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 | Apr 25, 2022 | Agriculture, Governance, News, Policy
Earth Day – Rising to the challenge of saving ourselves “I want to leave the land in better condition than when I found it. I want to create more using less, with less impact on the environment” – Jay Schultz As I was about to deliver my speech at the Private...
by Mahesh Patel | Mar 25, 2022 | Agriculture, Business, News, Technology
Agritech Innovations from India: Relevance in the African context This photo by Unknown Author is licensed under Creative Commons “Unless Africa uses modern technologies, our farmers’ output will remain low and we will remain dependent on others to feed us.”...
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 | Jan 25, 2022 | Agriculture, News, Policy
Success: Reviving 50,000 cashew trees in Kilifi, Kenya “Investments in agriculture are the best weapons against hunger and poverty, and they have made life better for billions of people” – Bill Gates The idea that agriculture is indeed the future of developing...
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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