African Agribusiness – From Potential to Prosperity

Description

“African Agribusiness” shows that Africa’s agribusiness story is changing a lot. It is now focused on business, new ideas, and regional growth. The book looks at different farming projects on the continent, and evaluates the opportunities using two-decade long experience of the Author in African Agribusiness. It moves away from traditional development stories and focusses on the chances that Africa has to become a strong agricultural player on the world stage through financing, technology, value addition, and cross-border trade. The book refers to real life experience in African agriculture making it more relevant for the readers. It is an important resource for investors, researchers, and policymakers who want to find potential growth areas in Africa’s agricultural landscape.

About The Author

Dr. Bharat Kulkarni is a consultant on policy advisory and development of Agri Value chains Bharat worked with The United Nations Development Program in Ethiopia till 2011 in Agriculture value chain development. Presently, works as consultant on several agri-policy initiatives of governments and large-scale business investment projects of private sector, including governments in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi through agencies like The World Bank, USAID, IFC, and many others. He is a PhD in Economics and regularly speaks at various forums globally on issues around agri trade and policies. He has recipient of multiple awards for his work and his writings.