“I have been busy working in order to make agriculture a priority secto...” — Augustin Matata Ponyo Quote

“I have been busy working in order to make agriculture a priority sector not on a small scale, but into an agro-based industry.”

“I'm convinced the question of development is mainly an issue of governance and leadership.”

“We are running a very strong and ongoing marketing campaign to get families to send their children to school, particularly girls.”

“Food should be cheap, and labor should be cheap, and everything should be the same no matter where you go; whether it's a McDonald's in Germany or one in California, it should be the same. And this message is destroying cultures around the world. Needless to say, agriculture goes with it.”

“Conventional agriculture has never succeeded in feeding the world, and it's never produced anything good to eat. For the future, we need to look toward alternatives.”

“Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.”