Food imports into the African countries stand at a
staggering $40billion annually.
Yet the continent has a post-harvest loss of
over 40percent – indicating a huge capacity to produce enough food to feed
people on the continent and for experts.
There is therefore the need for strong policies to
protect local agribusinesses from unbridled food imports, whilst encouraging
value addition to reduce post-harvest losses.
Such drive has been identified as potent to push young
people to establish ventures along the agri-business value chain to create jobs
and develop rural economies.
The 2nd Africa Rural Development Forum, held
in Yaoundé, Cameroon, focused on transforming Africa’s rural area through
skills Development, job creation and youth economic empowerment.
Kofi
Adu Domfeh reports on the dynamics of rural-urban youth economic empowerment…
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