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Mercatus On Policy - Planting Seeds of Hope
January 14, 2008
Despite tremendous worldwide economic progress over the past 50 years, hunger and food insecurity remain the daily reality for people around the world. In Africa alone, millions struggle against the ravages of hunger.
Even though the Green Revolution—the concerted effort to increase agricultural production worldwide through the introduction of new technology—succeeded in bolstering agricultural production in Asia, new agricultural technologies and innovations have caught on only slowly in Africa. However, one innovation, the Combi-Pack is showing great potential to reduce hunger and poverty among smallholder farmers in South Africa.
