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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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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…
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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…
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Domestic animals as sources of Knowledge and Social Intelligence
In African agrarian communities where livestock are part of people’s livelihoods, farmers have forged symbiotic relationships with their cattle, goats,…
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How informal economies harness and institutionalize customer experience
While a supermarket chain can have a customer care department responsible for answering queries and harvesting feedback from diverse customers,…
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Are ICTs improving African agriculture or just smearing digital ‘lipstick’?
While ICTs have been part of African agriculture and rural communities for many years, benefits associated with these technologies have…
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Formulae for valuating intangible assets long overdue in Africa
Capitalism may be accused of misleading many African countries into limiting the valuation of their resources to tangible assets such…
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How the informal economy tackles the middle class trap
In African countries where agriculture is a major socio-economic activity, policy makers and development agencies seem determined to move economic…
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How African Agriculture is under-rated due to narrow notions of evidence
When economists and policy makers in developing countries talk about evidence, in most cases they mean numbers or statistics. For…
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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…
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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…
