Tag: CAADP
Tinubu: It’s New Dawn for Agriculture, Era of Business as Usual Over
by James Emejo Abuja, Nigeria President Bola Tinubu yesterday promised a new era in the country’s agricultural sector, vowing that it would no longer be business as usual as his administration seeks to boost food security as well as diversify the economy from over-reluance on petroleum. Speaking at the opening of the 6th Africa – Wide Agricultural Extension Week (AAEW),
CAAPs implementation to externalize $50 billion spent on agro-imports
By Darlington Mwendabai Lusaka, Zambia THE Common African Agro-Parks Programme (CAAPs) prospects to externalize about US$50 billion per year from imported food commodities from outside the continent, it has been revealed. CAAPs was established in 2019 as on of the initiatives of the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) and given the mandate to boost local processing and regional trade
TRANSFORMING AFRICA’S AGENDA TO BE FOOD SECURE
by Happy Mulolani AFRICA is spending about US$50 billion every year importing food from other parts of the world. This situation poses an opportunity for African countries to reposition themselves in a bid to make the continent food secure. This led the African Union Commission to conceptualise the Common African Agro-Parks (CAAPs) aimed at attracting private investments to establish transboundary
CAADP-XP4 Consortium Joins AUC CAADP Communication and Knowledge Management Working Group’s Inaugural Meeting in Nairobi
August 4, 2023, Nairobi – Kenya In a bid to reinforce the African Union’s comprehensive commitment to agricultural development in Africa, the first-ever meeting since the formation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Communication and Knowledge Management Thematic Working Group took place at the Movenpick Hotel, Nairobi, from 3-4 August. The main objective of the meeting was to
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