There is no sovereignty without food security.

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There is no sovereignty without food security.

Foreign countries, worried about their future food security, have been investing in agriculture by purchasing concessions in a number of African countries. But this example of responsible farsightedness is not being emulated by many African states which are already food deficient. Hippolyte Fofack argues that a dependency mentality is the only constraint preventing Africa from achieving its own food security.

In March 2009, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia received its first consignment of food harvested on farms acquired by the Saudi government in foreig...

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