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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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COP-17: AGRA Chair Joins Zuma, Meles in Call to Support Climate Smart Agriculture

 

In a keynote speech at the High Level Panel on Climate Smart Agriculture, AGRA’s chair Kofi Annan called for decisive leadership at national and international level, and new partnerships with academic institutions, businesses and non-governmental organisations, to fulfill Africa’s agricultural potential and help Africa’s smallholder farmers adapt to climate change.

 
“These efforts must have at their heart Africa’s army of small-holder farmers, many of whom are women, who grow the majority of the continent’s food,” he said. “Without their active engagement, we will fail to promote the uniquely African Green Revolution we need.”
 

The full text of the speech can be found here

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