Tag Archives: India

#Potatoes – Crop of the Future? A discussion with Prof Anton Haverkort

Posted on 11 October 2019 by

Forty years ago, when I was working in Turkey, I met another young man called Anton Haverkort, just setting out on his career. He grew up on a potato farm in the Netherlands, studied potatoes, and came to Turkey to … Continue reading →

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Plant-based #foods and going #plastic free key themes at #ife2019

Posted on 21 March 2019 by

I’ve been going to the biannual international food and drink event (ife2019) on and off for years. Ife2019 finished yesterday and I spent a couple of afternoons wandering around chatting to some of the 1350 exhibitors to get a feel … Continue reading →

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From India’s green to greed to evergreen revolution – M S Swaminathen discusses a lifetime’s work

Posted on 22 April 2016 by

In 2009, I met M S Swaminathan during a visit to India. A plant genetistist, who was at Cambridge at the same time as Watson and Crick, he is often known as the father of India’s green revolution. A towering … Continue reading →

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Smallholder innovation for resilience in the face of climate change – reports from China, India, Kenya and Peru.

Posted on 6 February 2015 by

“Understanding the coping and risk-management strategies of farmers who are already facing extreme climatic stresses and variation will be useful in developing strategies that can be adopted by other farmers who will face similar challenges in the future” according to a … Continue reading →

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Millets join India’s public distribution system and new India-Africa links are born

Posted on 24 January 2014 by

Every year in December and early January, I get lots of letters from friends and family updating me on their news for the past year. Most are only of interest to friends and family. But this year, news in one … Continue reading →

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