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Irvine Reid, manager of Rosedale Dairy Farm, inspects the soil of a recently prepared land for cassava production on July 12, 2017. Farming in Nigeria is not for the fainthearted. Intermittent electricity means generators are needed half the time. Chronically potholed roads make transport slow and expensive. Fake fertiliser has previously devastated crops, while toxic feed ruined one dairy farm. But for a group of 13 hardy farmers from Zimbabwe, the opportunity was too good to pass up. / AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS