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高考提能练(二十) 必修4 Unit 10 Money
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(2020·辽宁省五校协作体高三上学期联考)
In a longsleeved shirt and jeans,Dieudonne Twahirwa looks nothing like the traditional African farmer.The 30yearold owner of Gashora Farm knows what a difference that makes.
“You need more role models,”he said,standing among kneehigh rows of chilli (辣椒) plants.“If you have young farmers,they have land and they drive to the farm,others may think,‘Why can’t I do that?’”
Mr Twahirwa,a university graduate,bought a friend’s tomato farm six years ago for $ 150.He made $ 1
500 back in two months.“You have to link farming with entrepreneurship and real numbers,”he said.
Many young Africans are abandoning areas in the countryside,choosing not to work hard and for a long time in the fields—a job made tougher by climate change.
But Twahirwa is one of the growing band of successful farmers working to make agriculture’s image on the continent more attractive.Some 1
000 farmers now produce chillies for him.He is starting a fourth farm