<p dir="ltr">Hello All, </p>
<p dir="ltr">What the Nigerian Minister has achieved is not an easy task- Especially that of shifting mindsets of farmers from subsistence farming to agri-business. Such a mindset is critical for sustainability of mAgric solutions if that's important. Mfarm, Icow, M-shamba etc may not scale and grow to sustainable enterprises if the mindset of agribusiness is not entrenched enough.<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Given that agriculture is now a devolved function, it should interest us to see which of the county governments get the cue. Am thinking such progress is more achievable at a county specific level.</p>
<p dir="ltr">... My 20cents.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Best regards<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 4, 2013 1:14 PM, "Brian Munyao Longwe" <<a href="mailto:blongwe@gmail.com">blongwe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Hehehehe, Harry.... touche...<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Harry Hare | African eDevelopment Resource Centre <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:harry@africanedevelopment.org" target="_blank">harry@africanedevelopment.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;word-wrap:break-word"><div><div><div>If I am not wrong, the Electronic Wallet System for farmers was developed and implemented by our own Cellulant :-), get the drift?</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Edith Adera <<a href="mailto:eadera@idrc.ca" target="_blank">eadera@idrc.ca</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wed, 4 Dec 2013 04:42:38 +0000<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Cio_Magazine Hare <<a href="mailto:harry@africanedevelopment.org" target="_blank">harry@africanedevelopment.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [kictanet] NIGERIA HAS DONE IT in 2 YEARS!<br>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif" lang="EN-CA">Listers,<br><br>
Nigerian Agriculture Minister, Dr Akinwumi Adesina (former VP of AGRA), has been named Forbes African Person of the Year for his reforms to the country's farming sector. He has made use of ICTs to transform how inputs are procured, cutting out corrupt deals,
and shifting mindsets towards agriculture as a business.<br><br>
Very transformative indeed! In Kenya, we need to move away from politics, roll up sleeves and work!<br></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#006bbc" lang="EN-CA">�</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#006bbc"><a href="http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/12/02/akinwumi-adesina-awarded-forbes-africa-person-of-the-year/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-CA">http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/12/02/akinwumi-adesina-awarded-forbes-africa-person-of-the-year/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#006bbc"><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
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