Foreign Affairs committee  Precisely.

Foreign Affairs committee  I would say there has been success, yes, but the question is whose success? And micro-finance is a good tool, but if it is not moulded to affect agricultural enterprises—and we all know that agriculture has a lot of variants—so that people will be more willing to lend to other pe

Foreign Affairs committee  Honourable MP, I do agree with you, and you're best placed as a member of Parliament to think of mentoring. I agree that this is the greatest need that we have—good governance, good leadership. You're the gatekeepers. You are the ones who are best placed to strategically position

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  I think we need to be thinking about these things simultaneously. The fact that we increase aid does not stop us from thinking about design and implementation. I feel it is up to all of us, as partners, to think of where we want our aid to go and take small steps towards achievin

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, thank you. Well, it's because we've seen it work. There is a way that you can mix the two if you are able to commercialize tree products. That's one way. Bring in interventions that people can buy into and that don't affect the environment much. I'm thinking about issues

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. I would say yes, Africa has challenges because of its diversity, and that could also be its strength. I don't know the whole answer to this, but I feel that if we involved the people and concentrated on identifying leaders—because you have partners here who are also b

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. Honourable MPs and Mr. Chairman, I am very grateful to be here this morning to reiterate what my brother has said here. I would like to shift our thinking more to what the African small-scale farmers have to bring to the table, if we allow them. In working with smal