The hidden potential of East Africa’s agriculture

“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life” is an old Chinese proverb – finance the fishing boat and things would move on even further. The encroaching famine on the north Kenyan, Somali and Ethiopian border is fighting for space in the western media against impending financial doom. Poor farming methods, lack of infrastructure and negligence by local governments has meant that East Africa is pathetically equipped to deal wi