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 | 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...
by Mahesh Patel | Jun 16, 2021 | Agriculture, Economy, Governance, News, Technology
World Pest Day 2021 – The need for a united front In 2017, the 6th of June was declared World Pest Day to promote better understanding of pests and pest management. Pests have concerned agriculturists since the dawn of farming. There are records of techniques...
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