By Morkporkpor Anku Accra, May 29, GNA – The seventh African Leadership Forum (ALF) has ended in Accra with participants urging African countries to focus on agri-business rather than agriculture. The Forum said agri-business encompassed agriculture and required a multifaceted approach across multiple stakeholders, including ministries beyond that of agriculture. Climate change. Dr Emmanuel Maliti, an Economist, iReview Limited, presenting…
Accra. Delegates at the Africa Leadership Forum (ALF) have urged African countries to refocus on how to build a stronger supply value chain for agriculture on the grounds that the sector occupies the best opportunity to grow the highly needed intra-trade. Leaders and other participants noted that Africa is endowed with adequate arable land to contribute substantially to the…
The African continent has made steady progress over the last four decades – surviving high levels of poverty, various natural disasters (such as drought and floods), diseases, political instability and high levels of migration. And when the health pandemic struck, Africa’s resilience was tested yet again. COVID-19 pushed millions of households further into poverty due to its disruption of…