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African farmers need investment – but these 6 factors stand in the way

Hawa Nakawungu, a coffee farmer sprays her trees with pesticide on her farm near Uganda's capital Kampala, July 18, 2009. Nakawungu cut a space-age figure as she paced around her tiny coffee farm, squirting pesticide from a yellow pump mounted on her back.

How can we unlock the promise of Africa's agriculture? Image: REUTERS/Hereward Holland

Alex Gray
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