The spread of modern grocery chains could lift millions of African farmers out of poverty. Or it could ruin them.
Gretchen Wilson
Food for 9 Billion
Africa’s Supermarket Sweepstakes
Gretchen Wilson
Food for 9 Billion
Africa’s Supermarket Sweepstakes
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A new Pick n Pay supermarket in Lusaka, Zambia. Local small-scale farmers can prosper if they find ways to satisfy the chains’ finicky buyers. But if supermarkets bypass local farmers in favor of cheaper and more reliable imports, farmers’ livelihoods could be threatened. Photo by Gretchen Wilson.