{"id":148950,"date":"2019-09-05T08:20:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T08:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/africa\/?post_type=one_press&p=148950"},"modified":"2023-09-05T13:26:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:26:04","slug":"africans-demand-action-from-governments-to-transform-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"one_press","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/africa\/press\/africans-demand-action-from-governments-to-transform-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Africans Demand Action from Governments to Transform Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/b><\/p>\n

ACCRA, Ghana<\/b> \u2013<\/span> Ahead of the Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) holding from Sept 3-6 in Accra, thousands of Africans have demanded strong action from African governments to transform the state of agriculture on the continent and harness the sector\u2019s potential to not only end hunger in Africa but create jobs and create a better future for many millions of Africans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ONE surveyed its members across the continent, inviting them to speak out on what needs to be done for African agriculture to deliver on its potential. Their responses were inspired. \u201cAgriculture in Uganda is said to be the backbone but how much is invested to promote and boost it in terms of capital and technology? We have good policies but little (is) implemented on ground. Government has enough land for enough productive resource and only needs to have the will and priority.\u201d said Simon Abiriga from Uganda. This call for greater investment in the sector highlights the fact that several African governments are yet to meet the Malabo commitments by allocating at least 10% of their national budgets to agriculture. Nearly 50% of respondents to ONE\u2019s request highlighted the need for investments in order to improve agriculture in Africa. Insufficient investment in agriculture has held the sector back from meeting the food and employment needs of Africans. Meeting the Malabo commitments is a crucial step towards rectifying this underinvestment.<\/span><\/p>\n

The potential of agriculture to curb youth unemployment depends on growth in agribusiness. However, Agriculture remains unattractive to young people as a means of livelihood due to the drudgery from manual systems of production, lack of access to agricultural inputs, inadequate access to cheap financing, poor security of land tenure, limited market access and a very challenging business environment. Recognizing this, Edna Salvatory from Tanzania responded to ONE\u2019s survey saying, \u201cBeing an African and a Tanzanian from a farming society, one big problem that i think African nations should address is the market for farmers\u2019 products. That being the case, the government should ensure that the products are of good quality and standard that can compete in international markets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Rudo Kwaramba-Kayombo, the Africa Executive Director of ONE campaign stated that \u201cAfricans recognize the power of agriculture to transform livelihoods, end hunger on the continent and constructively engage the continent\u2019s burgeoning youth population. It is their expressed desire to see the sector rejuvenated across the continent.\u201d It is now up to the Africa\u2019s governments to respond to the clamour of their citizens by prioritizing agriculture in national investments.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For more information, please contact Innocent Edache at <\/span>innocent.edache@one.org<\/span><\/a> or +234 90 2176 5342<\/span><\/p>\n

Note to editors:<\/b><\/p>\n

ONE is a campaigning and advocacy organisation of over 9 million people taking action to end extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. Nigeria accounts for 2.8 million members. Not politically partisan, we raise public awareness and press political leaders to combat AIDS and preventable diseases, increase investments in agriculture and nutrition, and demand greater transparency in poverty-fighting programmes. Read more at <\/span>www.one.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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