Lessons on how informal markets keep agricultural knowledge fresh

JUST as agriculture markets prefer fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs and other commodities, knowledge of all these commodities should also be kept fresh. It is through regular visits to the market that farmers are able to keep their knowledge fresh.

Farmers who extend loans to traders in the form of commodities also extend knowledge about those commodities so that traders are able to fully explain the value of each commodity to consumers.

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