Interviews

2024

Le Maroc a besoin de ses sols

ALBAYANE, Société, 18 février, 2024

Entretien avec Louise Ottilie Fresco, ingénieure agronome, experte en matière d’alimentation

Propos recueillis par NES à Benguerir, Karim Ben Amar

Ancienne directrice du département Agriculture au sein de la FAO, et ancienne directrice de l’université de Wageningue, aux Pays-Bas, Louise O. Fresco est spécialisée dans les sciences de la vie et les ressources naturelles. Dans le cadre de la 4ème édition de la « Science Week », l’équipe d’al Bayane s’est entretenue avec l’experte en matière d’alimentation internationalement reconnue. Entre transitions des sols et la préservation de qualité des sols au Maroc, l’ingénieure agronome nous dit tout. Lire plus….

Interview

Stress hydrique en Afrique. Comment s’en sortir?

Dialogue not enough to solve farmers and food issues, says Dutch food scientist

by Angelo di Mambro, Euractive, 6 febr. 2024

The farmers’ protests are the tip of a more general social malaise, Louise Fresco, a Dutch scientist and writer dealing with globally sustainable food, told Euractiv, warning against the ongoing “proliferation of rules” and a uniform approach to different growers across Europe. 

Fresco had few good words for the  ‘strategic dialogue’ launched by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen with NGOs and agrifood stakeholders on 25 January, which “has a major risk of ending up with a statement where the truth is about in the middle”.

The previously announced initiative sounded very timely given the ongoing farmers’ protests all across Europe, but Fresco, former president of the globally known Wageningen University, specialised in agricultural research, was critical about the simplistic approach to a complex issue.

“In this case, the truth is not the middling of all opinions” as “the truth is far more complex, and I think there’s a lack of leadership if you just ask for a dialogue without indicating where you want to go and what choices entail”…read more

2023

Interview met Louise O Fresco in Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Voeding & Diëtetiek, 2023;78(2), pp. 6-9

‘Jullie zijn de beste ‘influencers’ op het gebied van voeding’

Lees hier hetInterview_met Louise Fresco

In Conversation with Prof Louise Fresco – 9 May 2023

On7 May 2023 Professor Louise O. Fresco was awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Pretoria, South-Africa for her important role in the public debate on ensuring a sustainable food supply.
On May 9, 2023, she was interviewed in this context via FSNet-Africa about leadership in sustainable food systems, see YouTube

2022

College Tour – Louise O. Fresco: The changing role of science for society. Wageningen Dialogue, wo. 11 mei 2022, watch the livestrean

2021

Lab-grown meat, insects and white bread – what’s the future of food?. Audio: Overnigth, ABC Broadcast Thu 22 Jul 2021.
Author, scientist and President of Wageningen University, Professor Louise Fresco discusses the future of food with Rod for Talking Point. Wageningen University & Research,  listen here

In conversation with Louise O. Fresco, Louise Fresco discusses topics like bended working, education and business contacts with three WUR colleagues. Wageningen University & Research, read here

2020

‘Meat is part of a sustainable world’: Professor Louise Fresco, bij Oliver Morrison. Food Navigator Europe, 24-2-2020, lees hier

2018

‘Don’t do the obvious thing’. Resource magazine, page 12, 2018 Summer, (pdf)

‘WUR needs to become even more relevant’. Resource, 31 May 2018 (pdf) 

2017

‘My Greatest Fear Is Not Having Anything To Read.’ The Reading Lists, 31 mei 2017, lees hier

2016

Best books of the year 2016. Times Higher Education, 22 december 2016, lees hier

Louise O. Fresco: Weaving in stories about relatives and patients, Siddhartha    Mukherjee’s The Gene: An Intimate History (Bodley Head) portrays the application of genetics as a potentially dangerous as well as a truly liberating idea.
How much risk are we willing to take? The Gene shows that however important our genes are, we cannot be reduced to our genes alone.
Just like the protagonist of Yentl, Barbra Streisand had to overcome enormous resistance.
But she would not be stopped – by her looks, her Jewish identity, a lack of resources or even her insecurity. She became a symbol of empowerment. Neal Gabler’s Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power (Yale University Press), part of Yale’s Jewish Lives series, should inspire all students to persevere

Organic food is no healthier than normal produce, professor says . Telegraph, 1 June 2016, (pdf), | audio

A concerted attempt to excel in agriculture. The Reporter, Ethiopia, 9 January 2016, (pdf)

To feed 9 billion people, move away from the farmers market.  InnovationHub, 15 jan. 2016, read here