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Yemi Akinbamijo

Yemi Akinbamijo

Dr. Yemi Akinbamijo is Executive Director at Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). He is former head of the Agriculture and Food Security Division of the African Union Commission.

There is a hole in the roof

I was waiting to see the ‘end of the beginning’ or the ‘beginning of the end’. But I was glad to note that the meeting in the Hague concluded on a very high note and it was more of the former than the latter scenario. There were renewed commitments and strategies for advancing the options open to us to contain the menace of climate change.

Avoid the proverbial digging a hole to fill another

The link between food security, agriculture and climate change is not a new phenomenon. Throughout history, farming folks have always adapted to the altering vicissitudes of their vocation. Consequently, as a survival strategy, they have always evolved adaptive measures in order to cope with these changes.

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