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Why the elite should stop imposing their expectations on smallholder farmers
Bankers expect smallholder farmers to repay loans at a particular interest. For economists, African smallholder farmers are supposed to master…
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How to move from ordinary to best agricultural practices
‘Best practice’ is not even a mouthful but what it means in practice remains unclear to many people who use…
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What if business literacy is more important than financial literacy?
What if business literacy is more important than financial literacy? Across the world, bankers and financial institutions are succeeding in…
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Leaders should rise and fall on the Altar of Climate Change and Food Sovereignty
Leaders should rise and fall on the Altar of Climate Change and Food Sovereignty That Climate Change and Food Sovereignty…
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A ready market is more important than food hand outs and free inputs
A ready market is more important than food hand outs and free inputs Food hand-outs and free inputs have been…
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Time to use mass food markets and seed fairs in decolonizing gene banks
Time to use mass food markets and seed fairs in decolonizing gene banks A very important step in decolonizing African…
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Opportunities for using public procurement to advance healthy food choices in Africa
Opportunities for using public procurement to advance healthy food choices in Africa Decolonizing public procurement by governments and development organizations…
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Aggregation as the only avenue for returning African farmers to profitability
Aggregation as the only avenue for returning African farmers to profitability African countries have no shortage of documents on how…
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How fragmented agricultural projects are undermining African food systems
How fragmented agricultural projects are undermining African food systems If there was more harmony and consolidation between agricultural interventions in…
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African mass food markets – honing expertise in decolonizing entrepreneurship
In response to persistent criticism for producing job seekers not entrepreneurs, several African governments have been setting up centers of…
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Promising avenues for funding African mass food markets
There are several reasons why most of the funding intended for agriculture and food systems has missed targets in African…
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What if removing middlemen can kill over 60 percent of food markets?
What if removing middlemen can kill over 60 percent of food markets? Middlemen are often blamed for reaping off farmers…
