ASCL mourns the loss of Community fellow Kees Burger

The ASCL and the ASCL Community mourn the loss of Kees Burger, fellow of the ASCL Community. Kees was an economist who did research in East Africa, while working first at the VU Amsterdam and later at Wageningen University. One of his projects was a restudy of the famous study by Mary Tiffen and colleagues in Machakos, Kenya, More People, Less Erosion: Environmental recovery in Kenya. Together with Fred Zaal, Kees edited the volume Sustainable Land Management in the Tropics: Explaining the Miracle, that was a result of that comparative research project with very interesting results. Kees was also a dedicated teacher, with a passion to talk about smallholder farmers and their innovative capabilities. Kees' personality and work will be remembered with fond memories.

Ton Dietz
Director African Studies Centre Leiden