‘Put Farming First’, Urges IFAD President
June 8, 2009 No comments yet
Kanayo Nwanze, the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has urged a meeting of African finance ministers to “nourish their agriculture sectors” if they hope to mitigate the impacts of a global economic downturn.
Nwanze said:
Resuming economic growth, resolving the food crisis and tackling the challenge of poverty must necessarily be based on
