Feed the world
Dekel Golan, the chairman and chief executive of African Plantations Corporations, has big plans for the huge farms that southern Africa’s governments are selling
AFRICA, the continent that does not feed itself, could one day feed the world. A lunatic proposal? Dekel Golan thinks not. Parts of Africa have rich soil and enough sunshine and water to support two crops a year. With innovative ideas and good management, the continent could, he believes, become the larder to the world. And to make his point, he has invested $30m in tea and coffee plantations in southern Africa.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Feed the world”
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