AFS Forum 2026 Thoughts

  • The Lasgidi Farmer
  • September 1, 2026
  • 3 min read

I followed the opening discussions of the #AFSForum2026 and was glad that fisheries and aquaculture were part of the dialogues. I believe that the sector holds the key to Africa’s protein security, but has many challenges to address. I was particularly glad that important issues as seed improvement, diversity and commercialization, technology and AI importance, […]

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Industrializing Potato is the Way

  • The Lasgidi Farmer
  • September 12, 2025
  • 3 min read

How do we produce so much potatoes that surpass our demands -excess supplies of 105,000 metric tons potatoes and 2.6 million tons sweet potatoes -but yet import $30 million potatoes (products) yearly? This is the thought that has been bothering me since I held a conversation on Potato Farming last week on X (Twitter) platform. […]

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