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Carlo Azzarri

Carlo Azzarri is a Senior Research Fellow in the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. His work focuses on the relationships among poverty, nutrition, food security, agriculture, the environment, production, and migration—analyzed at both micro and macroeconomic levels, primarily using quantitative methods.

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Avocados, Kenyan farmers and surviving COVID-19 turbulence (Exchange Africa)

November 30, 2020


Exchange Africa (Tanzania) published an article stating that IFPRI released a report indicating that Kenyan farmers could benefit more by exporting their avocados to the high-value European market.  Mulubrhan Amare, the lead author and senior researcher at IFPRI found that participating in export markets raises smallholder farmers’ incomes by nearly 39%. This is mostly on account of higher prices offered in international markets. For example, a dozen Haas avocados, distinguished by their dark green and brown skin and smaller than average avocado stone, sell for 3.5 Kenyan Shillings ($0.03) in domestic markets. But they fetch nearly double, 6 Kenyan Shillings ($0.06), in global export markets. 

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