SUMMARY

AFRICANA SOCIAL SCIENCES CONFERENCE
Topic: African Agriculture
Location: Lipton Hall, NYU Law
Date: November 8, 2006
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Klaus Deininger, World Bank
• Bashir Jama, UN Millennium Project
• Kim Elliott, CGD

African agricultural productivity has not seen the dramatic increase in growth that developing countries such as India and China have experienced. If the secrets of an African Green Revolution were someday unlocked, it could bring an unprecedented wealth to the continent. Specialists in agronomy, trade, agricultural markets, market instutitions and other issues speak and compare notes on how productivity could be changed.

 

 

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