IGAD urges member states to honour 10 per cent agriculture budget pledge

Dignitaries led by Dr. Mohi Tahomi, IGAD Director Cooperation and Regional Integration Division and IGAD's Food System Resilience Project Coordinator, Dr. Senait Regassa during RAIP validation event on Monday. [Courtesy]

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has urged its member states to honour a regional commitment requiring them to allocate at least 10 per cent of national budgets to agriculture.

This, according to IGAD, was agreed under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and reinforced in the Malabo Declaration.