Converting harvests into commodities and products that last longer
Unlike mass markets that try to come up with fair pricing systems based on demand and supply, prices announced by government are often not informed by demand and supply.
By Charles Dhewa
Apr. 17, 2024
Building business models around indigenous food – what are the issues?
These are some of the ways indigenous knowledge can be used to change and increase community knowledge bases.
By Charles Dhewa
Mar. 13, 2024
The value of empowering communities to protect their local food systems
What technologies are used at different supply chain nodes including processing, preservation and warehousing?
By Charles Dhewa
Feb. 7, 2024
Countries dependent on external inputs are colonised
The uniqueness of what makes local breeds indigenous should be preserved.
By Charles Dhewa
Jan. 10, 2024
Questions that can promote healthy African food through colleges and schools
Some foreign food has become part of African food systems such that people may be confused when such food is not considered African.
By Charles Dhewa
Aug. 24, 2023
Narrow extension models unsuitable for holistic food systems
In most communities, baboons, monkeys, wild pigs and even hippopotamuses often invade fields and homesteads to feed on farmers’ crops and foodstuffs.
By Charles Dhewa
Mar. 15, 2023
Promising avenues for funding African mass markets
Bureaucracy in loan processing In countries like Zimbabwe, it takes at least three weeks to a month for a bank loan application to be processed.
By Charles Dhewa
Dec. 6, 2022
Business opinion: Agrotourism branding for entrepreneurship
I call it sustainable tourism branding in the age of entrepreneurship.
By Farai Chigora
Oct. 23, 2022
Poor co-ordination makes it difficult to see where African food systems are going
EVEN when sufficient funding is made available, African countries may fail to feed themselves and produce excess food for export in a consistent manner.
By Charles Dhewa
Oct. 4, 2022