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Rural connectivity key to agric growth

PUBLIC investment should prioritise the ex­pansion of mobile broad­band and affordable data coverage in underserved rural and farming areas, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said. The call comes as many rural communities continue to lack reliable and affordable internet access, limit­ing smallholder farmers’ ability to utilise digital platforms…

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