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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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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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African agriculture requires serious disruptive thinkers
If African agriculture is to be truly transformative, there is need for disruptive thinkers who can revisit boundaries between smallholder…
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How informal agricultural traders capture and preserve customer loyalty
They may not advertise their products in the formal media, but informal agricultural traders have results-driven ways of capturing customer…
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How much should farmers and consumers know about something?
The formal education system in many developing countries is organised in such a way that the depth and breadth of…
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The power of curiosity and situational intelligence in African communities
In every African community you can find people who are naturally curious and those who lack interest in learning. Those…
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Many African farmers can perform like Gold Medalists
If agriculture was an Olympics competition, many African farmers would certainly be gold medalists. Zephaniah Phiri, the late world class…
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Limitations of using documents and reports to share knowledge in Africa
Many well-intentioned organisations and people are being frustrated by the shortcomings of using case studies, most significant change stories and…
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Why some approaches and technologies are not moving beyond early adopters
A lot can be learnt from remarkable ways through which African socio-cultural systems generated and shared knowledge. There were reliable…
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From farmers and traders to knowledge artisans
Many developing countries are witnessing trends where indigenous knowledge systems are transforming to a commercial stage. This is exposing the…
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How can we build equilibrium knowledge ecosystems in developing countries?
There are many reasons why developing countries suffer from a severe mismatch between knowledge supply and demand. Less than 20%…
