As a foreign guest who has some experience of agriculture in Africa , why are respondents so pessimistic? I worked on a successful sugar project in Kenya where 9000 agricultural workers were registered for agricultural employment; there were 220 managerial and supervisory staff; the estate provided 60% of Kenya's domestic sugar requirement. How does this compare with the sugar industry of Kwara? Incidentally, there were 4 resident expatriates or 'white farmers' for those who prefer the label.

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3. A successful business provides benefits to a very wide comunity not just the shareholders.

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