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Ken Giller
@kengiller.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor at Wageningen University and Research. Tropical farming systems - legume lover - nitrogen fixation - smallholder farming - SDSN

https://www.n2africa.org
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🚨 This morning we turned the street outside Labour Party Headquarters in London into Jabaliya camp in Gaza.

Listen to @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social talking about what the Israeli army did to his neighourhood and family.
July 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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We are delighted have Ken Giller @kengiller.bsky.social give a talk at our November meeting on 'Roots to RegenAg'.
It'll be great to hear his perspective on the 'Perils of Populism and Precarious Promises'!
Please plan to submit an abstract and register from June!
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April 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Can we have more honest conversations about the future of food and agriculture?

In the latest episode of the Feed Podcast, @kengiller.bsky.social discusses the dangers of populist narratives that oversimplify agricultural challenges & more.

Listen here: www.tabledebates.org/podcast/epis...
March 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Can we have more honest conversations about the future of food and agriculture?

In the latest episode of the Feed Podcast, @kengiller.bsky.social discusses the dangers of populist narratives that oversimplify agricultural challenges & more.

Listen here: buff.ly/MNEjnYZ
March 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Can we have more honest conversations about the future of food and agriculture?

In the latest episode of the Feed Podcast, @kengiller.bsky.social discusses the dangers of populist narratives that oversimplify agricultural challenges & more.

Listen here: www.tabledebates.org/podcast/epis...
March 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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On this week's episode of Solving for Climate, we talk with @hausfath.bsky.social about the world of carbon removals. And some other stuff too: he's worked on a lot!

open.spotify.com/episode/55Wu...
March 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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This week in our newsletter Fodder:

🦞 Out of sight, out of mind: The invisibility of seafood
🎣 The multidimensional contributions of small-scale fisheries
🌊 Sea farming and feminist blue humanities
🍣 Norwegian salmon undermines food security in West Africa

And more: mailchi.mp/tabledebates...
March 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Snow on Mam Tor today
December 23, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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„De preparaten worden steeds vaker aanbevolen voor uitgeputte bodems in Afrika en Azië. Kleine boeren (…) worden blij gemaakt met een dooie mus en als hun oogst mislukt, wacht de honger.” @kengiller.bsky.social

@joostvk.bsky.social @nrcwetenschap.bsky.social #landbouw www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
December 14, 2024 at 7:30 AM

Joost van Kasteren in the NRC explains that two multinationals Corteva and Syngenta are selling microbial inoculants to farmers that don't match their claims that they fix nitrogen from the air with cereals and other non-legume crops.

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...

@w-u-r.bsky.social
Van tarwe kun je geen erwten maken, al beloven agromultinationals van wel
Landbouw: Boeren geven grote bedragen uit aan biologische preparaten die een alternatief zouden vormen voor kunstmest. Maar het werkt niet, zeggen kritische experts.
www.nrc.nl
December 13, 2024 at 7:45 AM
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"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent."

Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on)

youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as
Yes, it's a genocide
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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December 4, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Don’t look away
Very inspiring - Jan Pronk discussing with Ellen Magnus her book “Kijk Niet Weg”

Yes we can have an influence on international development
November 27, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Great to see my book is still useful🥸 - I guess the citation is accurate 🤔?
November 23, 2024 at 6:07 PM