First and foremost, it is pertinent that Government should prioritize the validation of socio-cultural and economic activities at local levels and particularly focus on supporting smallholder resilience rather than making the agroecological practices a politicized agenda.
To measure economic performance rate, an enabling environment must be in place for fiscal policies in support to smallholders. There is limited support to rural farmer resilience and we believe the power of the rural farmers is essential to the cumulative outputs and gross GDP of each country's agriculture sector. Yet these people are marginalized without sufficient support in terms of insurance, micro finance and technological support and technical assistance.
We also believe the promotion of a biobased and biodiversity approach to food systems would help actualise the UN Agenda on Decade of Ecosystem Restoration where more lands can be yielded up for restoration, desertification is compared and practices can be made efficient through use of existing and and new technologies like irrigation, smart farming practices and the promotion of climate resilient / Climate Smart Agriculture.
When aggregated support is received at the local level and the process is made transparent through adoption of new technologies, the remittances can be made easier right at local level. This is why both policies and investment meet productivity, efficiency and economic growth towards addressing zero hunger.
Samuel Adunreke
Executive President
Innovea Development Foundation
Samuel Adunreke