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Investing more into agribusiness. where women farmers and the youth are given training and support in agribusiness incubation and are mentored over a period of time before they are left on their own. Some of the agribusiness incubation process could look at where women and the youth can function better along the various nodes of the value chain and their competence enhanced to make them more economically independent. The other option is also to provide real time market system information for farmers especially female farmers who are constrained by mobility so they can determine the prices at which they sell their produce. Mobile phones are available in most farming communities and information on markets can be easily disseminated through the mobile phone platforms in real time can be adapted
How should the Bank’s Feed Africa Strategy
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Investing more into agribusiness. where women farmers and the youth are given training and support in agribusiness incubation and are mentored over a period of time before they are left on their own. Some of the agribusiness incubation process could look at where women and the youth can function better along the various nodes of the value chain and their competence enhanced to make them more economically independent. The other option is also to provide real time market system information for farmers especially female farmers who are constrained by mobility so they can determine the prices at which they sell their produce. Mobile phones are available in most farming communities and information on markets can be easily disseminated through the mobile phone platforms in real time can be adapted