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MICHAEL J SSALI
The lack of drought resistant crops in Africa has often led to famine and increase in the price of food due to scarcity. A team of African states have set out to look for solutions to this problem Michael J. Ssali writes
Three hundred agriculture scientists, entrepreneurs, farmers’ organisations and governments from Africa have gathered in Bamako, Mali, to accelerate a massive effort to develop and deploy higher-yield, disease and drought resistant crop varieties of Africa’s most important food crops.
According to a press release on October 5 from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), the meeting brought together experts from 20 countries who form the heart of the Programme for Africa’s Seed Systems (PASS), a $150m initiative launched two years ago by AGRA to bring improved varieties of rice, maize, millet, sorghum, and other food staples to millions of Africa’s smallholder farmers.
http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/features/African_states_to_grow_drought_resistant_crops_92894.shtml
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