The African continent has abundant and unused land. Agriculture in the African continent employs most of the population in many African countries in mainly subsistence agriculture, however there has been a growing call for the African continent to develop and scale the agriculture sector sector to attract many youths and government agricultural projects should be funded and farmers. According to experts the African continent has lost its focus and now focuses on oil and gas leaving the African continent to rely on foreign food imports to feed the continent. African continent population is estimated to grow rapidly by 2050 and the continent may face food shortage if not happening already. In this episode the head of the African development bank has joined that call for the urgent need for the African continent and countries to accelerate its agriculture production and fund its farmers.
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