Africa: 'To Eradicate Hunger, Treat Small Farms as Business'

Feeding the world?s hungry is the challenge of our times, says Dr. Kanayo Nwanze, an energetic advocate for poor people, particularly poor, rural women. Nwanze is president of the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), a specialized United Nations agency working to eradicate poverty among the 1.4 billion people living in rural areas of developing countries. A recent IFAD report says world food production must be increased by 70% within 30 years to feed a projected nine billion people worldwide. AllAfrica?s Juanita Williams talked with Nwanze in Cape Town, where he was attending the World Economic Forum for Africa. Here are excerpts of what he said.

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