Thursday, May 2l , 2012
THISDAY, Vol. 17 No. 6240, I' age 43
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(;8 and Africa's Food Security: Time to Scale Up, Speed Up and Invest Up
n the lead up 10 !he 08 5ummit.AGItA stood With US. President Bank ONnlil and African heads or stale to IT1II1i the launch ofne,\1 ptw.eof 00 ' sharedC>."lInmilmenl to ac:h~ni ~1obaI food so.."\II1t~· Fo;u-ed on cllfJlgtng thi pIl''ale sectOr in funding agricuhum dcyO prtent. tiltS Initialhe pnescnts I new opporttmity 10 find pro:t1C II -oIUlIoos 10 !he tleYaYlun~ rood C1lSe5 WI SlLlI pLt,ue Mri I \\e hnwe ac:hlC\'Cd OJtl1l1C)l1 consensus on "twt ~ 10 be done - what smallholder runlO'J in Nigena und lhe res! of IhI:contlne\ll nerd: SUPpO!!"'!:' p',licies. belle!" seNs, acccn to finance. remliun. slJlts d '\o;lopment ond C.'U~lSlOJl services, nallOI'IIlI reseaR:h sysaems . afd markrt mfruslruclUI"( Early resulu.~ on , I(,RA's dfOlu to IIlCId the.e: nttds oYer It.: 1851 1i~)'CaB an vay enwunglnJ! Due 10 the coIlec!lwe effurts or Afric:al b'O" mrneru. the !Iobal donor commuruty locludll1~ me 08, m;cnrrl1ln~ltutJOnS. dlC pnvale 5«tOI. farmers' orpnizallOllS an.! NG05. 1'( h3ve S«II ft'marknbk progn:ss - but llOW we mu!ot redoubk OUt effOl15. At L' !\quilu 08 o:oontries slqlpCd up. folltJ'.\Iln! (;lIn'l' ~vKl they mu.'il scnIe up. speed up
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By JlIlle Korukrl fundmg Ihrougll the privltc sector or ather nOfl·5lJlIC actors such as AGRA IlIXi Wmm' organaalions. Cum::ntly. fundingcontin· to be t'hannekd Ilmosl cxclus~ly through publIC inslrtu· uons. We nccirlO provttk- suPPJl1 that will enabk ImutInCIIl10 go when: II is ITIO§lllkcty 10 be used properly and pro(ltIIbly withm Africa's pID1UC 5CCIor, Third, we must listen to thc smallholder funner and SI11I1I1 agti.l:XJSine:ss ownm across Africa. They arc the cxpms, tiJeIe:ss. Iy worting 10 ~ (he OOI1IlIlCn! forward. ~ wililell us
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they need on the !fOUnd 10 be successful. AGRA supportS an aroproach th311!i coottIinalOd gklbe.lly, 001 IS AfllCl.ln \cd and rocused on smallholder fanners _TIlls I(IpIUGt'h ~ be equitabk,ll'Il'lSpiJmll aod IICCOLD'IUbIc In lhe Sll1Sract.Jon of all Sl4krhoIder5. As thc dll5Z scnlcs OIl '.he m;:cnt G8 Sumrrnt. 1 hope the kadcrs AGRA met at Carop I •.-r.d and !hose v.-e continue to mcec: ICroS5 the contlllcfll wit! fl. !hell" comrmlmenUItid lake the bold actIOn necessary to Ir.,)(! 'Jture gcneral1Ofl5
' Kal1lku is rrnidtllt Qj/hl Itliku.ct/or /I GreIn RIPe "ion inA,/rUQ
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We ~ at • mltcallum Of pOUlt To male the IT"I05l 0( ~ru momentum G8~,Am..:.ngD\arunenl:iand meprh_ 5C('klI" need 10 t.-.k the folluw !If Rep5 It' ddi\'Cr lasting food-2C\Inty $OIUUOII$ Fillil 08 oount'lCS, ,\fn 81
!O'<t:mn~nl"l lind the pnl"3IC~-ror !ICed to put ttl pit« 11lI"Mt ~ 11'\ CRSI'ft' 11lO!"t") i!. effectiYl!ty disJICTSCd. Mutcl-bdlll"lfl d<,.la c- ,"unitnll!lllli hoh! grc<tl proml:O;C. bul only if they readllb;: fdlll:l ,neseatd1er5. agro-dcalcr$, ClllenSOl ¥outen:mLI otbMo y lU ~ OOllWng Africa', Igriculrural economy Reahsllt' JMcdge , " IIh mearungfulllCCOUntllbduy m
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S«ond, irdern3t1Ofl.l! at d \(ncan govemmcnu need 10 budd 5U\ICtuR3 thai. fiuVld r,md , I.) agricuhull:'s pnvalc seclor econornit' oodopm'f\! Oive. Ihe pn\"liIC'-"«Ior focus of die nev. IllllintlVl:. II I~ cnttcatl} 1111 IOfIOIll 10 SOlie up mcchllmsms, 5UCh
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