Now that conference has ended, what comes next? By Chidi Emenike By Friday afternoon, the posters came down, and the next Tropentag was formally handed over to the University of Giessen. The closing session in
What if how money reaches farmers matters as much as how much they get? Research from Tropentag 2026 suggests that the delivery channel can change what farmers do next. For years, the answer to slow
By Chidi Emenike What happens when smallholder farmers stop working entirely on their own? Can working together help them produce more, reduce costs and negotiate better prices? These were the questions behind Farrukh Shahzad’s presentation
A 2026 Tropentag case study from Malawi found that 92% of smallholder farmers knew recommended practices, but only 14% were still using them. The problem was never knowledge. Source: Intersnack Group Ms Banda, a hypothetical
A ten-minute role play at Tropentag exposed a problem that no confidence interval can address: whether the person answering your question feels safe enough to tell you the truth. Photo credit: Adesoji Adeyemi-Adejolu Room VG