IT IS POSSIBLE FOR AFRICA TO BECOME THE FOOD BASKET OF THE WORLD” MUTHARIKA
Lilongwe, Malawi -28 October 2010- “Without food, the medicines and drugs in hospitals and clinics become ineffective or even dangerous to the sick; without food, children cannot learn well in schools; without food the labour force cannot be productive; without food you cannot maintain the police service and national defence forces; and without, food we cannot maintain peace keeping forces anywhere in the world”, said H.E Prof. Bingu Wa Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi and Chairperson of the African Union, at the official opening session of the Conference African Ministers of Agriculture (CAMA),today 28 October 2010, in Lilongwe, Malawi.