What is the incentive for me to contribute to someone elses post if I don win a prize?
You never know where the seed of idea can take on a life of its own! Perhaps your contribution to an original idea will encourage someone else to build upon it and turn it into a winner. You will be acknowledged as being a part of the winning solution. And you will have made an idea better than it was before. We created this site to develop the best ideas for agricultural development in Africa. All of the posts and ideas will be read by people and institutions interested in international development. We believe this is a step forward toward improving lives, so we hope that you will continue to offer your intelligence and insights to the process.
The most unique aspect of Africa Rural Connect is the emphasis on our community and its members. The benefits of being an active member of the ARC Community, posting ideas, comments, and feedback do not lie solely in winning prize money. You also make valuable contacts and connections with people in related fields. Through ARC you could end up getting involved in a project in rural Uganda or gaining support for your work from an Australian development practitioner. Perhaps your contribution to an original idea will encourage someone else to build upon it and turn it into a winner. You will be acknowledged as being part of the winning solution. To learn about the non-prize related benefits of ARC, read what some of our community members have said here and here. This site was created to further develop the many ideas for agricultural development in Africa, to pool all of our expertise and experiences to make existing and new projects stronger and more viable and to inspire others to brin
