On the sidelines of the 5th AU-EU Conference of Ministers of Agriculture, PAFO has launched a call to action in which it calls on AU and EU ministers to take concrete steps during the deliberations of the 5th Ministerial Conference, held, in Rome on 30 June 2023, in the following areas:
- A strong partnership between farmers’ organizations and regional institutions
- Mobilization of the financial resources needed to develop agriculture
- Commitment to financing agriculture in Africa
- Climate adaptation and mitigation for resilient agriculture
- Preventing the negative effects of future global crises on Africa’s food security
- Supporting agro-ecology and regenerative farming practices by farmers in Africa
- Promoting integrated research to support agricultural development in Africa