Like other arrangements that make sense on the surface, African agriculture and rural development efforts are characterized by membership-based organizations. These range from farmer unions…
The fact that African agriculture is beset by narrow margins and slow growth elevates the need to invest in data and evidence. People who get…
For a very long time, each country has had what it considered a staple food for its citizens. However, climate change, globalization and changes in…
Background Climate change-induced food insecurity and global socio-economic instability compels us to continuously revisit food demand and supply models, especially in developing countries. Conventional approaches…
A keen interest by African farmers to know the price of commodities on the market is understandable. However, tracking activities in informal agricultural markets by…
Like many well-intentioned phrases, ‘value addition’ is not just an expression. It is a practice whose dynamics are yet to be fully understood and embedded,…
The failure of donor-funded programmes to transform African agriculture is resulting in more attention turning to the private sector as a potential source of better…
In a rapidly changing knowledge economy, it no longer makes sense to continue characterizing farmers in developing countries by the size of land on which…
Many African developing countries have a deliberate bias towards exports in the hope that this can bring foreign currency that is expected to stimulate economic…
That most African smallholder farmers can produce enough commodities for household consumption and surplus for the market is now beyond question. The majority of committed…