{"id":837,"date":"2025-10-02T03:56:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/van-walsum-edith\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:56:30","slug":"van-walsum-edith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-walsum-edith\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Walsum Edith"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left normal content view\" id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"rounded-corner\"><\/div>\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<header class=\"contents\">\n<h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Edith van Walsum<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"author_addthis\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n    <!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style\" addthis:title=\"van Walsum   Edith\">\n    <a class=\"addthis_button_facebook_like\" fb:like:layout=\"button_count\"><\/a><br \/>\n    <a class=\"addthis_button_tweet\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n    <a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_pinit\"><\/a><br \/>\n    <a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_pill_style\"><\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n    <!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"object-left\">\n<div class=\"img border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/authors\/van-walsum-edith\/25373-2-eng-gb\/van-walsum-edith_author.jpg\" alt=\"van Walsum   Edith\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOrganisation:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tCentre for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture (ILEIA)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><b>Edith van Walsum <\/b>is director of the Centre for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture (ILEIA), Amersfoort, the Netherlands. As a development practitioner, lecturer, trainer and consultant Edith has always focused been on the empowerment of small farmers, particularly women, in agricultural development. She became ILEIA\u2019s director in 2007.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"children\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Mind the gap\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Mind the gap<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-walsum-edith\/\"> Edith van Walsum <\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t10 November 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe dust is settling down after the Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change that took place in The Hague last week. The conference ended with a presentation of the Chair\u2019s Summary that included a Roadmap for Action. The&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Opinion: Family farming first\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Opinion: Family farming first<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/gueye-bara\/\">Bara  Gueye<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/petersen-paulo\/\">Paulo Petersen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/ugas-roberto\/\">Roberto Ugas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-walsum-edith\/\"> Edith van Walsum <\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/gopal-k\/\">K.S. Gopal<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNovember 27, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tWith the World Food Summit in Rome in November and the Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen in early December 2009, climate change and hunger are once again hot topics. Agriculture is at the heart of both. 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