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Africa's Food Future Depends on Technology, And Its Youth | Yacouba Diallo

5 months ago35 min- plays

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Most young Africans do not dream of working in agriculture. Yet at the World Seed Congress in Lisbon, farming looked less like an industry rooted in tradition and more like one being transformed by artificial intelligence, biotechnology, drones and data.</span>

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In this episode Steve Mokaya speaks with Yacouba Diallo, Secretary General of the African Seed Trade Association, about the future of African agriculture, the debate around GMOs, climate resilience, youth participation in farming, seed innovation and the opportunities emerging at the intersection of food and technology. This conversation explores what it will take for Africa to feed itself, and thrive, in a rapidly changing world.</span>

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