Vow to end hunger in Africa by 2025

The African Union Commission (AUC) yesterday reiterated its commitment to work with the World Food Programme (WFP) in enhancing the livelihoods of African citizens.

Speaking at the 2017 opening session of the annual WFP executive board meeting, AUC commissioner for rural economy and agriculture Josefa Sacko lauded the WFP for its continued support to hundreds of millions of Africa’s vulnerable populations over the past decades. This has taken the form of various initiatives, like supplying food aid, school feeding programmes and promoting smallholder farmers through incentive creation strategies.

Sacko, representing AUC chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, also recognised the WFP’s role in advancing the AU’s Agenda 2063 and the agenda for transforming Africa’s agriculture for achieving food and nutrition security to realise sustained economic growth – through the comprehensive Africa agriculture development programme and the 2014 Malabo declaration on agriculture.

She further highlighted the major initiatives that the commission had embarked on, including the commitment to ending hunger by 2025 and the efforts in peace and security. – ANA