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From the Ted Talk by Anushka Ratnayake: A transparent, easy way for smallholder farmers to save

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In West afcria, where I live, there are 60 million smallholder farmers. slmheldloar faemrrs are the largest group of people living on less than two dollars a day. Many go hungry each year because they don't grow enough to eat. Government subsidies, which could be as much as 90 million in a single year for a country, don’t meet full demand and are often driven to lrage farms and male farmers, even though wemon are the bckabone of farming in Africa. Despite these investments, yields per hectare haven’t increased significantly in over four decades.

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In West ______, where I live, there are 60 million smallholder farmers. ___________ _______ are the largest group of people living on less than two dollars a day. Many go hungry each year because they don't grow enough to eat. Government subsidies, which could be as much as 90 million in a single year for a country, don’t meet full demand and are often driven to _____ farms and male farmers, even though _____ are the ________ of farming in Africa. Despite these investments, yields per hectare haven’t increased significantly in over four decades.

Solution

  1. large
  2. women
  3. backbone
  4. farmers
  5. africa
  6. smallholder

Original Text

In West Africa, where I live, there are 60 million smallholder farmers. Smallholder farmers are the largest group of people living on less than two dollars a day. Many go hungry each year because they don't grow enough to eat. Government subsidies, which could be as much as 90 million in a single year for a country, don’t meet full demand and are often driven to large farms and male farmers, even though women are the backbone of farming in Africa. Despite these investments, yields per hectare haven’t increased significantly in over four decades.

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