No need to research.
You don't process raw materials into finished products. You also didn't, and mostly don't, have transport networks to move those raw materials.
In the case of agricultural products you can add lack of refrigeration/proper storage to the mix.
How can you pick a crop in one village and get it to a village 20 miles away before it rots?
Most African produce just rots away as there is no proper facilities to store it if picked, let alone process it into something else like a chocolate bar.
It's not just food. It's almost everything.
I would focus on small scale storage solutions with integrated logistics and invite European processing companies to set up in conjunction and in situ rather than the current export and re-import the finished product model.
Dan
You don't process raw materials into finished products. You also didn't, and mostly don't, have transport networks to move those raw materials.
In the case of agricultural products you can add lack of refrigeration/proper storage to the mix.
How can you pick a crop in one village and get it to a village 20 miles away before it rots?
Most African produce just rots away as there is no proper facilities to store it if picked, let alone process it into something else like a chocolate bar.
It's not just food. It's almost everything.
I would focus on small scale storage solutions with integrated logistics and invite European processing companies to set up in conjunction and in situ rather than the current export and re-import the finished product model.
Dan
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