Mustafa Abubakar
30 April 2008
Ilorin — Former United Nations Secretary General Mr. Kofi Annan will on Friday, May 2, 2008 along side African leading agricultural and economic experts, address the problems of food crisis facing the world, especially Africa.
The address, according to a statement issued through the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa office made available to Daily Trust yesterday will present both immediate, medium- and long-term solutions to the problems of food crises.
The statement added that the conference will hold at the Schloss Leopoldskron, Leopoldskronstr. 56-58, 5020 Salzburg, Austria, stating that seriousness in the conference is highly important, as its equally solicited for a state accreditation in advance.
It said the gathering will also present an ambitious program for an African Green Revolution geared towards doubling or tripling the productivity of hundreds of millions of smallholder farmers in Africa, and report on important progress towards boosting sustainable food production and reducing food insecurity in key African countries.
It could be recalled that global food prices have doubled in the last three years, and the cereal bill for low-income food-deficit countries in Africa is projected to increase another 74 percent this year.
It said that across sub-Saharan Africa, 33 million young children are malnourished, even as food riots have broken out in more than half a dozen African countries and with Africa's own food production tragically low, the continent remains dependent on food imports and food aid.
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