“EATING IS A RIGHT”- AFDB PRESIDENT

EATING RIGHT QUALITY AND QUANTITY FOOD IS A RIGHT...............Agro Nigeria

The President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has emphasized that food, in quantity and quality, is the right of every human being, noting that what is most important is the safety of the belly.

Adesina who disclosed this at the just concluded conference on agriculture and agribusiness with the theme “Feeding Africa” held in Dakar, said Africa is ready to molt agriculture in a commercial enterprise – a transformation that requires the diversification of the agricultural sector.

The AfDB President is convinced that “Africa has to be the breadbasket of the world, however in order to achieve this, she must release her full potential and make a radical transformation of agriculture.

Adesina stated that according to estimates, the bill for food imports in Africa totaled US $ 35 billion annually. This he said should encourage Africans to develop her agricultural sector and dedicate the budget devoted to food imports to something else.

Orange Fleshed Sweetpotato as vegetables for man and animal

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Fasakin Jadesola Oluwayemisi, a trainer cum facilitator is also an all-season vegetable farmer with bias for the cultivation of orange-fleshed-sweet potato. In an exclusive interview in Maya village where her farm is located, she discussed her new found farming-love and sundry issues. Excerpts;

What kind of farming do you practise?

I am a vegetable farmer and specifically into the Orange-fleshed-sweet potato production and am also a vine multiplier.

Pigs being fed with OSFP Leaves

What prompted your interest in farming?

I must say that it was my love for consuming fresh vegetables that triggered my interest and lured me away from my white-collar Job into farming and ever since, it has been a good experience. Thereafter, I developed myself by attending training and seminars on farming.

Good News: AU Leaders’ Summit in Malabo, Pledge to Do Agric!

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Nachilala Nkombo8 July 2014 11:42AM UTC

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Our voices were heard in Malabo, we made a difference!

On January 20, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, we launched the Do Agric, It Payscampaign. The campaign called on African governments to keep their promises to invest in agriculture and support smallholder farmers when they meet at the AU Heads Of state summit in June in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.