Kenja: Dr Josiah Ateka, Riċerkatur Agrikolu b'Aktar minn 20 Sena fis-Sistemi Agroalimentari, Jingħaqad mal-Bord tal-Esperti tal-Patata
Dr Josiah Mwangi Ateka, who has over 20 years of experience in Kenya’s agri-food systems and researches the potato value chain at JKUAT, joins the Potato Expert Panel by Potatoes.News.
Dr Josiah Mwangi Ateka, an agricultural and development researcher at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), has joined the Panel ta' Esperti tal-Patata minn Potatoes.News. Based in Kenya, he has over 20 years of experience in the country’s agri-food systems.
Value chains and market systems
Ateka is an agricultural economist specialising in food systems and sustainable enterprise development, in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at JKUAT, and a Research Fellow at the Environment for Development Institute (EfD).
His work focuses on strengthening market systems, improving smallholder competitiveness, promoting agricultural innovation and advancing sustainable food systems. His expertise also covers seed systems, agribusiness development, sustainable livelihoods and natural resource governance.
Ġranet tal-ġimgħa. Ikkanċella l-abbonament b'klikk waħda.
Research on Kenya’s potato value chain
His research on Kenya’s potato value chain examines food loss and waste reduction, farm mechanization, and opportunities for value addition through the utilization of potato residues and rejected tubers. His particular interests are potato value chains, post-harvest management and value addition.
Oqsma ta' kompetenza
Żvilupp tal-katina tal-valur tal-patata u sistemi tas-suq; sistemi taż-żerriegħa u adozzjoni tat-teknoloġija agrikola; ġestjoni ta' wara l-ħsad u telf u ħela tal-ikel; żvilupp tan-negozju agrikolu u żieda fil-valur; riċerka agrikola u analiżi tal-politika.
GĦALIEX TKUN MATERJA
Losses after harvest and weak market links reduce what growers earn from the crop they have already produced. For producers and traders in Kenya, a researcher who studies the potato value chain, from food loss and waste to mechanization and the use of rejected tubers, can explain what these findings mean in practice.
Ingħaqad mal-panel
Potatoes.News tistieden lill-professjonisti tal-patata minn kwalunkwe pajjiż biex jingħaqdu mal-Panel tal-Esperti tal-Patata. Biex tapplika, ikteb lil v.kovalev@potatoes.news b'bijografija qasira (80–150 kelma), l-oqsma ta' kompetenza tiegħek, pajjiżek u l-organizzazzjoni tiegħek, u ritratt ta' ritratt. Il-panel huwa l-ewwel pass lejn netwerk internazzjonali ta' professjonisti tal-patata li qed nibnu flimkien mat-Tour Internazzjonali tal-Patata. Aqra aktar dwar it-tnedija tal-panel.
Based on the expert profile provided by Dr Josiah Mwangi Ateka. Read his profil tal-espert.
