Zambia VP challenges African researchers to provide solutions for agriculture

Researchers in Africa have been challenged to begin to use the research they have developed to provide solutions to Africa’s challenges in agricultural productivity. Zambia Vice President Mutale Nalumango says that there are far too many researchers but very few in terms of tangible solutions to Africa’s challenges. In her keynote address at the 14th Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security (ADFNS) and commemoration of the 19th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP), the Vice President called for a relook on how to ensure that there is the availability of safer and nutritious foods, that are available, accessible, “affordable and desirable for improved health and well-being of all people on the continent.” While quoting the 2023 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report, the Zambian Vice President expressed concern on the state of food and nutrition security on the African continent which she said shows that while significant progress has ...