President Macky Sall of Senegal, and Chairperson of the African Union, will host the three-day Dakar II Food summit from 25 January, with the African Development Bank Group as co-host. During the summit, heads of state and government will convene sessions to develop transformational country-specific food and agriculture delivery compacts. The gathering will showcase programs already contributing to African food sovereignty and resilience. This includes the African Development Bank’s Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) platform, which is delivering heat-tolerant wheat, drought-tolerant maize, and high-yield rice seeds to 11 million African farmers in 21 countries. The continent has more than 60% of the world’s remaining arable land, and millions of Africans are productive in the agriculture sector.

Source: News Business Ethiopia January 18, 2023 11:19 UTC