Opinion - The data is shocking: three-quarters of African Governments have already reduced their agricultural budgets while paying almost double that on arms.
Madrid — The data is shocking: three-quarters of African Governments have already reduced their agricultural budgets while paying almost double that on arms.
"The hunger African people are facing today is a direct result of inadequate political choices...," said Fati N'Zi-Hassane, Oxfam in Africa Director.The report further explains that chronic underinvestment in agriculture is a key cause of the widespread hunger experienced in 2022. "Nearly three quarters of these governments have reduced their agricultural spending since 2019, failing to honour their Malabo commitments to invest at least 10% of their budget on agriculture."
In other words,"many African nations find it cheaper to import food from outside the continent than from their next-door neighbour."As of August 2022 , there were 139.95 million people in 35 African countries living in"Crisis or worse acute food insecurity." That is an increase of 17% over the same number a year earlier .
South Sudan spends less than 1% of its budget on Agriculture. Calculations of all agricultural spending in Africa is based on data from the government spending watch, national budgets and FAO.
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