{"id":12055,"date":"2023-01-24T12:03:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T12:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/second-international-summit-on-food-production-in-africa-to-open-in-dakar"},"modified":"2023-01-24T13:20:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T13:20:06","slug":"second-international-summit-on-food-production-in-africa-to-open-in-dakar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/second-international-summit-on-food-production-in-africa-to-open-in-dakar","title":{"rendered":"Second International Summit on Food production in Africa to Open in Dakar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Cape verde. <\/strong><\/span>African heads of state and government together with development partners will gather in Senegal to strategically map plans to unlock Africa\u2019s food-producing potential and position the continent to become a breadbasket to the world.<\/p>\n

President Macky Sall of Senegal, and Chairperson of the African Union, will host the three-day Dakar II Food summit from 25 January, with the African Development Bank Group as co-host.<\/p>\n

The agenda of the Summit whose theme is, Feed Africa: Food Sovereignty and Resilience, <\/b>is the improvement of Africa\u2019s food nutrition and security; leveraging the continent\u2019s huge agricultural resources; boosting international trade, expanding market share, and production and processing value addition.<\/p>\n

The continent is home to a third of the world\u2019s 850 million people living with hunger.<\/p>\n

With the removal of barriers to agricultural development aided by new investments, Africa\u2019s agricultural output could increase from $280 billion per year to $1 trillion by 2030. (Picture: Technologies for African Agriculture Transformation project in Kenya)<\/b><\/p>\n

African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina said: \u201cThe Dakar II Summit will mobilize political commitment, development partner and private sector investment, establish much needed policies and strategically drive actions to deliver at scale. This landmark event will be a turning point towards food sovereignty and resilience for the entire continent.\u201d<\/p>\n

The summit is at the heart of the Bank Group\u2019s Feed Africa Strategy, one of the institution\u2019s High 5 priority areas to support African countries to significantly increase agricultural growth.<\/p>\n

The summit is a follow-up to the 2015 inaugural edition, during which the Feed Africa Strategy for Agricultural Transformation (2016-2025) in Africa, was proposed.<\/p>\n

During the summit, heads of state and government will convene sessions to develop transformational country-specific food and agriculture delivery compacts. Development partners and the private sector will also play significant roles during sessions and the overall summit. African countries are also expected to make measurable political commitments to implement policies designed to eliminate extreme poverty, hunger and malnutrition in Africa.<\/p>\n

Dr. Beth Dunford, Vice President for Agriculture at the African Development Bank, said: \u201cThe country compacts will provide targeted roadmaps toward self-sufficiency, and provide interventions that will make Africa\u2019s agriculture sector more business-oriented and commercially viable.\u201d Dunford added: \u201cThe Summit will be the one-stop-shop for African countries pursuing more and better investments that are public sector enabled, and private sector-led.\u201d<\/p>\n

The summit will take place at the Abdou Diouf International Conference Center in Diamniadio, 26 kilometers from Senegal\u2019s capital city Dakar.<\/p>\n

The gathering will showcase programs already contributing to African food sovereignty and resilience. This includes the African Development Bank\u2019s Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) platform, which is delivering heat-tolerant wheat, drought-tolerant maize, and high-yield rice seeds to 11 million African farmers in 21 countries.<\/p>\n

Technologies for African Agricultural Technologies program will produce 100 million metric tonnes of additional food to feed 200 million people. (Picture: TAAT Kenya Flour Miller beneficiary).<\/p>\n

According to Dr Martin Fregene, Director for Agriculture and Agro-Industry at the African Development Bank, TAAT will produce 100 million metric tonnes of additional food to feed 200 million people.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe know what works in Africa. Taking agricultural technology programs like TAAT to scale does more than boost agricultural outputs. It increases wealth, creates jobs and opens our markets up to regional and international trade. It is critical to support these efforts. Africa stands to gain – the world stands to gain – from such a concerted effort.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Adesina, \u201cThis is the time to invest in Africa\u2019s future. The continent has more than 60% of the world\u2019s remaining arable land, and millions of Africans are productive in the agriculture sector. With the removal of barriers to agricultural development aided by new investments, it is estimated that Africa\u2019s agricultural output could increase from $280 billion per year to $1 trillion by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n

The International Fund for Agricultural Development, the Islamic Development Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, and several bilateral partners are among international supporters of the summit.<\/p>\n

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