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I'm glad you chose to connect with me. I am an open-minded and dynamic economist with a diverse portfolio of publications in areas that include: agriculture value chain financing, smallholder farmer commercialization, the role of technology in the agricultural and economic development of Africa, resilience analysis (with a special focus on community-based risk management arrangements), and economic and structural transformation. I possess practical experience in leading and coordinating teams in designing and implementing robust monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks and systems within sustainable livelihood projects in Africa. I have also played an instrumental role in the formation of various agri-focused and tech-driven start-ups in Zimbabwe. - Harrison's Blog#Africa #Economics #Agriculture #Business #Food Security #Innovation #Technology #SustainabilityAugust 29, 2019 · community-driven dev,Africa,impact assessment,peer-reviewedAbstract Smallholder rural farmers are exposed to diverse idiosyncratic and co-variate shocks that lead to high income and consumption volatility. Formal cash management tools, which are important for managing risk and volatility, often break down due to high information asymmetries and the...March 28, 2017In his 2015 annual letter, Bill Gates made a bet that with appropriate use of technology Africa would be able to feed itself by 2030. In addition Bill’s letter highlights that: Technology has provided a reasonably high number of surprises over the past decades and it is evident that technology...After reading the transcript of a classic interview between the McKinsey Quarterly and Nobel Prize winning economist Robert Solow I thought I should share some of my sentiments on what I dubbed the "open secret" of African agricultural transformation. First, let us start with a question: Prof...
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