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Kofi Annan, the Chairman of AGRA voices his support for FARM-Africa at an evening of African celebration
Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary General and current Chairman of AGRA, was the guest of honour at a special evening hosted by FARM-Africa in London where he underlined his admiration for the organisation’s work to improve the livelihoods of eastern Africa’s farmers and herders.
The highlight of the evening was an interview between Kofi Annan and the well-known journalist and author Madeleine Bunting. The audio footage from this interview will be available on FARM-Africa’s website shortly.
During the exchange, Kofi Annan spoke openly about growing up in Ghana, his time in office as Secretary General of the United Nations and the importance of his role as Chairman of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa.
“For decades African agriculture has suffered from a serious lack of investments which have hindered the long term development of the continent and its people. That is why Africa needs a green revolution that can help feed the continent and protect the environment. As Chairman of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), I am fully engaged in promoting efforts to help Africa to feed itself. We need to rapidly raise agricultural productivity, expand the access of small holder farmers to markets, and promote enabling policies to support them to be productive, efficient and competitive. Innovation and public-private partnerships are critical to help achieve this.
This is why the work of FARM-Africa is especially important because it supports locally relevant and scalable demonstrations of what works. FARM-Africa’s mission is to build a prosperous rural Africa by working in partnership with local communities. They empower and enable farmers to raise livestock, grow more food and access new markets. FARM-Africa’s work is helping to solve rural poverty in Africa, for this reason I am personally proud to support the work of FARM-Africa.”
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