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Purchase guarantees can boost
Enhancing the business relationships between farm producers and processors can go a long way in improving sustainability and profitability in the local agricultural sector. Prof. John Nderitu, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Linkages and Resource Mobilisation says local farmers can be linked sustainably with local markets by putting in place price and purchase guarantees.Recently, Prof. Nderitu, who is the Chairman of the National Potato Council attended a workshop organised by German Food Partnership and Potato Initiative Africa in Nairobi.“Price and purchase guarantees also provide smallholders with access to financing inputs and expertise,” said Prof. Nderitu,
Report of inception/planning workshop
Enhancing Production, Value Addition and Marketing of Indigenous Vegetables (Cowpea, Spider plant, Nightshades, Amaranth and Pumpkin), French Beans and Mushrooms among Smallholder Farmers in Kenya: Deepening and Upscaling in Butere and Mumias Sub-counties
Fighting Cancer using Green Bullets
Cancer is an age-old disease. In fact, it is a class of over 200 diseases, characterised by abnormal proliferation of cells. The disease has been there for ages mostly in the Western world. In Africa, infectious diseases have for many years constituted the greatest healthcare burden. In the recent past, rise of cancer related cases in Kenya has left health practitioners worried since the country is still engaged in combating HIV/Aids, malaria and other infectious diseases. Treatment of cancer either through a single drug or a combination of drugs is an expensive affair and only a few patients can afford.
6th Africa nutritional epidemiology conference
This was a five day conference which was held on 21st - 25th July 2014 in Accra Ghana. The conference provided an important forum for insightful deliberations from the African context. There were lots of interaction of ideas and information between academicians, professionals, industrialists and practitioners in order to enhance the understanding of ‘Food and Nutrition Security in Africa. Prominent Scholars & practitioners from all over the world attended the conference.
The conference approach was to deliberate on the current food and nutrition challenges as well as opportunities to address them. The conference emphasized food systems as a sustainable way to address malnutrition in all its forms.