Happy New Year to you all.

We here at CAADP have already kicked-off from where we broke-off at the end of last year - particularly when it comes to getting our voices out there on issues of agriculture and food security.

It is in this regard that I am pleased to let you know that the latest edition of New Agriculturist online features a Perspective by our very own Boitshepo Bibi Giyose, Food and Nutrition Security Advisor, NEPAD secretariat.

To read the interview go to: http://www.new-ag.info/09/01/perspective.php and also keep checking on this site for a podcast of the interview.

This latest issue of the New Agriculturist is focused on African bananas - including a feature on ‘matooke’ which was a key aspect of my diet as a child.

Best wishes for the year ahead,

Andrew.