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But there is the mistake of deciding that it is not necessary to produce [other things] because, if you produce raw materials for export, you can earn enough money to buy food. So many farmers are not encouraged to continue producing and are not investigating how to produce, store, process and improve food security. Agriculture focuses on commodities.

— Dzodzi Tsikata

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "But there is the mistake of deciding that it is not necessary to produce [other things] because, if you produce raw materials for export, you can earn enough money to buy food. So many farmers are not encouraged to continue producing and are not investigating how to produce, store, process and improve food security. Agriculture focuses on commodities." in the context of "https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2017/10/26/la-lucha-por-la-tierra-es-esencialmente-feminista-dice-investigadora-de-ghana/" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Dzodzi Tsikata

Dzodzi Tsikata is a Ghanaian feminist, academic, professor of Development Sociology and Director of Institute of African Studies (IAS) at the University of Ghana.