ECAMA conference 2015_ Hon Felix Jumbe MP _Keynote Speech
Felix Jumbe at ECAMA research symposium 2015... ECAMA President – Henry Kachaje ECAMA Executive Members and all members present here Keynote speaker – Ephraim Chirwa Donors – from the EU and USAID through IFPRI Fellow Honourable Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture Invited guests, ladies and gentlemen Good morning It is of great honour when a farmer, son of a farmer, is given this rare opportunity to stand before a gathering of professionals who control most boardroom decisions on our economy. Through you Mr. President, allow me to thank the organizing committee for this symposium for coming up with a topic that would begin to address issues close to reality on what needs to be done to change our economy "commercializing our agriculture" the ultimate goal for undertaking transformation. I wish I were an effective communicator had a magic words to convert you all to become farmers at the end of this speech because one effective w