Speeches
30 April 2008Forging a Uniquely African Green Revolution
Speech by Kofi Annan, AGRA’s Board Chairman, presented at The Salzburg Global Seminars, Austria
24 April 2008Remarks by Dr. Namanga Ngongi, AGRA President, on the food crisis and the need for an agricultural Green Revolution
Presented at the press briefing organized by The Millennium Development Goals Centre in Nairobi, Kenya
"While there are many reasons for the current food crisis, the underlying reason in Africa is that the continent does not produce enough to feed itself... Africa needs an agricultural Green Revolution that will dramatically raise yields of food crops for smallholder farmers, improve food security and save African countries billions of dollars currently being spent on importing food."
27 March 2008Address by Kofi Annan
Presented at The State of the Planet Conference at Columbia University, New York
20 November 2007Achieving the Green Revolution in Africa: The New Development Financing Agenda
Keynote speech delivered by Dr. Akin Adesina - Vice President for Policy and Partnerships, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) - at the 34th FAO Conference, Rome, Italy
28 September 2007Speech by Dr. Akin Adesina, Vice President for Policy and Partnerships
Presented in Washington, DC at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference
14 June 2007Speech by Mr. Kofi A. Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations (143kb PDF) [Français]
Presented in Cape Town, South Africa at the World Economic Forum on Africa