The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the leading nongovernmental donor to African agriculture, reports that 10 sub-Saharan countries are posting annual output increases of 6 percent, more than twice the rate of population growth. Even infamously food-insecure Malawi and Ethiopia now grow enough to export surpluses to their neighbors. And the most densely populated western part of the continent has sustained such profound gains that Steven Wiggins, a leading expert on agriculture, has declared that “a green revolution is already under way.” (Read more)
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:43:42 +0000
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