food systems
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Decolonising knowledge & KM
How far can imperfect knowledge go in generating solutions?
Investing in infrastructure is meaningless if not accompanied by investment in soft intangible assets like knowledge, information, and fluid networks.
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Decolonising knowledge & KM
Creating a level playing field for local food and indigenous knowledge systems
Developing countries should make sure foreign forces do not accelerate loss of local food and indigenous knowledge systems (IKS).
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Decolonising knowledge & KM
Communities are not always waiting for external knowledge
Contrary to most top-down extension approaches promoted in most African countries, communities are not always waiting for external knowledge.
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Decolonising knowledge & KM
Stewarding knowledge on African food systems – beyond collecting statistics
Using data from national census and African mass food markets to accurately estimate the size of food demand.
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Decolonising knowledge & KM
Mass food markets – the Facebook of African food systems
Instead of focusing on a few value chains, African policy makers should use data and evidence from mass food markets…
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Decolonising knowledge & KM
The only market where knowledge exchange is part customer experience
More than 20 knowledge exchange pathways can be identified in every African mass food market.
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KM in international development
Making a difference through consensus – lessons from African food markets
Governments and development agencies can learn a lot from how African mass food markets and indigenous communities use consensus to…
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Decolonising knowledge & KM
Using ancestral knowledge to transform African food systems and diets
African countries are failing to feed their people because they have abandoned their indigenous food systems.
