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I see former president of the IFA Joe Healy was elected as a director of Self Help Africa at the organisation’s recent AGM.
Self Help Africa supports rural and poor farming households in Africa to grow and earn more from their small farms.
Healy, who recently visited Ethiopia, said that many of the lessons that Ireland’s agricultural sector has learned could be replicated in Africa.
“Our experience in the area of adding value to agricultural production is something that certainly can be applied,” he said.
“Irish farming has made huge progress and had huge success in making farming profitable. That is a path that farmers in Africa can follow to end poverty in the region.”
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