Former Brazil president Inácio Lula da Silva says subsistence agriculture must be abolished for African countries to end hunger
guardian.co.uk, Monday 1 July 2013
Reaching out … Guaribas in north Brazil.
Ending subsistence farming is key to addressing hunger, says Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP
Subsistence agriculture must be abolished if African countries want to eradicate hunger by 2025, the former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, told a meeting in Addis Ababa on Sunday.
In a rousing speech to open a conference of African ministers and international leaders, Lula said Africa could end hunger if there was enough political will to embed the needs of poor people in national policy.
“It’s necessary for us to put in the minds and hearts of people to produce … [and] have access to technology and modern…
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