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What do farming and investing have in common? Both reward patience 😎 . The Grofunder Africa team has started speaking with a few individuals interested in making small, short-term investments in smallholder farmers, and three questions keep coming up: how are returns generated, how is risk managed, and how is investor capital protected? These are the right questions, because agricultural investment starts with trust, not just capital. More interestingly, several prospective investors are asking something else: how does this improve farmers’ lives? That has stood out to us. People want returns, yes, but many are equally interested in how farmers benefit and whether the impact is real. If you were considering investing in farmers and earning 12% per/year, what questions would you ask first? Let us know. Also, if you are considering investing, click this link, and one of our amazing co-founders will walk you through how it works on a one-on-one: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...