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Special Edition on Agriculture 2014
Cover Story
Africa’s food policy needs sharper teeth
Good intentions alone are not enough
Photo: Panos/Mikkel Ostergaard
Challenges
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Africa’s economy grows, but many stomachs are empty
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Despite climate change, Africa can feed Africa
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Denting youth unemployment through agriculture
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Zimbabwe’s farmers struggle to feed the nation
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What went wrong? Lessons from Malawi’s food crisis
Autocracy and aid dependency killed an agriculture success story
Initiatives
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Fighting African poverty, village by village
In Ghana, agriculture is central to project focused on achieving Millennium Development Goals -
Boosting African farm yields
More fertilizer, irrigation and other inputs are vital, says NEPAD -
Sierra Leone: nursing agriculture back to health
Prospects
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We need more agribusiness in Africa
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All eyes on $1 trillion
African agribusiness is set for a huge leap, according to a World Bank report -
Gendering Agriculture
Women spearhead efforts to feed the continent -
Breaking the glass ceiling: Women agricultural scientists
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Is Africa’s land up for grabs?
Foreign acquisitions: some opportunities, but many see threats -
‘A common vision for agriculture-led growth’
NEPAD adds value to Africa’s farming sector, says Glenn Denning
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