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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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Agriculture is the Key to a Prosperous Africa (Financial Times)

December 07, 2017

Financial Times published an op-ed by Rwanda’s Minister of Agriculture Agnes Kalibata on the potential of agriculture to transform the African continent. In the article, Kalibata, president of AGRA, cited an IFPRI research that found additional investments in agriculture increase farm productivity, spurring GDP growth. “Only investments can replace imports that squander potential and drive the young away,” wrote Kalibata. 

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