Feeding Africa at a Time of Climate Change - a Major... -- THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --: "Mr. Annan will argue: 'Feeding Africa, at a time of climate change, is one of the major development challenges of our time. Africa today needs new investment in agriculture on a par with that which Asia and Latin America received in the 1960s and 1970s. According to the World Bank, every development dollar invested in agriculture in Africa has two to three times the positive impact on poverty than the same dollar invested in other economic sectors.'
'Africa is the only continent which fails to grow enough food to meet its own needs. It alone has failed to see agricultural productivity keep pace with its growing population. One in three of those without sufficient food live in Africa. The continent also faces the greatest threat from climate change. Rising temperatures and changes to rainfall patterns will have a devastating impact because of heavy reliance on rain-water for crops.'"
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