Africa’s farmers deserve choices (Inter Press Service)

IPS published an op-ed by Jemimah Njuki, head of the Africa Region, and Elizabeth Nsimadala. The op-ed wrote that they believe the Food Systems Summit could provide a forum for a reset that seeks to find common ground for the increasingly fractious debate over food production in Africa. Most Africans—including up to 90% of people living in rural communities—still rely on small-scale or “smallholder” crop and livestock production to generate the income they need to support their families. But the worst thing we can do right now for African farmers and Africa’s vulnerable food systems and ecosystems is to greatly narrow the menu of solutions available. Instead, let’s look for consensus instead of conflict and consider that there can be many paths to achieving our shared goals. Republished in Global Issues Blog, Knews News (UK)