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    Agriculture, Food Security, Africa Continental Free Trade Area Crucial for Africa’s Recovery, According to Africa Development Bank (AfDB): Post Coronavirus

    Posted On 17 Dec 2020
    By : New Africa Business News, Staff Correspondent
    Comments: 12

    By Richard Adorsu-

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    NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS (NABN) Accra, Ghana– Agriculture is important not only for food security issues but also for inter-regional food integration, African Development Bank Director of Macroeconomic Policy, Forecasting and Research, Hanan Morsy, has said.

    Speaking during a news conference on the opening day of the African Economic Conference 2020 she said “We see this as an area that needs particular support, an area of opportunity going forward to increase inter-regional integration and to increase resilience against external shocks.”

    The African Development Bank has provided much-needed financial and technical assistance to the sector, including small scale agribusinesses. In June 2020, the Bank launched the Feed Africa Response to COVID-19 (FAREC), a strategic roadmap to safeguard food security against the pandemic’s impact by supporting agriculture and creating regional food self-sufficiency.

    The three-day annual conference, which opened Tuesday was hosted virtually. It is being organized by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), under the theme, “Africa beyond COVID-19: Accelerating towards inclusive sustainable development.” Earlier, during a high-level panel session titled Africa beyond COVID-19: How to move towards inclusive and sustainable development, participants proposed tapping renewable sources of energy, adopting new technologies and leveraging the African Free Trade Agreement as some of the ways African countries are working to build back better from the COVID-19 crisis.

    The panel featured, Director Morsy, Bartholomew Armah Chief, Renewal of Planning Section Macroeconomic Policy Division; Ahunna Eziakonwa, Assistant Administrator and Director Regional for Africa, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Sanjay Pradhan, Chief Executive Officer, Open Government Partnership; Dorothy Jane Anika, Convener, Young Women in Political Party Leadership (Kenya) and, Member, UN Women Beijing 25+ Global  Youth Task Force; and Dr. Raymond Gilpin, Chief Economist and Head of Strategy, Analysis
    and Research at UNDP Africa.

    Members of the panel acknowledged that the pandemic had sharpened Africa’s challenges. “We are seeing a catastrophic health crisis, a devastating economic crisis, a climate crisis that is ravaging communities, a crisis of inequality laid bare by the pandemic and a crisis of democracy reflecting citizens eroding trust in their governments. No single stakeholder group can tackle these crises on its own,” Pradhan said.

    Some key areas of intervention emerged, including the importance of addressing the needs of the informal sector and extending social protection to the most vulnerable in society.

    “This year, we published a report that looked at what it would take to provide a temporary basic income in a COVID-19 affected world, and this is most important for Africa, where most people do not have any safety net to address the ravages of COVID-19,” Gilpin said.

    The pandemic has also placed a heavy burden on women, panel lists acknowledged, one that often might go overlooked because of the sheer array of statistics.

    “People need to see a human face and human feeling in response to COVID-19, said Anika. Solutions and opportunities are also opening up as a result of the pandemic, the panel lists said.

    “The COVID-19 pandemic has reduced the cost of fossil fuels, making green renewable alternatives competitive. African countries have a wealth of renewable resources that can be tapped to then leverage jobs and create employment for the vast majority of people,” Armah said.

     

    For New Africa Business News Richard Adorsu Reports,  Africa Correspondent

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    1. Sipho December 17, 2020 at 12:17 am Reply

      As always great report, Journalist Adorsu. Thank you for reporting and your team. Johannesburg in South Africa. Sipho

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    4. Kiojah December 17, 2020 at 12:36 am Reply

      Agriculture and food security was Africa, before they invaded our great Continent. Am happy to see how agriculture is sharping Africa, again. We have the best land and greatest People. Let’s make it happen again. Kiojah in Nairobi, Kenya

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      Thank you all for covering our great Continent. I enjoy reading your reports and thank you reporter, Richard in Accra, Ghana. Thomas in Monrovia, Liberia

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