Africa: Kagame Rallies Support for Smallholder Farmers

23 February 2012

President Paul Kagame has urged world leaders to support smallholder farmers if the world is to achieve sustainable agriculture productivity and environment protection.

The Head of State made the call on Wednesday during the 35th session of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) held under the theme, "Sustainable smallholder agriculture: feeding the world, protecting the planet".

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