'Green revolution' sought for Africa

A UN summit on the global food crisis yesterday asked rich nations to help "revolutionize" farming in Africa and the developing world to produce more food for nearly 1 billion people facing hunger.

"The global food crisis is a wake-up call for Africa to launch itself into a 'green revolution' which has been over-delayed," Nigerian Agriculture Minister Sayyadi Abba Ruma said on the second day of the three-day summit.

"Every second, a child dies of hunger," the minister said. "The time to act is now. Enough rhetoric and more action."