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After our three-month debate on food security, the report with the main findings and recommendations is online. Over 90 international experts helped determine key challenges and offered answers on how a knowledge-based policy can tackle global foo...

If the corporate world is to pursue a global food security agenda, it cannot ignore the role of small-scale farming systems. Therefore it is essential they make connections with local organisations.

Netherlands-African Business Council (NABC) is activating the Dutch private sector for market development and knowledge transfer to local farmers in Africa.

The Broker started several online debates on the Agri-Hub Forums in Rwanda and Uganda and on different LinkedIn Groups. Read here the update of what happens on these online platforms.

In the four weeks since the food security debate started, international researchers, politicians, practitioners and entrepreneurs have fed the debate from many angles. They have shed light on what should be key strategies, and what should not be o...

Global networks of Public Private Partnerships’ successes in promoting sustainable food production cannot be ignored. Through long-term commitments, they advantaged project-based learning, the up-scaling of local capabilities and knowledge transfers.

New actors in the food security debate are communication specialists and software developers who are necessary for innovative ways to ensure that information reaches farmers and villages, says Bruce Campbell.

The Broker dossier on food security is an interactive platform with the aim of publishing and debating innovative ways to secure good quality food and nutrition. It also identifies new actors in the food security debate and looks at how knowledge...

Dank Peter voor deze investering om de diverse verhalen met elkaar te verbinden en diverse narratieven als passé te verklaren.

Het internationale speelveld voor kennissamenwerking, waarbinnen de Nederlandse kennisplatforms worden gepositioneerd, is ingrijpend veranderd. De dominante rol van Europese en Noord-Amerikaanse kennisinstellingen is voorbij.

Nog op tijd voor de begrotingsbehandeling heeft de heer Knapen zijn belofte waargemaakt en ons zijn gedachten over het te voeren kennisbeleid meegedeeld. Vanuit mijn kleine werkelijkheid daarop een reactie.

Meer kennis van de complexe problematiek van ontwikkelingssamenwerking is onontbeerlijk om tot duurzame oplossingen te komen.

Het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken staat op het punt een nieuw kennisbeleid voor ontwikkeling te introduceren. Er is lang naar uitgekeken. Zal dit een nieuw elan geven aan het ontwikkelingsbeleid en zorgen voor wat meer ambitie?

2012 is the year that a new, supposedly ‘modernised’ Dutch development policy, which puts “Dutch interests first”, is to be implemented.

Dit is de blog over het voorgenomen kennisbeleid van BuZa. Laat je mening horen!

The future of development aid transparency – the case for including other public flows for development

A South-North Dialogue on Knowledge on Water-related climate change adaptation was organized by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Let's discuss the conclusions.

The second day of the working group zoomed in on the identification of patterns in the dynamics of insurgencies. Wikileaks data on violent interactions between insurgents and counter-insurgency forces (CIGACTs) had been scrutinized for patterns in...

In my address to the International Society for Ecological Economics I argued that to reduce ecological footprint and solve the unemployment crisis, hours of work should be reduced. This shares the available work and reduces pressure on eco-systems...

The International Society for Ecological Economics conference 2010 gathered more than 750 people providing a refreshing view of the academic thinking around ecological economy. Many sub-themes were explored and assessed, from 70 different culture...

The working group observed that relative decoupling has been possible in many countries. Absolute decoupling however yet to be seen on a wide scale.Hopeful signs come from China where good work is being done in eco parks. Chinese paper industry ha...

I have had some trouble visualising what a degrowth future could actually look like. Yesterday Richard Register from the NGO EcoCity Builders, helped me out. The title of the session was ‘making it real. Practical transformations towards degr...

The International Studies Association is hosting its 51st Annual Convention in the vibrant city of New Orleans, USA.

This week The Broker is blogging from the Towards Knowledge Democracy conference in Leiden, The Netherlands. 

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is often seen as the best way to boost the economies of developing countries. But this is only true under strict conditions. If those conditions are not met, FDI can even hamper economic development.

From 26 to 28 February an international conference, ‘Knowledge on the Move: Research for development in a globalizing world’, will take place at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague. Organized jointly by NWO/WOTRO Scien...