by Mahesh Patel | Aug 4, 2022 | Agriculture, Economy, Policy
International Youth Day – Bringing the youth back into our conversations THIS PHOTO IS THE PROPERTY OF EFF “An aging man cannot rewrite his youth but a youth may rewrite his own.” – Terri Guillemets As...
by Mahesh Patel | Jun 5, 2022 | Economy, Environment, Policy, Technology
World Environment Day – Revisiting “Only One Earth” PHOTO: COURTESY – NASA / VOYAGER 1 “Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from...
by Mahesh Patel | May 25, 2022 | Agriculture, Business, Economy, News
World Food Crisis – How Africa can be the long-term solution This photo by Unknown Author is licensed under Creative Commons “No matter how strong the storm, how hard the rain and how vicious the wind there is always a gap in the clouds for the light to shine...
by Mahesh Patel | Feb 25, 2022 | Agriculture, Economy, News, Policy
Cashew in Zambia: Synergistic Interventions Paving the Path to Success “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis After a long time, I was recently able to travel to Zambia, a country I am...
by Mahesh Patel | Aug 16, 2021 | Agriculture, Business, Economy, Governance, Policy
Breathing new life into Kenyan cashew Since the turn of the millennium, world trade in raw cashew nuts has more than doubled, amounting to 3.6 billion kilograms of nuts produced around the world. According to the UNCTAD, African producers have accounted for...
by Mahesh Patel | Jul 14, 2021 | Agriculture, Economy, News
SSA staves off food insecurity threat amid lingering issues Sub-Saharan Africa is known to be a net importer of food. With a combined food import bill of $43 billion (2019), the region spends a considerable amount of its GDP on sourcing agricultural commodities from...
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