Small farmers are the key to Africa’s agricultural future
13/05/2014
IFAD regional director, Périn Saint Ange, said at the time of the workshop: “Africa’s leaders are placing a greater priority on agriculture today because they recognise that the sector has not met the continent’s needs and expectations. Small farmers are central to this process, because they produce most of Africa’s food.”
She said there was a clear need to take advantage of high economic growth in the region to provide small farmers with the support they need to provide food and decent incomes for themselves and for the region as a whole.
IFAD has 44 ongoing programmes and projects in 18 countries in east and southern Africa, which, together, have almost $1.2 billion in funding. Another five projects were approved last year for Ethiopia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Uganda, and Zambia, for which IFAD has made an extra $159 million available.
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