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Long-form pieces written for this site, and articles first published on LinkedIn, republished here in full. Every piece lists its sources, so you can check the work rather than take it on trust.
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Food systems
African governments have spent twenty years chasing a fertiliser target measured in kilograms per hectare. The recommendations farmers actually receive leave out the part that decides whether the nitrogen reaches the crop.
Sustainability
Intercropping maize with legumes usually produces more food per hectare than either crop grown alone. A synthesis of sixty-nine sub-Saharan African studies shows how much more, and how unevenly the advantage is spread.
Public health
More than half the world consumes too little of several essential micronutrients. Treating that as a failure of individual choice misreads where the shortfall is created.
Food security
In 2020 the world harvested more cereal than ever, and hunger still rose. A harvest counts food grown. Hunger depends on whether people can obtain it.
Food policy
Fertiliser advice is written for whole districts, yet soils change field by field on a single Kenyan farm. What Africa's 2034 promise of targeted advice will demand.
Food systems
Push-pull, developed in Kenya, protects maize with a legume between the rows and a grass around the edge. What it achieved on farms, and why it has not spread further.
First published on LinkedIn, newest first. Each is republished here in full, with images, credits and sources.
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