From Corporate Social Responsibility to Sustainable Agribusiness Modelling
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…
How the market can inform better farmer characterization
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…
How developing countries over-rate foreign currency
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…
Using market evidence to protect smallholder farmers from price variability
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…
The power of knowledge retention in farming and rural communities
In addition absence of appropriate information at the right time, lack of knowledge retention mechanisms is a big challenge for African farming and rural communities.…
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 countries. Terms like Value for…
When old knowledge prevent adoption of new socio-economic practices
One of the dominant facets of colonization is visible in the structure of African formal food industries. Many African countries are stuck with infrastructure designed…
Making sense of differences between communicating evidence and facilitating its use
Besides promoting linear ways of communicating information, most efforts by policy makers and development agencies in Africa continue to confuse dissemination of evidence with facilitating…
Key elements of market – informed agribusiness Models
Like all businesses, agribusinesses should be built around a product/service and a niche market. Ideally, more products and services spawn more business models with some…
If acronyms were a solution, poverty would be history in many African communities
Almost all development interventions into Africa are framed into acronyms. eMKambo will not give examples because there are far too many acronyms to mention and…