AUTHOR'S BIO
Kanayo F. Nwanze
Kanayo F. Nwanze is President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), an international financial institution and a specialized agency of the United Nations.
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The Road to Food Security
Kanayo F. Nwanze Series: Into Africa 2010-08-20In sub-Saharan Africa, almost 70% of all people living in rural areas live more than a 30-minute walk from the nearest maintained road. This leaves rural areas, which have the potential to feed the more than one billion hungry people, cut off and isolated – and typically without electricity or telephone service.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 10722
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Change Africa from Within
Kanayo F. Nwanze Series: Into Africa 2010-04-29
Agriculture, predominantly on a small scale, accounts for about 30% of sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP and at least 40% of export value. In some small countries, it plays an even greater role, representing 80% or more of export earnings. But the potential in these numbers will remain untapped unless the right policies are put in place to help agriculture to develop and flourish. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 12498
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Rebuilding Haiti From Davos
Kanayo F. Nwanze Series: Frontiers of Growth 
2010-01-25When the captains of business and industry meet in Davos for the World Economic Forum this month, the devastation caused by the recent earthquake in Haiti will be near the top of their agenda. It should be, for there is much they can do to help.... read Comments: 2 Recommended: 0 Read: 14594
