The establishment of a pool of agricultural expertise from which African countries can draw assistance was one of the objectives of a summit held in Abuja, Nigeria from 4-7 December 2006 to address food security problems in Africa.
"I think this is one of the major challenges that we would like to see addressed," said Prof. Richard Mkandawire, NEPAD agriculture advisor.
A number of summits had been held in the past, he said, to address the food security problems in Africa. These were consultative in nature and included fish, cocoa and fertilizer summits, all held in Abuja, and two others (...)

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