Boost for Africa green revolution

I am glad the UN, through this initiative, is targeting infrastructure, which affects not only food supply but also health care throughout the developing world.
I recall a conversation with a shopkeeper in Freetown who flew to Dubai to buy rice, even though 100 miles away in Sierra Leone there were verdant rice fields. The problem is that it took 8 hours by car each way to get to the rice fields. The roads were muddy, pock marked and quite hazardous--as I experienced on my way from Freetown to the eye clinic in Serabu, where I worked...

A US government aid agency has formed an alliance with a group headed by former UN chief Kofi Annan to try to boost African agriculture.

Mr Annan has called for a "green revolution" to solve the food crisis.

The new partnership aims to invest in Africa's inadequate infrastructure, as well as developing new seeds and fertilisers.

Mr Annan says that 40% of African crops are lost after being harvested - a problem which new roads could ease.