Ethiopia shares success stories in agricultural sector at AU’s CAADP special summit  

Addis Ababa, January 9, 2024 (FMC) – An Ethiopian delegation led by Minister of Agriculture, Girma Amente is taking part in the African Union’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Special Summit, being held in Kampala, Uganda.

The summit aims to address challenges in Africa’s agriculture and food systems, focus on sustainable food production, and emphasize agricultural industrialization and trade as key to achieving lasting food security and economic transformation.

In his opening remarks, Girma Amente emphasized the need for collective and coordinated efforts by all member states to achieve food self-sufficiency in Africa.

He highlighted Ethiopia’s achievements under the leadership of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed over the past six years, transitioning from wheat import dependency to self-sufficiency and advancing the nation’s forest cover from 17% to 23% through the Green Legacy Initiative, which involved planting over 40 billion trees.

The Minister further noted that Ethiopia has aligned its national development plan with Africa’s development agenda and achieved the 6% growth target set by the African program over the past five years, maintaining its position as a champion and model for African development.