Large companies pay African farmers for their trees, since they sequester CO2. This way, the companies can compensate for their CO2 emissions and African farmers receive extra income. The idea is...
In the fifth chat of the Digital Food series, Tiffany Tsui asked her panel of African experts about challenges to organize trust, capital and infrastructure for African smallholder entrepreneurs....
"Agriculture is a science as much as it is an art." In December 2020, a group of farming and technology professionals came together in an online webinar to discuss the future of this art in Africa...
Tiffany Tsui discusses with hands on expert Dutch strawberry grower and advisor Jan Robben, TRUE Code-developer Marjan de Bock-Smit, Victoria Madedor (African Farmers Stories), and Dr Ikechi Agbugba...
In the near future, data will travel with products. Retailers and brands need fast, cheap, and reliable data. There are several platforms (blockchains, data lakes, ERP systems) that already contain...
Hans de Gier (SyncForce) explains the Consumer Goods Forum's Data Ports project. The project's goal is to make the myriad of product standards interoperable by a common basic taxonomy and connecting...
Hoe Boerproof is PlanetProof? Dat was de hoofdvraag tijdens het webinar dat Boerenbusiness en Foodlog donderdag 11 februari organiseerden. En die vraag moest nodig gesteld worden. Immers, de kritiek...
AgriFoodNetworks kicked off the Digital Food Series, focusing on the theme of connecting data, technology, and strategy, and to connect people, ideas, and regions. In the first digital chat of the...
IFAMA 2020 Goes Digital has come to an end, but the fruitful conversations we facilitated are just beginning! We engaged in over 60 digital chats over the course of the conference with people from...
What is natural capital? What does a natural capital approach to production and consumption mean for producers, consumers, governments, the environment, and everything in between? In this chat with...
Let’s talk about space! Why, space? Well, food production, like horticulture, can learn a lot from space exploration and the concept of living in space. And vice versa. That’s why we will present...
'How can the sustainability, productivity, and market access of smallholder sugar cane farmers be improved?' That was the main question in the IFAMA2020 Essay Challenge. In the live session on the...
Emeritus WUR-professor Olaf van Kooten neemt na 10 jaar afscheid als lector Duurzame verbindingen aan de Hogeschool InHolland in Delft. In 2012 maakte hij vanaf Foodlog zijn inaugurele rede...
Op 17 november lanceerde de activistische Farmers Defence Force het Farmer Friendly-logo. Daarmee eisen ze 3% over de totale omzet van de Nederlandse supermarkten (verenigd in belangenkoepel CBL),...
What is an ‘entrepreneurial tribe’? At first glance, the phrase could cause confusion. It sounds like an oxymoron in the context of the 21st century. In fact, however, the entrepreneurial tribe is...
Bulle Koster is dierenarts en uitvinder. Hij bedacht onder meer de stal die dieren een kans geeft tegen brand. Afgelopen voorjaar bedacht hij samen met zijn technische partner Fred Dijkstra een zo...
"The jewel in the crown of Dutch horticulture is not the produce- it’s the technology that produces the produce. And wouldn’t one expect that that is where the real value is? Why? Because that’s...
Let’s talk about space! Why, space? Well, food production, like horticulture, can learn a lot from space exploration and the concept of living in space. And vice versa. That’s why we will present...
What explains – from a historical perspective – the innovation and yield per unit push in the Netherlands? Niek Koning, Food Policy Analyst and emeritus assistant professor Wageningen University &...
Organizing transparency in food chains is no longer a question of technologies. They are available and widely tested. A growing number of IT solution providers are competing to be the single go-to...
Ons willen deugen zit Nederland dwars. Forum voor Democratie vraagt Nederlanders weer wat ze echt willen. Terwijl Drees en Den Uyl Nederland al vol vonden en de eerste na de Tweede Wereldoorlog een...
“I think that governments, consumers and also suppliers have become increasingly much more aware of safe food and security. And so for highly perishable products. There is an accelerated interest in...
Let’s talk about space! Why, space? Well, food production, like horticulture, can learn a lot from space exploration and the concept of living in space. And vice versa. That’s why we will present...
Vijf maanden nadat ik het initiatief heb genomen om aan de hand van Sjouk het systeem van de (melk)veehouderij te ontrafelen, ben ik het spoor bijster. Ik heb ‘het raampunt’ bereikt.
What explains – from a historical perspective – the innovation and yield per unit push in the Netherlands? Niek Koning, Food Policy Analyst and emeritus assistant professor Wageningen University &...
