Asia Had a Green Revolution. Africa Did Not | Alice Ruhweza, AGRA

Smallholder farmers producing persistently low yields, and the policy work required to change it. Book Ian for your event → iankhan.com | booking@iankhan.com SUMMARY Alice Ruhweza is President and CEO of AGRA. She contrasts the green revolutions that lifted parts of Asia and Latin America out of poverty with the persistently low yields of African smallholder farmers, and sets out the policy, seeds, markets and gender agenda needed to close that gap. KEY FINDINGS • Smallholder farmers producing continuously low yields • Green revolutions that lifted Asia and Latin America out of poverty • Policy at national and regional level as the route to scale • Seeds, markets, policy and gender as the four workstreams • Women producing a substantial share of output • Youth as an increasing priority • Infrastructure, tax incentives and education as prerequisites GUEST Alice Ruhweza, President & CEO, AGRA FULL TRANSCRIPT iankhan.com/futurist/alice-ruhweza-agra-african-agriculture Recorded at the Future Investment Initiative, Riyadh, for The Futurist. ──────────────────── ABOUT IAN KHAN — AI KEYNOTE SPEAKER Most AI keynotes end with a better understanding. Mine end with a measured readiness score and a ninety-day plan. Your leadership team is assessed before the event, the room sees its own collective result live, and every attendee leaves with a ninety-day plan they helped build. Every year I interview more than 500 senior leaders on camera: scientists, operators, founders, regulators and i