If you want to see real work on improving the rural Africa, we have to look at sustainability, not bringing Monsanto into every corner of the world with GMOs and ammonia fertilizers. This is the kind of work that is needed: http://workingvillages.org/about/
Getting African farmers into self sufficiency, not dependent on Monsanto or any oil company. There is nothing wrong with doing manual labor on a farm. Why should we measure progress by how many people stop working on a farm and work in a factory instead. We should aim to improve efficiencies on a farm not by minimizing the people per acre, but by maximizing the output per acre.
As people become self sufficient, they are going to look for ways to increase their income. This will drive mechanization and the use of fertilizers.
I'm not saying that is the only way forward or that it will always be happening, I'm just saying that at least some of the people you are talking about will be motivated to exactly what you are saying they shouldn't.
Getting African farmers into self sufficiency, not dependent on Monsanto or any oil company. There is nothing wrong with doing manual labor on a farm. Why should we measure progress by how many people stop working on a farm and work in a factory instead. We should aim to improve efficiencies on a farm not by minimizing the people per acre, but by maximizing the output per acre.