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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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Increasing odds of success through characterizing value chain actors
A fine-grained view of agricultural opportunities in most developing countries can result from better characterization of value chain actors such…
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eMKambo Masterclasses – First Session
As agricultural niches become congested and highly competitive, evidence-based decision making has never been so important. It is against these…
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Overcoming the limitations of membership based organizations
Like other arrangements that make sense on the surface, African agriculture and rural development efforts are characterized by membership-based organizations.…
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Responding to narrow margins and slow growth in African agriculture
The fact that African agriculture is beset by narrow margins and slow growth elevates the need to invest in data…
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How and why relationships move more food than markets
As containers of knowledge, African agricultural markets continue to inspire, clarify and reorient our awareness. Latest evidence gathered by eMKambo…
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How informal food markets disrupt and correct the notion of staple foods
For a very long time, each country has had what it considered a staple food for its citizens. However, climate…
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Learning from Invisible CoPs: The role of informal actors and relationships in African food systems
Background Climate change-induced food insecurity and global socio-economic instability compels us to continuously revisit food demand and supply models, especially…
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How market price is not a major determinant of profit in agribusiness
A keen interest by African farmers to know the price of commodities on the market is understandable. However, tracking activities…
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Mastering the benefits of adding value to agricultural commodities
Like many well-intentioned phrases, ‘value addition’ is not just an expression. It is a practice whose dynamics are yet to…
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From Corporate Social Responsibility to Sustainable Agribusiness Modelling
The failure of donor-funded programmes to transform African agriculture is resulting in more attention turning to the private sector as…
