Monday, June 30, 2014

CGIAR consortium research in Africa interview

20 June 2014. Two years ago, Frank Rijsberman took over as the CEO of CGIAR consortium, a global partnership that brings together organisations with interest in research and development for a food secure future. SciDev.Net talks to him about his priorities for achieving food security in Sub-Saharan Africa, some successes and key research challenges of CGIAR consortium. See article

He answers following questions:
  • After two years in office, what have been your priority areas of action and key achievements?
  • What are some of your focus areas in the next few years, especially for Sub-Saharan Africa, and why?
  • Why is it that many African countries are still food insecure?
  • What is CGIAR consortium doing to address these challenges?
  • Africa is grappling with youth unemployment. How can the youth be enticed to agriculture?

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