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"We are committed to support the advancement of agriculture in Africa, as part of a virtuous cycle of sustainable agricultural and rural development with the aim to raise income for farmers, suppliers and the larger community," the CEO of Syngenta, Mike Mack said.
The company noted that Africa, which has over 500 million hectares of potential agricultural land, an area larger than the entire European Union and with the population in
Syngenta is working closely with rural communities to provide the technology and knowledge farmers need to increase yields and use land efficiently and a sustainable way. "Since the vast majority of farms in sub-Saharan Africa are one hectare or less in size, we must address the needs of Africa’s smallholder farmers if we hope to achieve the goal of agricultural development in
The PACN conference, being held at the
The conclusions of the three day conference will define a sustainable water usage agenda for
Other speakers at the conference include Joachim Chissano, former President of Mozambique, Dr Richard Pike, CEO of the RSC, Dr Simon Cook, Basin Focal Projects, CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food and Dr Sally Kosgei, Kenyan Minister for Higher Education.
Source: Afrol.com