APE / A Kenyan Fruit Calendar Fellow
Can changing how we understand what we eat change what gets grown?
Choice travels.
Opening problem
Walk into a supermarket and fruit appears to be a product.
But before it became a product, it was a season.
A place.
A growing decision.
A farmer.
A harvest.
A market signal.
And before the next fruit appears, another decision has already begun.
Starting model
Seven independently testable relationships.
Do not read one supported arrow as support for the entire chain.
h0: Does provenance affect how seasonality becomes legible?
h1: Does that affect consumer state?
h2: Does consumer state affect behaviour?
h3: Does behaviour produce a market response?
h4: Does the market response reach producer decisions?
h5: Do decisions alter production?
h6: Does production alter the later agroecological state?
What must be validated
Every arrow can carry its own evidence state.
Your research
The Fellow traces whether and how information and choice actually move through the food system.
Validation field
Fieldwork
Proficiency
Independent Master's-level research proficiency or demonstrated equivalent.
12 months
3 validation environments
4 mathematical validation pathways
1 lateral validation pathway
5 Fellows
Credentials are evidence, not the sole gate. The proficiency threshold remains the same; the evidence route differs.
Level 1 · General Application
APE — A Kenyan Fruit Calendar Fellow
Can changing how we understand what we eat change what gets grown?
Start with the work you have already done, the evidence behind it, and the question you want to investigate.
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