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This tractor-hire scheme in Africa could reduce stress on the world's food systems

Farmers use the #tractors on a pay-as-you-go basis, paying a small fee for every hectare they plough. As well as boosting their yields by up to 230%, it allows them to build up equity in a vehicle they will one day own outright. Founder and CEO Jehiel Oliver talks us through the straightforward premise behind Hello Tractor and explains how its impacts stretch far beyond pay packets for farmers, and into resilience, education and food sovereignty.

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