Thought of the day

My tango friends sent me an email that started with the following thought by J. Tarrant: “Change itself is sudden; like harvest. It is preparing the ground that takes time.” It’s oh so true and not just for tango…

They can’t steal what you share

Last Sunday I learnt this in a quite direct “slap in your face” kind of way. After returning from a nice outing to Baltimore with my family, we found that someone had entered the house through a (previously) blocked dog-flap, had had a good look around and left with an arm full of stuff (the [...]

Just because they can?!

Why do policy makers push for certain decisions? Together with a group of IFPRI researchers I work at better understanding how agricultural policy making processes in Malawi (and other African countries work) and how research results can play a bigger role in it. This question, how to bridge the gap between research and the rest [...]