Kenya: Si Dr. Josiah Ateka, isang Mananaliksik sa Agrikultura na may Mahigit 20 Taon sa Agri-Food Systems, ay Sumali sa Potato Expert Panel

Dr Josiah Mwangi Ateka, an agricultural and development researcher at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), has joined the Panel ng Eksperto sa Patatas mula sa 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.

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.

Mga lugar ng kadalubhasaan

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.

BAKIT BAGAY NITO

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.

Sumali sa panel

Potatoes.News Inaanyayahan ang mga propesyonal sa patatas mula sa anumang bansa na sumali sa Potato Expert Panel. Para mag-apply, sumulat sa v.kovalev@potatoes.news na may kasamang maikling talambuhay (80–150 salita), ang iyong mga larangan ng kadalubhasaan, ang iyong bansa at organisasyon, at isang larawan ng larawan. Ang panel ang unang hakbang tungo sa isang internasyonal na network ng mga propesyonal sa patatas na aming binubuo kasama ng International Potato Tour. Magbasa nang higit pa tungkol sa paglulunsad ng panel.

Based on the expert profile provided by Dr Josiah Mwangi Ateka. Read his profile ng eksperto.