Koen Dekeyser

-Paused account- Welcome! I get happy listening re food systems, climate and governance in Africa & the EU | @ecdpm | PhD political economy .

[PubAffairs EU Debates, News & Opinions 🇪🇺 @PubAffairsEU]

[Analysis] #GlobalEurope: #Green industrialisation in an age of disruption - #Africa, #Europe and the global economy, by @AMedinil, @KoDekeyser and @PoorvaKarkare | @ECDPM https://t.co/F2rzyUPC6C

[Koen Dekeyser @KoDekeyser]

Risks and challenges in global agricultural markets by @WorldBank: Agricultural prices are levelling off.

Fertilisers are still at a high mark cf. 2019.

https://t.co/ymGjPhC7ta via @WorldBank

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

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

[Koen Dekeyser @KoDekeyser]

A defense of industrial agriculture

https://t.co/tnDm6EBWqz

[ECDPM 🔎 🌍 @ECDPM]

📝 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 👉 https://t.co/hItteWd4fe

[IDDRI @IDDRI_ThinkTank]

[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👇
https://t.co/U82X3W8g67

[Richard Baldwin @BaldwinRE]

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.
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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

[Koen Dekeyser @KoDekeyser]

Another wake-up call for the #EU.

China Bans Rare Mineral Exports to the U.S.
https://t.co/jebolem3oI

[André Hoogendijk @andrehoogendijk]

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.

https://t.co/5FgUrpUBd8

[Gerardo Fortuna @gerardofortuna]

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...

[Alice Evans @_alice_evans]

"Democrat political elites" culturally diverge from the median voter

Research by Alexander Furnas (@zfurnas) and Timothy LaPira (@timlapira).

https://t.co/l8koYk4fnT

[Tamar Haspel @TamarHaspel]

The new Ozempic-class weight loss meds render these forecasts moot.

Obesity in the US is on its way down y'all.
https://t.co/ra2cxUZyI9

[Koen Dekeyser @KoDekeyser]

Experts lichten verborgen kost uit ecologische landbouw: "Kijk naar milieu-impact per product, niet per hectare"

https://t.co/qBnL2HHcTJ

[Sofía S. Manzanaro @sofiamazzanaro]

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

[FAO Social & Economic Development @FAOSocioEcon]

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👇

📕 https://t.co/IgcfnkJOAU

#SOFA2024 #TrueCostAccounting

[Shauna Corr 🌍 @ShaunaReports]

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
https://t.co/ByRw0Mufa5

[Richard Baldwin @BaldwinRE]

Globally, labour’s share of the pie has fallen for 20 years
🔗 https://t.co/MCb3PF2Xwo ILO report: https://t.co/d8O446ToSZ

[FEWS NET @FEWSNET]

Needs rise in #EastAfrica, with Famine confirmed in part of Al Fasher, #Sudan https://t.co/pT07DMzxlD

[FEWS NET @FEWSNET]

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.” https://t.co/8aDVGkX25E

[Koen Dekeyser @KoDekeyser]

From: https://t.co/W7SzBJCkly