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Date: 14 May 2013
Last week I was in Cape Town, South Africa, attending the World Economic Forum and had the privilege of participating in a panel discussion focused on a very important subject - how we can engage more effectively with Africa's... Keep reading
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Date: 21 March 2013
Last Friday I led a delegation from AGRA to the African Union in Addis Ababa to meet Her Excellency Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, the AU’s Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture. The aim of our meeting was to identify where... Keep reading
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Date: 14 December 2012
I wish collectively we could persuade more farmers to expand production of legumes in Africa. This can contribute significantly to improving soil health globally in an economical and environmentally sound manner.Legumes, through biological processes, can fix a significant amount... Keep reading
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Date: 14 December 2012
Soil fertility in Africa is at a crossroads. Its continuing depletion on smallholder farms is dangerously out of sync with Africa’s burgeoning population at this threshold of the 21st century.Current forecasts estimate a 50% population increase by 2050, signalling... Keep reading
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Date: 11 December 2012
Marie Rarieya, wishes that African governments would make the investment in capacity building for agricultural research and development into use, which will help save Africa’s ailing soil. “A survey of the national agricultural research institutes found that only about... Keep reading
