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World Service,07 Sep 1998,13 mins
Anyone for Ginseng? In search of Healthier Profits
The Farming WorldAvailable for over a year
How can farmers increase production when the financial rewards are nowhere to be seen? Farmers everywhere are looking to diversify to improve financial returns, like the ones featured who are growing ginseng in the UK, farming prawns in Vietnam, and finding new markets for banana by-products such as banana silk.
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