Why some farmers, traders succeed by listening to own advice

An increase in advice from diverse sources is becoming counter-productive for smallholder farmers in many developing countries.

Besides over-saturation, there is no shortage of conflicting advice.

Many farmers are wondering why they are being blamed for not taking farming as a business when the majority of formally educated graduates are busy looking for jobs rather than using knowledge they have acquired from school/college/university to improve their agricultural-driven local economies.

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