REAL-WORLD IDEALIST


Ousmane Badiane has been instrumental in ensuring that Africans take the lead in setting the agenda for agricultural renewal in Africa. DON LIPPINCOTT


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t is commonplace to talk about the eco- nomic rise of Africa, but Ousmane Badi- ane first noticed that things were changing there more than 15 years ago. In the mid- 1990s, after decades of economic stagna- tion, Africa’s economic growth indicators were starting to turn upward, says Badiane. “Anybody looking at the statistics could see that Africa was turning the page,” he says. Now based in Dakar, Senegal, and Wash- ington, DC, Badiane directs IFPRI’s Africa Program, working in support of African poli- cies for economic and agricultural growth at a time when the continent faces substantial opportunities—and a few risks.


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