Kagame calls for sustainable food systems to halt overreliance on imports

A farm in Kenya.

Workers weed a cabbage farm in Nyeri, central Kenya. Agriculture and agri-business in Africa will drive the attainment of sustainable development goals, Rwanda President Paul Kagame says. PHOTO | FILE | NMG 

Rwandan President Paul Kagame Monday called for more inclusive, sustainable and holistic approaches to the world's food systems, as Africa strives to stop its overreliance on food imports.

“For Africa our central goal is to halt our continent’s overreliance on food imports and malnutrition and create millions of new jobs in the food economy,” he said.