Making sense of differences between evidence and experience
While there is an increase in emphasis on evidence-based policy, evidence-based medicine and evidence-based this and that, people’s collective experiences may be more powerful than…
Using evidence to articulate grassroots concerns and opportunities
If concerns and opportunities of people living at the grassroots of developing countries are to be fully understood, evidence gathering tools have to go beyond…
Using feedback to stabilize growth and expand opportunities
For every US$500 million that has goes into agricultural production in Africa, another US$500 million is not injected into the market in order to stimulate…
Recognizing the role of feminine traits in local economies
Another way of increasing the relevance of International Women’s Day which is celebrated on the 8th of March every year is to notice and reflect…
Making sense of the nature of jobs in African agriculture and SMEs
The extent to which farming and non-farming activities in developing countries can create decent employment remains a fertile ground for serious research. While some African…
People’s food markets as sources of multiple knowledges
One of the benefits of continuously observing and learning from informal African food markets is an opportunity to update knowledge and see inevitable trends before…
Carving and sustaining economic identities in evolving agricultural ecosystems
While billions of dollars have gone into African agriculture, smallholder farmers and other food producers are yet to be characterized and structured in ways that…
Revisiting and reconciling differences between literacy and knowledge
It is now known that African graduates are not able to exploit abundant natural resources because the academic education system focuses too much on literacy…
The hidden cost of the time lag between marketing and consumption of commodities
One of the most misunderstood aspects of agricultural value chains in most developing countries is the time lag between marketing and consumption of agricultural commodities.…
African food systems: a dance between luxuries and necessities
eMKambo has been in African food markets long enough to notice some invisible patterns that should be known to farmers, financiers, development agencies and policy…