Invest more in agriculture to up food security, EAC member states told

S Agriculture Mithika Linturi during a consultative meeting held with MPs from the sugar belt region on improving competitiveness of the state owned mills at KARLO headquaters Nairobi. May 4,2023. [Silas Otieno, Standard]

East African countries have been urged to invest more in the agricultural sector to achieve food security and beat climate change.

Agriculture ministers from the East Africa Community made the resolutions during the 16th meeting of the Sectoral Council on Agriculture and Food Security (SCAFS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, this week.