{"id":1335,"date":"2024-08-15T09:50:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T09:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8012\/abifinance\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2024-11-19T13:08:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T13:08:49","slug":"agricultural-financing-sends-a-down-to-earth-farmer-reaching-for-the-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abi.co.ug\/finance\/agricultural-financing-sends-a-down-to-earth-farmer-reaching-for-the-skies\/","title":{"rendered":"Agricultural financing sends a down-to-earth farmer reaching for the skies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1335\" class=\"elementor elementor-1335\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bdd441 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2bdd441\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3ebbb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3ebbb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Ducu\u2019s journey started amidst great difficulty: the money he had was anything but sufficient<br \/>to buy seeds, open up land for cultivation and pay labour costs. 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