What both Mr. Rich and I are wondering is why does it also have to be some internationally funded bi/multi-lateral organization--cumbersome at inception, more or less doomed from the get-go--that gets to try to improve the situation out here in Malawi? How about this instead: a company, delivering a product or service at a profit that creates a market to which small farmers can sell, using these profits to reinvest in the business to open up further opportunities for small farmers? Doesn't seem so bad, so whimsical, though the domain of small farmer economics seems forever dominated by non-governmental/non-profit organizations.
As Mr. Rich quotes Dan Pallotta in his article, "Want to make a million selling violent video games to kids? Go for it. Want to make a million helping cure kids of cancer? You're labeled a parasite."
Something to think about--maybe even a future possibility.
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