Seeds of stability: How African agritech can secure global food futures

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Strengthening Africa's agricultural systems is not only a developmental priority but a strategic necessity for Britain's food security, writes Dr. Ngonidzashe Chirinda from University Mohammed VI Polytechnic in Morocco

Food security has never been a purely local challenge. What farmers plant in Mali or Kenya today has implications for dinner tables in London or Manchester tomorrow. And as climate change disrupts food...

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