The way agricultural commodities and natural food products move through African territorial markets demonstrate how food distribution is largely driven by undocumented knowledge and distribution systems.  Key questions include: How do territorial markets reach a price when there is no business analyst? How do they use marketing strategies like discounts without a credit controller?  Why Read more about African food markets thrive on undocumented knowledge and systems[…]

Why crop and livestock assessments should not just end at production level For several years, many African countries have become obsessed with conducting crop and livestock assessments during the rainfall-driven summer cropping season. However, such assessments have only ended at production with no systems for tracking what happens to crops after they are harvested. A Read more about Why crop and livestock assessments should not just end at production level[…]

Most of the products and innovations currently used in the world originated from schools, colleges and universities in the Global North, China and Japan. These countries have demonstrated how learning institutions can be fertile grounds for generating totally new solutions for society through cultivating attention to detail within learners. Why has it remained difficult for Read more about What prevents formal education systems from cultivating attention to detail[…]

The role of indigenous food in celebrating heroes and ancestral wisdom In addition to a national flag and a national anthem, almost all countries have heroes and founding ancestors who are celebrated religiously as part of rooting current generations to their source and sense of identity.  Indigenous food may not be mentioned in the same Read more about The role of indigenous food in celebrating heroes and ancestral wisdom[…]