Africa's Food Systems Forum Opens With Call for Agricultural Transformation

Africa's Food Systems Forum Opens With Call for Agricultural Transformation

Africa's agricultural leaders, policymakers, and youth innovators have opened the Africa Food Systems Forum 2025 (AFSF) with a message that the continent must move from fragmented progress to systemic transformation, if it is to achieve food security and prosperity.

Liberia Launches $900M Agriculture Transformation Plan  - Global News Network Liberia

By Amos Harris The Government of Liberia has unveiled a US$900 million Legacy Investment Program at the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFS Forum) 2025, signaling a renewed national push for food security, rural prosperity, and inclusive economic growth. The high-profile event, held from August 31 to September 5, 2025, in Dakar under the theme “Africa’s Youth: Leading Collaboration, Innovation, and Implementation of Agri-Food Systems Transformation”,…

Opening remarks by Mr. Claver Gatete at the Africa Food Systems Forum Annual Summit - Sahel Government–UN Food Systems Transformation Alliance | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Language English AFRICA FOOD SYSTEMS FORUM 2025 – SPECIAL EVENT:  SAHEL GOVERNMENT–UN FOOD SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION ALLIANCE    Opening Remarks By Mr. Claver Gatete United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECAShare this:facebooktwitteremailprint

MANSAH STRESSES MEDIA’S CRUCIAL ROLE IN ADVANCING LIBERIA’S AGRICULTURE AT AFRICA FOOD SYSTEMS FORUM

DAKAR, SENEGAL – Senegal is currently hosting over 600 delegates including African leaders, policymakers, farmers, investors, and international partners at the Africa Food Systems Forum 2025, the continent’s premier event on agriculture and food security. Among the attendees is Mr. Jefferson Togbah Mansah, Executive Director of the Liberia Agricultural and Environmental Journalists Network (LAEJN), who is highlighting the transformative role of …

ECA Calls for Action on Africa’s Food Systems - Voice of Nigeria Broadcasting Service

The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, ECA, Mr Claver Gatete, has called for urgent and practical steps to accelerate Africa’s food systems transformation. Gatete made the call while addressing the Presidential Summit Plenary at the Africa Food Systems Forum 2025 in Dakar, Senegal, according to a statement from the Commission. In spite of Africa’s vast arable land, abundant water resources, and a young popu…

Senegalese president urges stronger action on Africa’s food systems transformation

Senegalese president urges stronger action on Africa’s food systems transformation Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has called for increased investment in accelerating the transformation of Africa’s food systems. The president said this at the opening ceremony of a forum on food systems in the city of Diamniadio, near Senegal’s capital of Dakar. He said investing […] The post Senegalese president urges stronger action on Africa’s food …