Dr. Carol B. Thompson is a professor of political science at Northern Arizona University. Dr. Thompson’s research interests focus on analysis of global economic relations which constrain small scale farmers’ ability to sustain biodiversity and to provide food security.
Kofi Annan and the Bill Gates want to bring the Green Revolution to Africa. Will this herald a new age for African agriculture or the destruction of the continent’s biodiversity?
Contentious debates in Zimbabwe resonate across Southern Africa, reflecting the post-apartheid struggles for human rights, economic redistribution, and security.
For 20 years the gap has been widening between the level of economic development in Africa and every other area of the world.