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Yara is the only global fertilizer-industry player with a presence in Africa, where we have been active for 25 years. We have joined forces with the UN Millennium Project to help create an African version of the green revolution that changed the lives of hundreds of millions of Asians during the 1960s and 70s.
We are celebrating our centennial in 2005, and as a result of our commitment to Africa we have established the Yara Foundation. The Yara Foundation will award the annual Yara Prize to give recognition to exceptional efforts to reduce hunger and poverty in Africa. The Yara Foundation also sponsors the Sauri Millennium Village in western Kenya implementing measures proposed in the UN Millennium Hunger Task Force’s action plan – free school meals, developing local agriculture and markets, and supporting local initiatives to realize an African green revolution.
Yara has responded to the call for an African green revolution made by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in July 2004. We have launched three African initiatives as part of our Centennial Celebration in 2005.
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