Richard Kachungu is the Director of Resource Mobilization for the Young Emerging Farmers Initiative – a Zambian non-governmental organization working to achieve climate resilience, improved nutrition and secure livelihoods by involving youth in agriculture. He talks about his experiences of attending COP27, and the essential role of young people in a just rural transition. What … Continued
It was 2008. I was a chef in Rome. I had studied political science but, having decided politics was not for me, I decided to make a career following my passion of cooking for people. Then I got a call from my parents, and I made a big decision. I moved back to run … Continued
Twelve years ago, I returned home to Brazil after a year experiencing cutting edge precision agriculture on a farm in North Dakota, USA. I had been inspired by their GPS guidance systems for tractors, sensor arrays, and automatic control systems, all of which resulted in significantly more efficient farming. With my agronomic studies recently completed, … Continued
When the land at Drewes Farms was first worked six generations ago, it was done with horse and plough. We replaced horses with tractors in the 20th century and added precision planting monitors to those tractors in the 21st. But underneath all this, one thing has never changed – the need to safeguard our soil. … Continued
A decade ago, I gave up a successful career as a wealth manager to become a commercial farmer. Though my decision to leave behind a lucrative career path may run counter to the aspirations of many young Southern Africans – indeed for anyone young and educated anywhere in the world – I’ve never looked back … Continued
