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Initiative sharpens skills to drive food security

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Stella Massawe, AGRA's senior programmes officer.

African nations are grappling with a huge food import bill every year at a time of great volatility in the international currency market, it has emerged.

Transforming the agricultural landscape by reducing food wastage, bolstering productivity and advocating for greater value addition is one of the ways of responding to this recurrent challenge.

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