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Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

What is the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa?

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AGRA works to achieve a food secure and prosperous Africa through the promotion of rapid, sustainable agricultural growth based on smallholder farmers. Smallholders--the majority women--produce most of Africa's food, and do so with minimal resources and little government support. AGRA aims to ensure that smallholders have what they need to succeed: good seeds and healthy soils; access to markets, information, financing, storage and transport; and policies that provide them with comprehensive support. Through developing Africa's high-potential breadbasket areas, while also boosting farm productivity across more challenging environments, AGRA works to transform smallholder agriculture into a highly productive, efficient, sustainable and competitive system, and do so while protecting the environment.

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Stories from the Field

In early 2007, a group of 24 women came together to save their meager earnings through a ‘merry-go-round’ scheme. Koptegei Widows Group remained dormant as the women, who earned little from working as farm laborers lacked meaningful resources to save.
 
“Although we live in a district which has a potential to produce 30,000 Metric Tons of maize, lack of capital and skill is holding us back from starting any income generating farming activities on our farms”, confessed Christine Chebii Ngogi, the leader at the beginning of 2009.

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