Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on African governments to implement policies that ensure farmers’ access to affordable credit, aiming to enhance food production and security across the continent.
A statement by his media aide, IkechukwuEze, said Joathan also emphasised the imperative of de-risking lending in agriculture, statng that the challenge of providing the collateral often demanded of farmers by lending institutions was negatively affecting the growth of the sector.
Jonathan was quoted to have made the remarks at the opening plenary of the second edition of the African Conference on Agricultural Technologies (ACAT), in Kigali, Rwanda, on Tuesday.
