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Writing in Addis Ababa at the Africa Green Revolution Forum, former UN Secretary General and the former chair of the Alliance for a Green Revolution Kofi Annan stated that the malnutrition issues in Africa are a political issue – a blunt assessment of African leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cMalnutrition is a political failure,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople who live under democracy and democratic rule don\u2019t starve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Annan pointed to the $35 billion Africa spends on food imports, along with the failure of Africa to match the agriculture productivity increases experienced by the rest of the world as evidence of their failure.<\/p>\n

Read more here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.agrforum.com\/index.php\/agrf_blog_post\/a-champion-of-african-agriculture-offers-sharp-words-for-african-leaders\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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