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Article: Why Africa needs a Green Revolution.(COVER STORY)
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- African Business
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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China and India wallowed in poverty when their production of food was insufficient for their needs; now, with their successful green revolutions behind them, they are rapidly joining the ranks of the most powerful economies on earth.
Now look at the situation in Africa. It is the only continent on which famine is still a regular occurrence. One third of Africa's population of close to a billion people is malnourished - that means over 300m people do not have enough to eat on a day-to-day basis. Africa, as a whole imports more food than it produces. Yet 60% of Africa's population is directly engaged in agriculture. Africa is the only continent on which food yields ...