CA presidential candidate Dr Ismaila Ceesay visited an agricultural institute in Bremen, Germany on Friday.
In a statement on the visit, Dr Ceesay said he visited the institute “to get us prepared for sustained food production”.
“To eradicate hunger and ensure food security within a generation, we need to urgently boost agricultural production and its value chain through technological innovation,” the politician insisted.
He added: “Our beautiful country ranks 174 out of 189 countries in the Human Development Index (2019). Poverty rates remain at 48 percent, while food insecurity has risen from 5 to 8 percent over the past five years due to weak food production. We produce only 50 percent of our food needs as we highly depend on imports.
“Technological innovations in farming will help us graduate from subsistence farming to large-scale commercial agriculture and manufacturing. This will promote food security and provide sustainable livelihoods and a prosperous future for our young people.”
