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Focus on the quality of food
October 15, 2015 - The international World Food Day (16 October), held annually at the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations,... -
BLOG - Do cocoa farmers benefit from chocolate letters?
November 27, 2014 - Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas) already arrived in the Netherlands, and chocolate letters are flying off the shelves in preparation for the traditional 5... -
BLOG - The import of the human face
October 9, 2014 - Figures that run into millions or billions are elusive and difficult to grasp. We can’t handle magnitudes like that. We need smaller units,... -
BLOG - Eurosceptics keep the Agricultural Policy European. For now.
May 26, 2014 - It appears that a number of parties with anti-European leanings are the big winners in the European Parliament elections. In six countries (France,... -
BLOG - Towards the twenties
January 7, 2014 - The '20s are starting to become important. I'm not talking about the 'Roaring Twenties' of the previous century, but rather the decade that will begin... -
BLOG - Pure food art
December 23, 2013 - What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of food and the incomparable Rijksmuseum? Maybe you think of the 'food still lifes' by the... -
BLOG - Open data; no value without Big Data
November 26, 2013 - Data is essential to good decision-making. Economists need no convincing of that, especially economists at LEI, who use data and models to work out... -
BLOG - (Re)searching trust
October 17, 2013 - Do you trust it? If trust is questioned, it means there is doubt. In fact, doubt is not so much the exception as the rule. All the same, we apparently... -
BLOG - How will we feed 9 billion people in 2050?
October 16, 2013 - October 16 was World Food Day. This year’s theme was "Sustainable food systems for food security and nutrition ". A fairly abstract... -
BLOG - Data as a source of income
September 6, 2013 - Data from farmers and growers is increasing in value. One of the reasons for this is that data tells the story of a product. An egg, for instance, is...