Thomas Daum

Biodiversity-smart agriculture – the role of labour requirements Governments across the Global South invest heavily in agricultural development to combat poverty and hunger. But while crucial for improving the livelihoods of millions, agricultural development can u...

Agriculture is key to improving livelihoods but can harm biodiversity. In a short new article in Rural21, we highlight the importance of biodiversity-smart agriculture and argue for paying more attention to labor requirements to ensure its success. See here: www.rural21.com/english/curr...

13.12.2023 21:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Great article on "Made in #Africa"

Tackling agr. & rural development needs developing agr. input (e.g. machinery) & output markets (e.g. food processing).

"While infant-industry... arguments have re-emerged in African policy debates..., a lot can be done in terms of industrial policies & investm."

09.12.2023 10:15 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

a map of all the huge emissions sourcesin the north sea

Folks: do not sleep on this amazing new tool launched by Al Gore called "Climate Trace". I have never seen an emissions map quite like this. Uses satellites and *assigns emissions to company sources* (!!)

Look at what we've done to the North Sea:

climatetrace.org/explore/co2e...

04.12.2023 19:53 — 👍 1006    🔁 552    💬 26    📌 48

Excited to share our latest article on local machinery manufacturing! It was a fantastic collaboration with great scholars from across Africa. doi.org/10.1002/jid....

15.11.2023 06:50 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1