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Dakar summit an urgent response to Africa's food insecurity

Some 34 African heads of state and government, heads of international and bilateral development organisations, and leaders of the private sector converged in Dakar, Senegal, in late January to present and discuss Country Food and Agriculture Delivery Compacts (Compacts).

The presentations were prepared by African countries to articulate "… the vision, challenges and opportunities in agricultural productivity infrastructure, processing and value addition, markets and financing that will accelerate the

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