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What happens when a man who grew up on a potato farm in the Netherlands moves to Uganda? This conversation will make you angry. It will make you proud. And if you're honest with yourself... it will make you uncomfortable in the best possible way.Mark Dieleman of Dieleman Potatoes doesn't sugarcoat anything. He doesn't come here to be polite. He comes here with numbers, with facts, and with a kind of love for Uganda that only someone who chose to build his life here can have.And what he says? You need to hear it.⏱ TIMESTAMPS00:00 — Introduction - Who is the Potato Man? 03:20 — Uganda is the 3rd largest potato producer in East Africa — so why are we still poor? 08:45 — A Dutch farmer produces potatoes CHEAPER than a Ugandan farmer 14:10 — Why smallholder farming under 5 acres cannot build a middle class life 19:30 — The inbreeding problem, what your old potato seeds are really doing to your yields 25:00 — Crop rotation; The simple habit Ugandan farmers keep ignoring (and it's costing everything) 31:15 — Uganda has 12 registered potato varieties. The Netherlands has 300. Here's why that matters. 38:00 — "Stop eating the layers of the road", Mark's most brutal truth about what's holding Uganda back 42:20 — What it will ACTUALLY take to achieve a middle class economy by 2035 45:00 — Rapid fire: 3 things Uganda must START doing. 3 things Uganda must STOP doing NOW.💥 IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL DISCOVER✅ Why Uganda's greatest blessing, fertile soil, perfect climate, two seasons, has made us dangerously lazy ✅ The real reason your potato yields are low (hint: it's not the weather) ✅ How Kenya pulled ahead, and the one phone call Uganda hasn't made yet ✅ Why we are importing chips from South Africa when we shouldn't be importing anything ✅ The government policy change that could double farmer income within one season✅ How a serious farmer thinks vs. how a hobby farmer thinks, and which one will still be farming in 5 years🔥 THE MOMENT THAT BROKE THE INTERNET"My father in the Netherlands can produce potatoes cheaper than you can here in Uganda, where you have more land, more water, more sun, and better soil."If that doesn't make you want to press play, nothing will.
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What happens when a man who grew up on a potato farm in the Netherlands moves to Uganda? This conversation will make you angry. It will make you proud. And if you're honest with yourself... it will make you uncomfortable in the best possible way.Mark Dieleman of Dieleman Potatoes doesn't sugarcoat anything. He doesn't come here to be polite. He comes here with numbers, with facts, and with a kind of love for Uganda that only someone who chose to build his life here can have.And what he says? You need to hear it.⏱ TIMESTAMPS00:00 — Introduction - Who is the Potato Man? 03:20 — Uganda is the 3rd largest potato producer in East Africa — so why are we still poor? 08:45 — A Dutch farmer produces potatoes CHEAPER than a Ugandan farmer 14:10 — Why smallholder farming under 5 acres cannot build a middle class life 19:30 — The inbreeding problem, what your old potato seeds are really doing to your yields 25:00 — Crop rotation; The simple habit Ugandan farmers keep ignoring (and it's costing everything) 31:15 — Uganda has 12 registered potato varieties. The Netherlands has 300. Here's why that matters. 38:00 — "Stop eating the layers of the road", Mark's most brutal truth about what's holding Uganda back 42:20 — What it will ACTUALLY take to achieve a middle class economy by 2035 45:00 — Rapid fire: 3 things Uganda must START doing. 3 things Uganda must STOP doing NOW.💥 IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL DISCOVER✅ Why Uganda's greatest blessing, fertile soil, perfect climate, two seasons, has made us dangerously lazy ✅ The real reason your potato yields are low (hint: it's not the weather) ✅ How Kenya pulled ahead, and the one phone call Uganda hasn't made yet ✅ Why we are importing chips from South Africa when we shouldn't be importing anything ✅ The government policy change that could double farmer income within one season✅ How a serious farmer thinks vs. how a hobby farmer thinks, and which one will still be farming in 5 years🔥 THE MOMENT THAT BROKE THE INTERNET"My father in the Netherlands can produce potatoes cheaper than you can here in Uganda, where you have more land, more water, more sun, and better soil."If that doesn't make you want to press play, nothing will.