Dr. Namaga Ngongi, the president of Alliance for Green Revolution
in Africa (AGRA) said enough incentives, profitable economic opportunities and
attractive environments will drive youths to agriculture, reports Vanguard.
He said this while presenting a paper on ‘The Role of Young People
in Africa's Agriculture Revolution’ at an international conference on “Young
People, Farming & Food: the future of the Agrifood sector in Africa,” held
in Accra, Ghana.
NaijaAgroNet gathered that he affirmed the conference to be of importance as
well as timely that agriculture is the backbone of Sub-Saharan Africa's rural
economies.
He said lack of support to improve productivity
and bring innovation into the sector greatly affected the drift of youths away
from agricultural practices. Readmore
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