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Frank Talk To My Son by Mwancha Okioma
Mwancha Okioma holds B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc. degrees from the University of Nairobi and has finalized a Ph.D. degree programme at Egerton University, Njoro. Mwancha Okioma was appointed as director of the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) and is the immediate former chairman of the Commodities Fund, a state parastatal which offers easily accessible credit to the coffee, sugarcane, coconut palms and bananas sub-sectors in the country.
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The average age of a coffee farmer in Kenya today is sixty years. That tells you that the youth have little or no interest in farming.
Unfortunately, some of those youths have little or no interest in anything else. Therefore, the author understands the essence of bringing up a son who is disciplined and focused as well as a man of integrity prepared to navigate through the corridors of this fast changing as well as challenging world.
Frank Talk to My Son is a compilation of the author's experience with fathers who shared with him the challenges they have faced as they chaperone their sons to be grown-ups who would be able to care for their immediate and wider families as their aging parents enter their sunset years. Mwancha Okioma is the author of: What They Don't Teach You Before Marriage, one of the bestselling books in The Happy Family Life Series.
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Due to their high production and availability, avocados have become one of the most consumed tropical fruits in the world, especially in American and European countries, which is attributed to a high health-conscious population and high disposable income of the people: Avocado is a healthy nutrient dense fruit that has been included as a supper food. These health benefits are boosting the demand for avocados globally, by acting as major driving forces behind their increasing worldwide demand.
Also, the expanding food retail businesses and the growing product launches of avocado-based foods have increased their demand in continental and other restaurant chaim all over the world. The demand from these countries is expected to continue further due to increasing population.
Seventy percent of the avocados in Kenya are grown by smallholder farmers who have 5-20 trees per homestead. The author maintains that Kenya has the best soil and other ecological conditions to be one of the leading players in global avocado trade where Kenyan peasant as well as medium and large-scale (avocado) farmers could benefit in their fight against poverty. The Avocado Market size is estimated at USD 22.69 billion in 2024, and is expected to reach USD 35.55 billion by 2029.
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Mwancha Okioma holds a B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc. Agric. and a finalised a Ph.D. degree from Egerton University, Njoro. He worked as an agricultural Research officer with the he ministry of Agriculture, as Assistant Agricultural Manager at Muhoroni sugar company as senior Projects officer at the Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC) and Agricultural Manager, Pan Vegetable Processors in Naivasha. He was sponsored for a Masters degree by the ministry of Agriculture and the Ph.D. degree by the National Research Fund. Mwancha Okioma was a Director with the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), and the immediate chairman of Commodities Fund; a government Fund that gives easily accessible loans to the coffee, sugarcane, coconut, and banana sub sectors in Kenya. Currently, the author is a co-ordinator of a coffee and dairy revitalization committee that aspires to pilot coffee production from 51,000 MT to 150,000 MT through the cooperatives model. The coffee farming manual is intended to be an easy reference resource manual for farmers and extension workers and other stake holders in the coffee sub-subsector.
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shows that oral poetry in the Abagusii community covered every facet of life. The
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