CALLS FOR GREATER COOPERATION IN AFRICA TO IMPROVE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY

Food Security in Africa: Interview with African Union Chairman and Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika from Farming First on Vimeo.

Speaking ahead of the World Economic Forum on Africa, which begins in Tanzania tomorrow, Bingu wa Mutharika said he planned to work with other African leaders to devise a programme on food security that was sustainable "regardless of who is looking at it", and set up what he called an African compact on food security to act as an independent advisory body to the African Union (AU) on agriculture and food issues.

In an interview with Dr Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, CEO of the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) and chairman of the Farming First coalition, Mutharika said he would chair the compact for the next five years.

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