Africa's Food Paradox

May 4, 2017
09:30–10:30 (Africa/Johannesburg time zone)

About this session

Africa is facing food shortages arising from droughts in Southern and Eastern Africa, locally produced food competing with cheap food imports in urban supermarkets, and the average farmer is 65 years old. How can African economies move beyond subsistence rain-dependent agriculture to accelerate food production that meets growing demand both at home and abroad? Dimensions to be addressed: -...
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