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The intrepid and dedicated Paddy Docherty has been building a rice business called Lion Mountains Agrico Ltd.<\/a> in Sierra Leone, Africa, that aims to turn the country into an agricultural powerhouse. Building a business in a developing country is always a tough job, but it gets even more complicated when there is a health crisis the magnitude of the Ebola outbreak. Here\u2019s an audio interview<\/a> with Paddy on BBC World Service about the successes they are having.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The intrepid and dedicated Paddy Docherty has been building a rice business called Lion Mountains Agrico Ltd. in Sierra Leone, Africa, that aims to turn the country into an agricultural powerhouse. 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