Green public-private partnerships

Christian Verschueren, the Director-General of CropLife International, believes that expanding public-private partnerships is the best way to achieve a "Green Revolution" for Africa:

It is true that the UN and Bretton Woods institutions must be prepared to step up official development aid to developing countries to make this happen. But, governments must also remember that the private sector has a big role to play, and that a stronger impact can be achieved through co-operation and expansion of successful public-private partnerships.

He goes on to discuss sustainable farming techniques, pest control, the International Rice Genome Sequencing Project, biodiversity…