Africa’s Agricultural Future: President Museveni and AU Team Discuss 2025 Summit
By The Public Lens
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni welcomed African Union Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and Sustainable Environment, H.E. Ambassador Josefa Sacko, to State House Entebbe for a discussion on Uganda’s preparations to host the Extraordinary Agricultural Summit of Heads of State and Government in January 2025.
The meeting, attended by Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries, Hon. Frank Tumwebaze, and Permanent Secretary Maj. Gen. David Kasura Kyomukama, focused on Uganda’s potential to lead Africa’s agricultural transformation.
President Museveni expressed his enthusiasm for hosting the summit, highlighting Uganda’s rich agricultural heritage and potential for modernization and commercialization.
Ambassador Josefa Sacko’s visit follows the 2014 AU agricultural summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, which shaped the action plan around the Malabo Declaration.
The declaration emphasized accelerated agricultural growth and transformation for shared prosperity and improved livelihoods.
President Museveni emphasized the need to reclaim Africa’s agricultural heritage, criticizing colonialism and the dislocation of people from their cultural practices.
“Uganda is the place where we have crops of the forest, tropical savanna, and temperate crops,” he said, underscoring the country’s unique agricultural advantages.
The 2025 summit in Kampala aims to build on the Malabo Declaration’s momentum, prioritizing agricultural growth and transformation for Africa’s prosperity.
With Uganda at the helm, the continent is poised to reclaim its agricultural heritage and forge a sustainable food secure future.
