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World Food Day: Time for global leaders to invest in Africa's agriculture

More than six out of every 10 people in Sub-Saharan Africa work in the continent's agriculture sector. We may not realize that what grows from African soil may be connected to some of the world's most popular foods. Africa produces the world's largest supply of cocoa, used in chocolate bars and other products. Ethiopia and Uganda-grown coffee beans, which dominate Africa's coffee exports, valued at nearly $2 billion last year. The volume of African commodity exports is rising. At the same time, more Africans are facing food insecurity. Around 246 million Africans go to bed hungry every night. The pace of Africa's agricultural growth is not keeping up with Africa's population growth. On World Food Day, it is time for African and global leaders, as well as development organizations, to join the African Development Bank Group's call for increased investments in agricultural technologies that boost Africa's food production and food security in the face of cl...