Publications
Regenerative coffee for climate resilience
It was a fairytale. Visiting the coffee farmers of Finca Churupampa in Chirinos, a small village high in the Peruvian jungle. Eber Tocto Bermeo, the founder of Finca Churupampa, is devoted to deploy various interventions against climate change, such as regenerative practices, reforestation, developing organic compost and constructing indoor drying facilities.
Cacao tegen Ontbossing
Cacao kan het verlies van biodiversiteit en klimaatverandering beperken. Studies in Centraal-Amerika laten zien dat agro-ecologische landbouw systemen positief bijdragen aan natuur, milieu, klimaat, voedselzekerheid en leefbaarheid.
Cocoa Agroforestry as Driver for Climate Resilience
Our land use and food systems have a great impact on problems causing climate change and biodiversity loss. There is a growing need to find ways that combine agricultural production with nature conservation, while securing farmers livelihoods.
Agroecological Responses for Climate Resilience
This article investigates two Costa Rican communities that apply an agroforestry logic that includes cocoa cultivation. In this context, are these agroforestry systems viable alternatives to face the effects of climate change?
Lekkere koffie, eerlijk loon voor de boer én aandacht voor het milieu: het kan
Laten we ons niet uit het veld laten slaan door lage marktprijzen en grote multinationals die alle winst opstrijken. Er zijn volop mogelijkheden om de huidige handelsketens radicaal om te gooien.
Keten via de ketting
De behoefte aan meer transparantie in voedselketens groeit, om eerlijke producten en prijzen te garanderen. Is blockchain het wondermiddel?
Blockchain is geen wondermiddel dat eerlijke chocoladerepen garandeert
Dit weekend viel in de Volkskrant te lezen dat Tony Chocolonely zijn idealen probeerde te bereiken middels de blockchain. Deze technologie zou de cacao traceerbaar maken, had een consultancybedrijf voor hen bedacht. Het bleek vrijwel onmogelijk.
A better food supply chain with blockchain?
We are willing to make our contribution to a fair and sustainable food system, but who and what can we trust in a world in which everything seems to be questionable? To restore trust, we need to open up the system, create transparency in our food chains and shift to honest and participatory models.
Blockchain to restore trust in food supply chains?
Blockchain technology is increasingly being proposed to bring about trust and transparency to arrive at a fair and sustainable food system. But does this hypothesis hold? What other options could we imagine to restore trust and design participatory models in the food system? This article dives into the case of Costa Rican cacao to find out.