A $180m (£90m) five-year project to revive sub-Saharan Africa's depleted soils has been launched in Nairobi.
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa's (AGRA) Soil Health Program will work with 4.1 million farmers to regenerate 6.3m hectares of farmland.
Organisers hope the scheme will boost farmers' incomes, improve crop yields and protect the region's soils.
Initial funding has been provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.
"Currently, farm yield in Africa is one-quarter of the global average, and one-third of Africans face chronic hunger," said Dr Namanga Ngongi, AGRA's president.
"We know that the use of high quality seeds, combined with the rejuvenation of African soils, can begin to turn around this dismal situation."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7209608.stm
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