Africa Renewal Magazine Special Edition on Agriculture 2014

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• Africa’s economy grows, but many stomachs are empty 
• Despite climate change, Africa can feed Africa Denting youth unemployment through agriculture 
• Zimbabwe’s farmers struggle to feed the nation 
• What went wrong? Lessons from Malawi’s food crisis Autocracy and aid dependency killed an agriculture success story 
• Initiatives Fighting African poverty, village by village 
• In Ghana, agriculture is central to project focused on achieving Millennium Development Goals Boosting African farm yields 
• More fertilizer, irrigation and other inputs are vital, says NEPAD 
• Sierra Leone: nursing agriculture back to health Prospects We need more agribusiness in Africa All eyes on $1 trillion African agribusiness is set for a huge leap, according to a World Bank report 
• Gendering Agriculture Women spearhead efforts to feed the continent Breaking the glass ceiling: Women agricultural scientists 
• Is Africa’s land up for grabs? Foreign acquisitions: some opportunities, but many see threats ‘
• A common vision for agriculture-led growth’ NEPAD adds value to Africa’s farming sector, says Glenn Denning