BY DIRAMAKNI
PRESIDENT Dr.Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced that Tanzania has agreed to host a major international summit next year that will bring together top leaders, thinkers and implementers in African food and agriculture.
"Tanzania looks forward to welcoming more than 3,000 VIPs, delegates, and new partners to the summits’ in-person activities in Dar es Salaam and thousands more through online engagement," she said at a high-level meeting hosted by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) on the sidelines of the U.S -Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington, DC.
Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn, who is the Board Chair of AGRA and Chair of the Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) Partners Group, applauded Tanzania for playing a leading role in Africa's food security.
President Samia said Tanzania will leverage the AGRF 2023 Summit in Dar es Salaam to share experiences on strategies to address the current global food security crisis while building more inclusive, equitable, sustainable and resilient food systems for the future.
She said her government has quadrupled allocation of financial resources to agriculture in fiscal year 2022/2023 to $411.2 million, up from $126.7 million in 2021/2022.
Tanzania will be the first country to host the AGRF summit since it was rebranded to Africa’s Food Systems Forum this year to highlight the ambition to move forward the transformation of Africa’s food system and sustain engagement year-round.
Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn, who is the Board Chair of AGRA and Chair of the Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) Partners Group, applauded Tanzania for playing a leading role in Africa's food security.
President Samia said Tanzania will leverage the AGRF 2023 Summit in Dar es Salaam to share experiences on strategies to address the current global food security crisis while building more inclusive, equitable, sustainable and resilient food systems for the future.
She said her government has quadrupled allocation of financial resources to agriculture in fiscal year 2022/2023 to $411.2 million, up from $126.7 million in 2021/2022.
Tanzania will be the first country to host the AGRF summit since it was rebranded to Africa’s Food Systems Forum this year to highlight the ambition to move forward the transformation of Africa’s food system and sustain engagement year-round.