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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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When the corporates come marching into farms (NewsClick)

December 24, 2020


NewsClick published an article that stated farmers suspect that with no MSP protection, something might happen once the big players enter the farm sector. One expert stated that “These laws have failed the farmers there. So why are we bringing them here?” The entire script apparently is designed to drastically cut the number of people engaged in agriculture and leave the field open to big farmers and corporates. The ‘move up or move out’ policy, according to one expert, which IFPRI recommended for our farm sector is what is being implemented. 

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