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Israel’s toxic harvest in Africa

By Suraya Dadoo

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Posted on September 10, 2023 11:22

© A staff member at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture sorts leaves infected with the yam mosaic disease at a yam plantation in Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja — A staff member at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture sorts leaves infected with the yam mosaic disease at a yam plantation in Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Instead of bringing sustainable solutions to Africa, Israel’s agribusiness sector may be threatening food sovereignty on the continent.

In 2003, former combatants from both sides in the Angolan civil war were resettled at a newly established agricultural village called Aldeia Nova in the Cuanza Sul province of Angola.

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