Kenya: El Dr. Josiah Ateka, investigador agrícola amb més de 20 anys d'experiència en sistemes agroalimentaris, s'uneix al panell d'experts en patata

Dr Josiah Mwangi Ateka, an agricultural and development researcher at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), has joined the Panell d'experts en patates per 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.

Àrees d'experiència

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.

PER QUÈ MATEIX

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.

Uneix-te al panell

Potatoes.News convida els professionals de la patata de qualsevol país a unir-se al Panell d'Experts en Patata. Per presentar la sol·licitud, escriviu a v.kovalev@potatoes.news amb una breu biografia (80–150 paraules), les vostres àrees d'especialització, el vostre país i organització, i una foto de retrat. El panell és el primer pas cap a una xarxa internacional de professionals de la patata que estem construint juntament amb l'International Potato Tour. Més informació sobre el llançament del panell.

Based on the expert profile provided by Dr Josiah Mwangi Ateka. Read his perfil d'expert.