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Senegal: Youth Who Refuse to Farm

Ziguinchor — Landmines and armed attacks in Senegal's Casamance region are preventing farmers from maximizing production from the region's fertile soil, but there is another problem, too: not enough young people are taking up farming, residents and... Full Article at AllAfrica.com

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