Kenya: Dr Josiah Ateka, Peneliti Pertanian Kanthi Luwih saka 20 Taun ing Sistem Agri-Panganan, Gabung karo Panel Pakar Kentang
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 Pakar Kentang dening 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.
Bidang keahlian
Pengembangan rantai nilai kentang lan sistem pasar; sistem benih lan adopsi teknologi pertanian; manajemen pasca panen lan kerugian lan limbah pangan; pengembangan agribisnis lan nilai tambah; riset pertanian lan analisis kebijakan.
KEPUTUSAN IT
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.
Gabung karo panel
Potatoes.News ngundang para profesional kentang saka negara endi wae kanggo gabung karo Panel Pakar Kentang. Kanggo ndhaptar, tulis menyang v.kovalev@potato.baru kanthi biografi cendhak (80-150 tembung), bidang keahlianmu, negara lan organisasimu, lan foto potret. Panel iki minangka langkah pertama tumuju jaringan internasional profesional kentang sing lagi dibangun bebarengan karo International Potato Tour. Waca liyane babagan peluncuran panel kasebut.
Based on the expert profile provided by Dr Josiah Mwangi Ateka. Read his profil ahli.
