Mutinta Nketani

Mutinta Nketani

Mutinta Nketani is National Coordinator for the Zambian Alliance for Agroecology and Biodiversity.

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Feed­ing big agribusi­ness, starv­ing Africans

In­dus­tri­al agri­cul­ture has failed to elim­i­nate food in­se­cu­ri­ty in Africa. It is time for a rad­i­cal­ly dif­fer­ent ap­proach.

opinion by Mutinta Nketani and Timothy Wise
Published On 4 Sep 2023
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