A Q&A with AGREN Founder, Erik Odendaal
Q. What is your day-to-day job role within AGREN I am broadly dividing my time between providing professional services here in the UK and our project…
BLOGS AND ARTICLES
How to find out soil types
How to find out soil types by Maureen Odendaal Good soil is not a given, soils need to be managed to remain productive. Soils which…
Soils: How They are Formed
Simply put, all life on land depends upon the soil, from the plants growing in the soil, to animals that eat the plants, and animals…
“…. well I think the answer lies in the soil”
An article by Maureen Odendaal In the 1950s the radio comedy Around the Horne regularly featured Arthur Fallowfield a.k.a Kenneth Williams as the gardening expert…
3 key tips for valuing a UK woodland
Tips and advice for valuing a woodland or forest. How to value your forest?
Regenerative agriculture, adding long term value to your estate.
Written by: Erik Odendaal, a Chartered Surveyor (MRICS), a RICS Registered Valuer and a Chartered Forester (MICFor). As a landowner or manager, regenerative farming can…
AGREN Africa improving livelihoods in marginalised communities
AGREN’s project in Africa improving livelihoods in marginalised communities
A Q&A with founder Erik Odendaal
Switch from cotton to livestock threatens key biodiversity area in Zimbabwe
Is cattle-farming in arid landscapes in parts of sub-Saharan Africa really better for biodiversity?
Forest and Agriculture Asset Valuations
Article by by Robert Gladstone MA Land Economy, (FRICS) Forest and Agriculture Asset Valuations: The fundamentals of RICS Valuation – Global Standards (incorporating the ‘International…
Cows, COP26 and Gas
Article by Maureen Odendaal, BSc (Hons), MPhil In recent years climate change has become much more real, with increased climate events such as wildfires and…
THE ECONOMY OF THE FUTURE WILL GROW ON TREES
“Planting more trees and using more wood in our daily lives can help us mitigate the effects of climate change, reverse biodiversity loss and reduce…
Africa – Missing an Opportunity? Part I
Erik Odendaal talks agrarian policy. The majority of countries in Africa are neither net exporters or net importers, technology developers, manufacturers or service providers. So,…
Southern Africa is Blessed
by Erik Odendaal Southern Africa is blessed with energetic people, abundant natural resources, good climate and significant capacity for development. In fact, by 2050 more…
Zambia: developing the agricultural potential of a nation
by Maureen Odendaal “Despite 40 million hectares of arable land, an abundance of groundwater resources, nutrient-rich soil, and low population density, Zambia’s agriculture sector has…
Growing Impact: New Insights into the Practice of Impact Investing
The report also highlights the enormous potential to invest for impact in public equity markets. Today, assets totaling about $10 trillion are actively managed and…
Securing adequate food supply in sub-Saharan Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa needs to prioritise policies targeted at reducing risks to food security as part of fiscal stimulus packages to counter the pandemic, according to…
Ensuring Africa’s food security through AfDB’s Sustainable Development Goals.
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) High 5 priority areas are set to support the continent’s achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a major…
Creating Impact—The Promise of Impact Investing
The report is the most comprehensive assessment so far of the potential global market for impact investing. It estimates that as much as $269 trillion—the…
The Sustainable Development Goals: The time to act is now
The UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are amongst the most ambitious projects humanity has ever attempted. They represent our best hope of tackling the…
Africa’s Pulse, No. 21, Spring 2020 : An Analysis of Issues Shaping Africa’s Economic Future
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on human life and brought major disruption to economic activity across the world. Despite a late arrival, the…