Wageningen World

'You know what, I'm going to set up that factory myself'

Five years ago, Thijs Boer embarked on a great adventure: setting up a crisp factory in Rwanda. 'If the urban youth are going to snack, they might as well buy a bag of crisps made from potatoes grown by Rwandan farmers.' The factory is now breaking even, while hundreds of local farmers are getting a good price for their potatoes.

This article was published in Wageningen World 2, 2020