Fighting food security in Africa, African
Union is set to motivate African countries to increase their national budgetary
allocations to agriculture a minimum of 10 per cent, SierraExpressMedia
reports.
This, the AU Commissioner for Rural
Economy and Agriculture, Mrs. Rhoda Peace Tumusiime said at a press conference
about the issue of agriculture and food security in the context of the
comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).
The 10 per cent minimum requirement for
agriculture budgetary allocation, NaijaAgroNet gathered is to ensure agricultural growth of 6
per cent.
Part of the efforts of the Department of
Rural Economy and Agriculture as revealed by the commissioner includes
coordination of multi-institutional support of the preparation of agricultural
sector investment plans both at country and regional levels, this in order to
for CAADP to reach its set goals.
Commissioner Tumusiime said that out of
the 54 member states of the AU, only 30 have already yielded to the CAADP 10%
strategic plan, and a number of them have surpassed the 10% requirement. This
shows great commitment, she said. Read
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