tracing payments directly from buyers to their first...
Jur Schuurman
5/24/2021 2:41 pm
Will digitisation finally emancipate smallholders and revolutionize fair trade?
Without denying the importance of the abovementioned factors hampering access to finance, there is another one that is not...
Jur Schuurman
5/8/2021 6:59 pm
Agricultural Financing: The Need for Patient Capital
Toon #16, the question you ask about how to reconcile both levels (micro and macro) of analysis and recommendations is of course...
Jur Schuurman
4/18/2021 7:04 pm
More people, slow growth - how to boost development in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Thanks for your reply, Niek #5. I have looked at the link you gave and wonder if this is really an example of "agro-ecological...
Jur Schuurman
4/14/2021 9:47 am
More people, slow growth - how to boost development in Sub-Saharan Africa?
What an excellent article by Niek and Leo - congratulations! The whole reasoning is solid and hard to refute. I have but two...
Jur Schuurman
4/13/2021 12:49 pm
More people, slow growth - how to boost development in Sub-Saharan 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?
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
"Transforming beets into sugar and raw milk into cheese and butter shifted from farms to factories, turning the farmer...
Jur Schuurman
8/30/2020 2:32 am
The Dutch used to be capitalist farmers, the 19th century forced them into family farming
In addition to Dick's #3 ("Wouter, you sound a bit mysterious"), I would add that the mystery also exists in the combination of...
Jur Schuurman
8/8/2020 7:15 pm
'Get your act together, then export the Netherlands' food system'
Yes, Dick, I suppose I can agree with your first paragraph. As regards the question of who takes the initiative, I suppose it...
Jur Schuurman
6/13/2020 9:22 pm
Understanding Dutch Agriculture from a historical perspective
Dick, depending on what you mean by cooperatives 'getting lost in the commercial mist', two answers are possible. If you mean...
Jur Schuurman
6/10/2020 9:35 pm
Understanding Dutch Agriculture from a historical perspective
In addition to 1886 (or 1894), I would like to mention 1878 and 1870. Depending on exact definitions, either of those years was...
Jur Schuurman
6/10/2020 2:03 am
Understanding Dutch Agriculture from a historical perspective
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