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Agripace 2017
Keynote speech by Benny Dembitzer
Cenetri's AGRIPACE conference October 23-25, 2017,
Hyderabad, India.
Agriculture is Key...
Hagar Omran, September 5th, 2019
Agriculture is key for African countries to achieve economic development, Benny Dembitzer, managing director at Grassroots Africa, a member of the team who won the Nobel Peace prize in 1985, said at the event that was organised by the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) on Wednesday.
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“We are losing our humanity to see the African continent burning and suffering from famines,” he stated, adding that African states need to pay greater attention to education, agriculture, and women’s empowerment.
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