My intended solution is: an integrated agro-processing plant that shall both reverse poverty and create jobs in our region, by minimizing post-harvest food loses, creating new market linkages for rural poor farmers, and linking these farmers’ produce with agri-value chains — like bakeries & confectioneries; bottling companies and breweries, etc.
I think Kalulu’s proposal can be described more broadly as improving market access for farmers. Here are some other sources mentioning similar strategies:
Government officials convinced the Coca-Cola Company and TechnoServe executives to build a plant near the orchards. “The company now has a fresher fruit source and a profit center, and growers are able to sell most of what they grow at higher prices in a guaranteed market,”
In a bid to improve the access to markets, we support the development of proven post-harvest management technologies, business models and linkages to farmers, traders, and processors.
I’d like to comment not on Kalulu’s criticism itself, but mention a specific solution he proposed here—http://dear-humanity.org/my-intended-solution/ .
I think Kalulu’s proposal can be described more broadly as improving market access for farmers. Here are some other sources mentioning similar strategies:
https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/blog/smallholder-farmers-food-loss-hits/
https://agra.org/markets-post-harvest-management/
Do you know if interventions focusing on improving market access for farmers were considered and evaluated by any of the EA organizations?