Mazao Talks Podcast

Tomatoes, technology and the Future of Food

Today we discuss how technology can help the world overcome the big food waste problem and create better food sustainability for all. We talk with Winnie Yegon who talks about how she pivoted from a career in art to one in agriculture working in food systems. She offers her experience and joy in the farming process and gives us a window into the day to day role of a agricultural economist. Meanwhile Jason tells a story of how baby tomato was lagging behind and needs to ketchup. Get it? You can listen to this episode at any platform of your choosing. You can also find links and access to other materials on our website at www.mazao.markupkenya.org. [https://mazao.markup.org/] CREDITS Photography By Kathomi Photography Hosted by Jason Runo and Sheila Kari Recorded by Doris Onyango Creative Director Dan Aceda Produced by SemaBOX [https://www.semabox.net/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Post Pandemic Agribusiness and finding ways to invest $1M

This week we discover that $1m is actually not a lot of money that that it can go away pretty quickly when working at scale. We are joined by Mr Kiriinya Kithinji from WYLDE International to discuss the recovery strategy for agribusiness that were adversely affected by COVID 19. We redefine the meaning of "value" in value addition and measure the estimated impact of the EVERGREEN ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal. You can listen to this episode at any platform of your choosing. You can also find links and access to other materials on our website at www.mazao.markupkenya.org. [https://mazao.markup.org/] CREDITS Photography By Kathomi Photography Hosted by Jason Runo and Sheila Kari Recorded by Doris Onyango Creative Director Dan Aceda Produced by SemaBOX [https://www.semabox.net/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Taxes, Incentives and How the Queen of England eats Kenyan Sweet potatoes every day

In this episode Sheila leads a campaign to encourage the Ministry of Agriculture to migrate all their services to an online platform for greater access to farmers who may not be physically in Nairobi. We hear about the move by the government of Kenya to create the new Huduma Center for farmers which will be an all inclusive tech platform that can support the work of farmers from production all the way to finding markets. Besides all this Mr Joshua Oluyali, from the Ministry of Agriculture teaches us about famous Kenyan food export including Kenyan grown breakfast that's served at Buckingham palace and then he shares with us his vision of heaven in Kenya's agribusiness sector. You can listen to this episode at any platform of your choosing. You can also find links and access to other materials on our website at www.mazao.markupkenya.org. [https://mazao.markup.org/] CREDITS Photography By Kathomi Photography Hosted by Jason Runo and Sheila Kari Recorded by Doris Onyango Creative Director Dan Aceda Produced by SemaBOX [https://www.semabox.net/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Groundnuts, Superfoods and the High Libido thing

This week we travel all the way to East Asembo. We discuss the groundnuts value chain and-it's capacity to impact the economy of Siaya County. Then we come back and speak once more to Dr Wasilwa Lusike about super foods, the impact of Covid 19 on agribusiness and the future of food. Did you know that KALRO has developed well over 100 varieties of banana ? Well now you know... You can listen to this episode at any platform of your choosing. You can also find links and access to other materials on our website at www.mazao.markupkenya.org. [https://mazao.markup.org/] CREDITS Photography By Kathomi Photography Hosted by Jason Runo and Sheila Kari Recorded by Doris Onyango Creative Director Dan Aceda Produced by SemaBOX [https://www.semabox.net/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

THE WORLD OF MACADAMIA

This week we speak to Dr Wasilwa Lusike who is the Director of Crop Systems at the Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization. We learn that Kenya is 3rd in the world on Macadamia nut production even though our production is still well below our potential. Then we differentiate between Jua Cali the musician and the Jua Kali sector as we discuss the opportunity that exists in the value addition of this premium nut. Next we also talk about Macadamia ice cream and its capacity to solve all of the world's problems one scoop at a time.  You can listen to this episode at any platform of your choosing. You can also find links and access to other materials on our website at www.mazao.markupkenya.org. [https://mazao.markup.org/] CREDITS Photography By Kathomi Photography Hosted by Jason Runo and Sheila Kari Recorded by Doris Onyango Creative Director Dan Aceda Produced by SemaBOX [https://www.semabox.net/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.