Kenya: Doktè Josiah Ateka, yon chèchè agrikòl ki gen plis pase 20 ane eksperyans nan sistèm agroalimantè, rantre nan gwoup ekspè pòmdetè a.
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 Ekspè Pòmdetè pa 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.
Zòn nan ekspètiz
Potato value chain development and market systems; seed systems and agricultural technology adoption; post-harvest management and food loss and waste; agribusiness development and value addition; agricultural research and policy analysis.
Poukisa li matyè
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.
Antre nan panèl la
Potatoes.News envite pwofesyonèl pòmdetè ki soti nan nenpòt peyi pou rantre nan Panel Ekspè Pòmdetè a. Pou aplike, ekri v.kovalev@potatoes.news avèk yon ti biyografi (80–150 mo), domèn ekspètiz ou yo, peyi ou ak òganizasyon ou, epi yon foto pòtrè. Panel la se premye pa nan direksyon yon rezo entènasyonal pwofesyonèl pòmdetè ke n ap bati ansanm ak International Potato Tour la. Li plis bagay sou lansman panèl la.
Based on the expert profile provided by Dr Josiah Mwangi Ateka. Read his pwofil ekspè.
