Nairobi, May 10 -- Africa has the world's vibrant youngest population, vast arable lands, large water resources, and a growing base of agricultural technology and innovation.

Yet paradoxically, she still spends lots of its resources importing food while millions of its people remain food insecure. With a collective will to transform her agrifood systems sustainably, inclusively, and at scale the continent can easily become a global breadbasket.

Across Africa, climate change is no longer a future threat; it is a daily reality.

Droughts, floods, pests, and livestock and crop diseases are occurring with greater frequency and intensity, disproportionately affecting smallholder farmers who remain highly dependent on rain-fed agriculture.

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