Guardian reflection on drought response

"the crisis had put the spotlight on food insecurity, the need to promote resilience and, especially, the need to invest in agriculture and particularly small farmers, who produce 90% of Africa's food. Mike Wooldridge, the BBC's veteran world affairs correspondent, who has covered past famines, said he could not agree more on the importance of agriculture."

David Peppiatt, head of humanitarian policy at the British Red Cross

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