How climate change is inspiring intelligent experimentation at grassroots
During times of socio-economic stability, farmers and entrepreneurs can afford to rely on one commodity or value chain. Not when climate change is announcing itself…
The elusive quest for defining a business case
If defining and executing a business case was easy, many farmers and traders in developing countries would have become business people. In spite of persistent…
What if big organizations no longer have monopoly on knowledge?
Unprecedented disruption affecting the food retail sector across the globe is also spilling over into the knowledge industry. For some of the world’s biggest knowledge…
How can the predatory nature of development efforts be tamed?
Many rural communities in low income countries are fed up with the predatory nature of external development initiatives. According to the WordWeb dictionary, a predatory…
Of premature technology and information overload
Hundreds of mobile applications and technology platforms are launched in Africa almost every day, thanks to the promise of digital-fueled progress. Unfortunately most of the…
Two hopes for African Agriculture and rural development in 2019
The fact that countries which have moved toward middle-income status have started by transforming their agriculture sector is no longer debatable. Unfortunately, out of 54…
Invisible trends and emerging good practices in African Agriculture
Attempts to use African agriculture as a catalyst for economic revival and growth have focused mainly on mechanizing production and luring young people into farming.…
Questions that must be answered before poor countries import or export food
In the absence of evidence-based agricultural policy formulation and implementation, most developing countries always rush to import food without sufficiently understanding their national contexts. During…
The seasonal appetite for knowledge demand and use in developing countries
It is not only revenue streams that tend to be seasonal for farmers in developing countries. The demand and use of knowledge also follow seasonal…
How the knowledge economy is inspiring new roles and responsibilities
Developing countries that remain stuck in colonial governance structures and forms of business are sleeping-walking into all kinds of crises. Some of the colonial forms…