Forum stresses role of women in agricultural value chain
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At the 23rd consultative meeting on gender mainstreaming in the African Union that commenced in Addis Ababa, Thursday, Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa said that food security is within reach and that “Africa can and should feed Africa”. Speaking at the opening of the pre-African Union Summit meeting held on the theme Empowering Women for Agriculture and Food Security, Mr. Lopes said the Continent needs bold policies and critical targeted investments to transform its agriculture and that such policies should highlight gender inequality and discrimination against women in the whole agricultural value chain. He said that the Continent needs to embark on an ambitious, yet feasible industrialization and that its numerous resources, such as arable land should also provide impetus for a commodity-based industrialization. He cautioned, however, that transforming agriculture and industrializing would not automatically lead to the empowerment of women.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. (2014-01). Forum stresses role of women in agricultural value chain. UN. ECA Consultative Meeting on Gender Mainstreaming 23rd: 2013, Jan. 20-23: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/31665”Conference
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