Posts published by “Jeffrey Prins”

Jeffrey Prins leads the renewable energy programme at the IKEA Foundation. He previously worked for DOEN Foundation, focusing on clean-energy investments in East Africa and India, and served as a policy advisor on environmental issues in the EU and the Netherlands.

How Post-COVID Economy Can Support the Rural Poor

How Post-COVID Economy Can Support the Rural Poor

By Jeffrey Prins on August 27, 2020

During COVID-19, larger centralised rice mills have been shut down due to transportation restrictions and lack of diesel. But smaller decentralised rice mills have been running and keeping farmers alive. There are many lessons for rural development from this experience.