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Becoming autonomous will also be key for the continent Josefa Sacko says. "We have an import bill per year of $45 billion when Africa has 60% arable land to produce for Africa and the world. With this comparative advantage that we have to try to exploit, I think Covid-19 was a good lesson. Our dependence on imports has to end,” Sacko said. Natural disasters, like Cyclone Idai, and the Covid-19 pandemic have shown the need for food reserves to cope with the unforeseen. “We already have an initiative right now, we are working with the African Development Bank and the African, Afreximbank, i...

2020 Africa Multidimensional Regional Integration Index (AMRII) December 12, 2020 This report is a result of the effective collaboration between the African Union Commission (AUC), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and the African Union (AU) Member States and makes a significant contribution to the realization of the will of African leaders to achieve integration to facilitate the development of the continent. Biennial Review: Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) December 09, 2020 This is the Second Biennial Review Report of the...

February 12, 2021 Watipaso Mzungu – Nyasa Times 2 Comments The Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Lobin Lowe, has admitted that the viability of the smallholder-led agricultural transformation strategy in Malawi is facing several challenges. Minister of Agriculture, Lobin Lowe :  There are several challenges Lowe cited low productivity, dependence on rain-fed production systems with only one growing season, and limited use of irrigation as some of the impediments. The minister made the sentiments when he opened the policy research seminar on the future of s...

Flashback: Farmers in Boinsen District, Bong County, conducting the harvest of 252 acres of upland rice. President George M. Weah has reiterated his administration’s commitment to a vibrant agricultural sector to ensure food security and sustainable development. However, from the national budget, said commitment hardly convincing. Delivering his 4 th annual address to the 54 th Legislature on Monday, January 25, 2021, at the Capitol, the President said because agriculture is an important component of Liberia’s national development agenda, there is a need that the country renews its foc...

THE STANDARD By Dr Samantha Opere | January 17th 2021 at 06:10:00 GMT +0300 Dr Samantha Opere At the African Union Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, in June 2014, African governments adopted the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods.  This Declaration set forth a series of concrete development goals to be reached by 2025, including achieving a 6 per cent annual agricultural growth rate and a 10 per cent agricultural expenditure share. In Kenya, Food Security and Nutrition is part of the President’s Big F...