AfDB’s Jennifer Blanke on the Feed Africa Strategy
22 June 2019 |
5:38 pm
In a bid to create a competitive and inclusive agribusiness sector on the continent, the African Development Bank launched the feed Africa strategy in 2016. CNBC Africa's Esther Awoniyi caught up with Jennifer Blanke, AFDB's Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development to discuss the Feed Africa Strategy.
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