Naija AgroNet: 10% public investments in agriculture still low – ...

The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has said that the current public investments of 10 per cent in agriculture, across Africa’s national budgets remain small.

CAADP is an agency of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).

This is coming as agriculture is reportedly back on the political-policy agenda across the continent, although the 10 per cent budget allocation to agriculture remains inadequate.

NaijaAgroNet recalls that CAADP's goal is to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty through agriculture and as a way of achieving this goal, African governments agreed to increase public investment in agriculture by a minimum of 10 per cent of their national budgets and to raise agricultural productivity by at least 6 per cent by the year 2015.

Naija AgroNet: 10% public investments in agriculture still low – ...: The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has said that the current public investments of 10 per cent in agricu...

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