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...
by Mahesh Patel | Mar 16, 2021 | Agriculture, Economy, Gender, Governance, Policy
The gender gap in agriculture – in conversation with a woman farmer Along the Kenyan coast, there was once a thriving cashew economy fueled by a cashew nut milling factory in Kilifi town, 56 km north of Mombasa. The county has a population of 1.5 million and...
by Mahesh Patel | Sep 15, 2020 | Agriculture, Business, News
Digital finance – including smallholder farmers in the equation Telecommunication technologies have advanced and spread more rapidly than I could ever have imagined. In the 80s we were using walkie-talkies to communicate in the field. Today every sphere of commerce...
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