Food security: Africa needs all hands on deck

President William Ruto during the African Union Extraordinary Summit on Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme in Kampala, Uganda on January 11, 2025.

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The African Union (AU) last month adopted a new agricultural development strategy aimed at, among others, increasing the continent’s food output by 45 percent and transforming its systems as part of its agenda to make the continent food secure by 2035.

The Extraordinary Summit on the Post-Malabo Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) held in Kampala, Uganda, adopted a 10-year strategy and action Plan, and the Kampala CAADP Declaration on Building Resilient and Sustainable Agrifood Systems in Africa.

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