The FAO said agricultural production in African countries, on average, has increased slightly less than one-percent per year, compared with about two-percent in other developing countries.
Tijani said that Africas youth must see that agriculture is big business, not just a tradition. Entrepreneurship, he says, can be applied to agricultural products.
That is crops, livestock, , forest products and the value chain activities related to it, including technologies, communication, ICT everything that could attract youth into it because its big monies, he said.
Representatives of more than 50 countries are expected to attend the FAO regional meeting in Tunis. Theyre being asked to build on the continents economic growth to provide stable agriculture and fiscal policies that encourage investment.
The future of Africa or any generation lies in the youth. And that is why Im calling on youth to come into agribusiness so that you can have employment generation, wealth creation, incomes within agriculture across Africa, said Tijani.
The meeting also addresses policies to end hunger on the continent by 2025. The FAO said, Over the past decades, absolute levels of hunger and undernourishment remain worrying in sub-Saharan Africa. It added the Sahel and the Horn of Africa are of particular concern.
The regional meeting in Tunis runs until March 28.
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