Choice and opportunity for African farmers will transform Africa

In an opinion piece for Inter Press Service, UN Special Envoy Agnes Kalibata highlights the need for futher support and investment for African farmers, and that agricultural transformation should be a key focus for the continent.

Specifically, Kalibata explores why smallholder farmers – a cornerstone of our food systems – are crucial to this transformation and eliminating poverty.

We need African solutions to African problems. When an African farmer has access to better technology and finance, they see improved productivity, food security and income.” -- UN Special Envoy Agnes Kalibata

Read the full opinion piece here.

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Choice and opportunity for African farmers will transform Africa

UN Special Envoy calls for a focus on food at next climate talks to limit global heating and prevent future famines

Madagascar could be experiencing world’s first ‘climate-induced famine,’ as farmers across Africa try to adapt

Indigenous Peoples are the best stewards of our environment