Stimulating more value by tracking what is happening
Tracking local activities and keeping daily updates does not just enable communities to practice what they preach. It also helps […]
health and agriculture
The sum of community knowledge is greater than the sum of individual expert knowledge
While it is true that community knowledge is broader and deeper, most African farming communities hesitate to make decisions without
Making sense of wealth distribution in the new networked economy
Just as they distribute commodities and knowledge to all classes of people and income levels, informal markets in developing countries
Knowledge-driven ways to assess the socio-economic impact of agricultural interventions
Measuring the authentic impact of development interventions remains a big challenge for many development organizations and governments, mainly in developing
How African Agriculture expresses differences between Men and Women
Millions of dollars have gone into promoting gender equality in many developing countries. More millions continue to be poured into
How can African agricultural economies balance opportunities and risks?
Risk has been part of life since time immemorial. Even before the dawn of modern banking, risk could not be
Making sense of invisible advantages in rural African communities
Many rural African communities have seen development programmes and business models come and go. What has kept these communities alive
The joys and benefits of learning directly from plants and animals.
In spite of the current obsession with formal learning approaches where people are encouraged to learn from each other, many
How to be a catalyst for better agricultural outcomes in 2017
Developing countries which embrace a business – as – usual approach to agricultural development will take more than a century
Why some farmers and traders succeed by listening to their own advice
An increase in advice from diverse sources is becoming counter-productive for smallholder farmers in many developing countries. Besides over-saturation, there