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Agri-tech can turn African Savannah into global food basket – African Development Bank

November 2nd, 2018 / AfricanBrains

The African Development Bank has determined that the African Savannah can support the production of maize, soybean, and livestock, and transform the continent into a net exporter of these commodities
The African Development Bank is championing a new regional and global effort to transform the African Savannah from a “Sleeping Giant” …

Agri-tech can turn African Savannah into global food basket – African Development Bank

October 29th, 2018 / ECOFIN Agency

The African Development Bank is championing a new regional and global effort to transform the African Savannah from a “Sleeping Giant” to the cradle of the continent’s green revolution.
“This sleeping giant needs to wake up,” the Bank’s Vice-President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Jennifer Blanke, told an audience at …