The Quiet Revolution in Food Systems in Africa & Asia

Thomas Reardon<reardon@msu.edu> -

Updated from an original article written by Thomas Reardon.

Thomas Reardon: This video explains how a convergence of factors is provoking tsunami like rapid changes in the agrifood system of Africa. Keynote lecture for the Nigeria Association of Agricultural Economists, October 17, 2018

Thomas Reardon (C1/C2, C4a, C4b) explains how a convergence of factors is provoking tsunami like rapid changes in the agrifood system of Africa, similarly to what has happened in Asia.

This talk was a keynote lecture for the Nigeria Association of Agricultural Economists, October 17, 2018, under FSP Nigeria Agricultural Food Policy Project.

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