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The President of the “African Development Bank” Group, Akinwumi Adesina, said: “Africa has 65% of uncultivated arable land remaining to feed 9.5 billion people in the world by 2050, so what Africa does with agriculture will determine the future of food in the world.”
He continued, “Globally, there are 783 million people suffering from hunger. There are 288 million hungry people in Africa alone, which is slightly more than the size of Nigeria’s population.”
He pointed out that “the number of hungry people is rising due to multiple shocks resulting from climate change, conflicts, geopolitical tensions, global food price inflation, restrictions on food exports, and high rates of poverty and inequality, and Africa has not performed better in confronting these challenges, as 288 million suffer.” Someone is hungry.”
He added, “What is particularly concerning is malnutrition and stunting among children, with the number of malnourished children on the rise in Africa.” “Malnutrition and stunting severely affect cognitive ability, reduce learning and performance, and negatively impact long-term economic opportunities.”
The President of the African Development Bank explained that he realized that “in dealing with these challenges, it is important to transform agriculture, so that we must move agriculture from being a way of life to a business for earning wealth. “Food is money and the food and agriculture market in Africa will reach $1 trillion by 2030. Therefore, if agriculture is well managed, it will create enormous wealth, income and jobs for Africa.”
Adesina pointed out that “agriculture is critical to diversifying economies and transforming rural areas, where more than 70% of Africa’s population lives, and most of them live in poverty, so it is clear that unless we transform agriculture, Africa will not be able to eradicate poverty.” .
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