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Blogs
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A future with a less 'meaty' flavour
- The clock is ticking. We need to change the way in which we eat and produce meat since the current system is not sustainable (Buckwell and Nadeu,... -
Reverse thinking for finding Food Systems solutions
- The recently agreed reform of the international research network CGIAR provides a unique opportunity for making new steps towards a more effective,... -
2019, a bizarre year for pig producers
- Either your farm is being hit by African Swine Fever and you can only face losses (like in Eastern Europe), or the market is hardly being touched by... -
How to ensure coffee, cocoa, cotton and tea farmers to earn a living income?
- Many parties have pledged that farmers in sectors such as tea, cocoa, coffee and cotton are to earn a living income in the future. This, as currently... -
Focus on the quality of food
- 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?
- 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
- 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 - 'New' elderly decide for themselves what they eat
- World Population Day is 11 July. World Population Day developed out of efforts in 1987 to draw attention to the overpopulation of the Earth. Since 11... -
BLOG - Eurosceptics keep the Agricultural Policy European. For now.
- 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
- 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...