Koen Dekeyser

[Analysis] #GlobalEurope: #Green industrialisation in an age of disruption - #Africa, #Europe and the global economy, by @AMedinil, @KoDekeyser and @PoorvaKarkare | @ECDPM pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-analys…

Risks and challenges in global agricultural markets by @WorldBank: Agricultural prices are levelling off. Fertilisers are still at a high mark cf. 2019. blogs.worldbank.org/en/development… via @WorldBank

the economic gap between africa and the rest of the world is growing if trends continue, africans will make up >80% of the world’s poor by 2030

A defense of industrial agriculture nytimes.com/2024/12/13/opi…

📝 Producing fertiliser with green hydrogen presents a promising way to establish a substantial green hydrogen sector in Africa: potentially key to green industrialisation and agricultural development in the region. Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/3ZEN5IQ

[Article] #SouveraineteAlimentaire : sortir du règne des débats binaires Pour sortir des stéréotypes, la Revue Sesame ouvre le débat avec @Alssandrakirsch, directrice générale d’@AgriStrategies, et @PierreMarieA👇 revue-sesame-inrae.fr/souverainete-a…

Where does manufacturing mania come from? ✍️extract: my May2024 Factful Friday 👉I’m not sure why G7 politicians believe manuf is so pivotal for economic success ❗️YES, you need a manuf to conduct military operations, react to pandemics, & drive the green transition. ❗️YES, productivity growth is faster in manufacturing (in G7). 👉But with only 8% of US workers in factories, why isn’t manuf more of a “that’s nice to have” sort of thing rather than something Biden threw $2 trillion at? 👉The obsession doesn’t make sense unless it is coming from politics … oh, wait, yes that’s it. Now I get it. 👉Manufacturing jobs wins elections. It’s like farm policy in France; no one wins without the farm vote. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~👇 In socialist circles, Anti-service attitudes have a long & glorious intellectual history. 👉 Communist economic theory is all about production, and from Marx onwards that meant things that you could drop on your foot 👉 Marx, a German sitting in London, hatched his masterpiece, Das Kapital, in 1867 when industry was what Germany wanted and England had—It was clearly what made Britain a superpower 👉 Marxism had a plan for economic betterment. That plan relied on industrializing, so given the times, manufacturing mesmerisation made sense 👉 Did you know that Engels called services ‘faux frais’ (false costs)? 👉 Did you know that in the 1990s, the CCP called some service sectors the "imaginary economy" or "fictitious economy" (xūnǐ jīngjì)? 👉 The intellectual linchpin is this: real socialists don’t believe that market prices represent value. 🤔 since it is hard to value services without claiming that they just are worth what people pay for them, it is easy to understand how a hard-charging communist boss would build factories rather than improve productivity in the service sector >>Summary 👉mental blinders drive manuf mania in 🇨🇳; politics drives it in G7

Another wake-up call for the #EU. China Bans Rare Mineral Exports to the U.S. nytimes.com/2024/12/03/wor…

Wat Denemarken doet is Mansholt 2.0: schaalvergroting en technologie inzetten om maatschappelijke doelen te halen. Bij Mansholt was het doel sociaal-economisch, in Denemarken klimaat. Tip: lees Mansholts ‘Memorandum Landbouw 1980’ uit 1968 er eens op na. foodlog.nl/artikel/groene…

EU's cereal output is currently projected at 255.6 mln tonnes (its lowest level since 2007), a Commission official told MEPs today. This is 9% below the historical average and it's linked to adverse weather events while prices remain low—not a good thing for EU farmers...

"Democrat political elites" culturally diverge from the median voter Research by Alexander Furnas (@zfurnas) and Timothy LaPira (@timlapira). ft.com/content/73a183…

The new Ozempic-class weight loss meds render these forecasts moot. Obesity in the US is on its way down y'all. #fig2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Experts lichten verborgen kost uit ecologische landbouw: "Kijk naar milieu-impact per product, niet per hectare" vilt.be/nl/nieuws/expe…

‼️ EUDR proposal with 1 year delay BUT amendments on creating “no risk” category has passed with the support of 371 MEPs

Out now! @FAO's report The State of Food and Agriculture 2024 uncovers the #TrueCostOfFood in order to make agrifood systems more inclusive, resilient and sustainable. Read the report👇 📕 bit.ly/4fjncne #SOFA2024 #TrueCostAccounting

Agriculture uses over 70% of Irish land, contributes 1.11% of GDP and creates 37% of the country's total greenhouse gas emissions - now its far-reaching influence has been mapped out for the first time by @DeSmog #climate #agriculture irishmirror.ie/news/irish-new…

Globally, labour’s share of the pie has fallen for 20 years 🔗 on.ft.com/3TfxqME ILO report: ilo.org/node/668326

Needs rise in #EastAfrica, with Famine confirmed in part of Al Fasher, #Sudan ow.ly/tOcn50SW9io

PRESS RELEASE: Famine (IPC Phase 5) Confirmed in #Sudan’s Zamzam IDP Camp in Al Fasher “Humanitarian and government actors should never wait for a confirmation of Famine (IPC Phase 5) before taking meaningful actions to save lives.” ow.ly/ESvb50SP7Le

From: economist.com/international/…