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Food security in the Netherlands: robust with frayed edges
- Looking at food security from the perspective of supply and availability reveals a system that is actually quite resilient. Although food security in... -
Roadside forests
- The department of Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat) intends to contribute to the climate goals by planting trees along highways and... -
FAO and academia discuss impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
- The COVID-19 pandemic has created a new set of challenges for food and agriculture. In this context, FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the... -
Intercropping increases agricultural yield while reducing the use of fertilisers
- Intercropping, or the simultaneous cultivation of multiple crops on a single plot of land, can significantly increase the yield, not only of low input... -
COVID-19: Rapid assessments highlight immediate impacts on seed sector
- Stakeholders in seed and other agricultural sectors are facing critical challenges to their normal activities. Without fast and informed action, the... -
Robust policy needed to counter growing inequality and malnutrition across the globe
- To ensure global food supply into the future, governments must formulate sharper and more robust policy to counter inequality and climate change.... -
Analysing food security from the context
- Thom Achterbosch is a development economist at LEI. He coordinated the recent publication The Food Puzzle: Pathways to securing food for all and... -
Be an African farmer in the game 'African Highland Farmer'
- In the game 'African Highland Farmer' you are a smallholder farmer in the East African Highlands who has to manage 1 ha of land for him and his...