Month: December 2017

Using the market to cultivate a global mindset among farmers and entrepreneurs

Posted on by eMKambo

One of the most seductive assumptions in African agriculture is that farmers and aspiring agricultural entrepreneurs can succeed through following a specific set of steps. However, as markets become highly networked and competitive, success no longer just depends on what a farmer or an entrepreneur does but on the actions of rivals or competitors. Unless Read more about Using the market to cultivate a global mindset among farmers and entrepreneurs[…]

Succeeding through a secret mix of competencies and data

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The fact that farmers and students exposed to the same capacity building initiatives produce different results suggests training alone does not lead to success. In the majority of developing countries, farmers in the same environment and with access to similar resources achieve different outcomes. On the other hand, agricultural economists and agronomists who did the Read more about Succeeding through a secret mix of competencies and data[…]