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Africa Key to Feeding Nine Billion People By 2050, Says AfDB

by Clara Nwachukwu

Photo: Mujahid Safodien/IRIN

President of African Development Bank (AfDB) and 2017 World Food Prize Laureate, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, says Africa holds the key to eradicating hunger and feeding nine billion people globally by 2050.

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