Roger Peltzer
Dear readers, dear friends, Fernand Ousmarou, 22 years old, a newly qualified cotton farmer from the village of Ngong in northern Cameroon, has recently set up his own business, bought land and is now growing cotton, maize and peanuts. This
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On Monday, 12.01.25, Development Minister Alabali Radovan presented her plan for the reform of German development cooperation. Roger Peltzer, Chairman of Pro Small Holder Farmers Africa e.V., comments on these plans: The mountain has been circling for 7 months, and
Read moreFailed military coup in Benin. Does good governance have a chance in West Africa? How should we assess the 10-year presidency of Patrice Talon, who will not be standing for re-election next year? What are Benin’s economic, social and cultural
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Climate and sustainability goals have lost significant public support. The Supply Chain Act is being watered down considerably in Germany and at EU level, as are the sustainability reporting obligations. The cotton sustainability standards BCI, CmiA, Fairtrade and GOTS are
Read moreThe BMZ budget for 2025 has been cut by one billion euros. You don’t need to be clairvoyant to predict that funding will stagnate or fall further in the coming years. However, fewer funds should not go hand in hand
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Presidential elections are due to be held in Cameroon in October. The incumbent 93-year-old president is seeking an eighth mandate. Roger Peltzer analyzes why his chances are crumbling and that there are signs that Paul Biya’s power base is crumbling.
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The international food crisis in 2008 led to a broad debate on how investment in food production in Africa could be promoted. As a result, the Zebu Investment Fund for investment in African agriculture was set up. Dennis Matingira has
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On January 24, Friedrich Merz gave a keynote speech on his foreign, security and development policy ideas at the Körber Foundation in Hamburg as part of the Global Leader Forum. It was remarkable that he – like the previous governments
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The AA recently published its Africa policy guidelines. Roger Peltzer comments that the guidelines largely reflect the current state of the political debate on Africa. However, one would wish that the relationship with China, the largest competitor in Africa, had
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The destruction of tropical forests in Brazil has had its day as an argument against agriculture and agricultural trade. Agricultural engineer Ingo Melchers, who worked in Brazil for a long time, assesses the EU-Mercosur Agreement from an agronomic and Brazilian
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