Burkina Faso President inaugurates FARA Week

The 5th African Agriculture Week and FARA General Assembly were formally opened by His Excellency Blaise Campaoré on Thursday 22 July. Mr Campaoré said that an intensive focus on improving agricultural production is key to putting the continent on a stable path to development.

'The challenge we face is how to make agriculture modern and productive. This will bring about an increase in food and strengthen our capacity to to feed our people while remaining competitive in global markets,' he said.

In accepting the Medal of Glory Award from Mr Fred Oladeinde, president of the Foundation for Democracy, Mr Campaoré said,'I am determined and committed to work for food security in Africa.'

In a related speech, Dr Agnes Mathilde Kalibata, Rwanda's Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, made one of the most poignant statements of FARA Week: 'We are asking our farmers for too much by not giving them enough.'

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