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Africa faces mass land degradation

Africa loses about 15 million acres of productive land each year due to land degradation, a situation that continues to dampen the quest for food security in the continent.

Over 1,200 experts meeting in Nairobi said nearly 65 per cent of Africa's land is under threat even as the continent's food imports exceeded its exports by 30 per cent.

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