At the end of this month, March 2021, I took a bow and ended my term on the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Board after 4 years of serving. AGRA is a unique African institution that is catalyzing and driving Inclusive Agricultural Transformation (IAT) on the Continent. I have served with visionary women and men who have demonstrated that transformational change in and for Africa is possible and can be realized in our lifetime. I became involved in AGRA for a very simple reason. With my background in agricultural research and development (AR&D) and a professional career that spanned over forty years, of which 30 of them were with three CGIAR Centers in six African countries, I never stopped to ask myself the question why African national agricultural systems or NARS are still dependent on foreign assistance for agricultural development and transformation.

https://guardian.ng/features/the-quest-for-an-inclusive-agricultural-transformation-my-agra-story/

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