Midwest farmers extend operations to Africa – Minnesota Public Radio

See on Scoop.itThe hub-and-spoke concept

Midwest farmers extend operations to Africa Minnesota Public Radio The plan is to expand to two additional operations, another in Mozambique and one in neighboring Tanzania and establish a “hub and spoke” operation to encourage residents to start…

Akilade Ayotunde‘s insight:

The basis of the investment- the private proprietor on his own acres- seeking to extend a helping hand to those who can feed five times their current population but at present import two-thirds of their food, chose the hub-and- spoke as the vehicle of investment. Yes, "the centre holding" is half the battle as this exporter of success has recognized…..

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