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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce unveiled its white paper, “Enabling Ecosystems: Fostering environments that support agriculture development for smallholder farmers in Africa.” 'Enabling Ecosystems’ offers actionable recommendations that can transform the lives of Africa’s smallholder farmers, and explores how the private sector can be better utilized to increase the continent’s crop yields. Kendra Gaither, President of the U.S. Chamber’s U.S.-Africa Business Center, said, “The time is now for global efforts to fulfill Africa’s agricultural promise and support the continent’s efforts to become a major breadbasket that can help meet worldwide food needs today and in the future. The solutions explored in this white paper including creative applications of blended financing, higher-quality inputs, mechanization strategies, leveraging digital farming technologies, and supply chain development can achieve a positive chain reaction of increased