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Why the elite should stop imposing their expectations on smallholder farmers
Bankers expect smallholder farmers to repay loans at a particular interest. For economists, African smallholder farmers are supposed to master…
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How to move from ordinary to best agricultural practices
‘Best practice’ is not even a mouthful but what it means in practice remains unclear to many people who use…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Why linking farmers to the market is not enough
In spite of millions of dollars that have gone into market linkage initiatives in developing countries over the past few…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
