ACCRA (Commodity Online): To ensure food security in the agricultural sector in West Africa, Food and Agricultural Oragnistaion (FAO) has proposed increased investment in the agri sector.
The agriculture and food sector provides 70% of the sub-region’s full employment, one third of the GDP, and 40% of export earning in west Africa.
But up to 44% of world’s 32 countries with the lowest Human Development Index, approximately 38% of the world’s 34 least developed countries, are in West Africa.
To enhance their living, FAO finds improving agriculture as the key.
According to Maria Helena Senedo, Assistant Director-General, Regional Representative for Africa, FAO, This can increase access to food, with a positive impact on the nutritional status of the most vulnerable population.
The projects will help improve poverty among defenseless groups that might suffer as a result of conflict and in cases of disaster.
