Agriculture is an integral part of sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 60% of the population is smallholder farmers.
hen our priority is growing food for profit, people will go hungry.
Stopping violence against women is not only a moral imperative, new evidence shows that it can help the economy.
If 2021 was the year the world turned the tide against the pandemic, 2022 will be dominated by the need to adjust to new realities, both in areas reshaped by the crisis (the new world of work, the future of travel) and as deeper trends reassert themselves (the rise of China, accelerating climate change).
According to the African Group of Negotiators, the main African agenda items can be summarised as follows.
China food security: Beijing signals overhaul of GM crop rules in push for seed industry breakthrough
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China has proposed an overhaul of regulations governing genetically modified (GM) crops, in a move that is likely to strengthen the nation’s seed industry amid heightened food security concerns.
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