Kenya: Il dottor Josiah Ateka, ricercatore agricolo con oltre 20 anni di esperienza nei sistemi agroalimentari, entra a far parte del gruppo di esperti sulle patate.
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 di esperti di patate a cura di 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.
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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.
Aree di competenza
Sviluppo della filiera della patata e sistemi di mercato; sistemi sementieri e adozione di tecnologie agricole; gestione post-raccolta, perdite e sprechi alimentari; sviluppo dell'agroindustria e valorizzazione delle risorse; ricerca agricola e analisi delle politiche agricole.
PERCHÈ IMPORTA
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.
Partecipa al panel
Potatoes.News invita i professionisti del settore delle patate di qualsiasi paese a unirsi al Panel di esperti di patate. Per candidarsi, scrivere a v.kovalev@potatoes.news con una breve biografia (80-150 parole), le vostre aree di competenza, il vostro paese e l'organizzazione di appartenenza, e una foto ritratto. La partecipazione al panel rappresenta il primo passo verso una rete internazionale di professionisti del settore delle patate che stiamo costruendo insieme all'International Potato Tour. Scopri di più sul lancio del panel.
Based on the expert profile provided by Dr Josiah Mwangi Ateka. Read his profilo esperto.
