Moderated by TIME senior correspondent Justin Worland, leaders in agriculture, climate, and development discussed the progress that has been made in growing Africa’s agricultural productivity and the work that still remains.
Many African countries do not treat food systems as an important part of economic and development agendas, says Kingsley Moghalu, founder of the Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation (IGET) Academy and CEO of Sogato Strategies LLC, a global risk advisory firm. “Our countries look at agriculture as some niche area, and that bypasses 80% of its potential,” he says.
Yet strengthening the food system can only happen if the needs of smallholder farmers are taken into account, says Temiyeoluwa Alabi, head of corporate communications at ThriveAgric, which connects smallholder farmers across Africa to financing, support, and markets.
Technological advances present a promising opportunity for change, says Elouafi. “In Africa there is definitely a lack of infrastructure that makes the value chain very long,” she says. “But I think now with AI, with advisory services, with the way we can really look at big data, we could make a very quick and very fast impact and improvement.”
Success must be measured in different ways—beyond a farmer’s yield, Wathuti notes.
TIME Impact Dinner: Reimagining Farmer Prosperity: Building Africa’s Next Food Systems Frontier was presented by AGRA.
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