Africa's Food Self-sufficiency: from the Kampala Declaration ...

While ECA's Executive Secretary, Claver Gatete, denounced the failure of the Washington Consensus and an African debt that has become unsustainable (more than $1 trillion), the temptation to pull back productively may seem attractive. Yet, past experience reminds us that rigid self-sufficiency leads to inefficiency, inflation and vulnerability to climate shocks.

Amidst global challenges, the Kampala Declaration calls for self-sufficiency, local value addition and fast-tracking the AfCFTA | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Kampala/Addis Ababa, 11th April 2025 (ECA) - The 11th African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development came to an end with calls enshrined in the Kampala Declaration for African countries to respond to evolving global challenges by focusing on local value addition and intra-continental trade.The forum was hosted by Uganda, an exemplar of progress on the SDGs. The country’s