4 Proven Methods to boost agriculture in Africa

Agriculture is one of the most important sectors and it is one of the new engines for regional trade and prosperity in Africa. But do you know that when crude oil was found in Africa, we forgot about agriculture or should I say minimized it completely to below average just because of the increase in demand for crude oil in other countries .

However, Africa is the only continent with arable land readily available to expand agriculture. When crude oil price tag went down and production reduced, it was said that the governments went back to the best sector which was agriculture also known as the new crude oil
The truth is that with the change, Agriculture has not yet reachedits peak and this is because of the low investment, no technical help put into it. 

          1.Modern Science And Technology

Scientific advances and Technology improvement have the potential to revolutionize agriculture. In terms of research based on modern biotechnology and investment in geographical sciences for improved natural resource management; and also in education i.e the recognition of agriculture as a knowledge industry requires a new generation of universities that combine research, training, commercialization and farmer outreach under one roof and with the help of government, private sectors and foreign investment to financial it. This will make agriculture in Africa boost, just like the nanotechnology built which is used for quick and effective detection and treatment of crop disease and water purification.

  2. Infrastructure Expansion

The importance of providing a good and solid infrastructure like telecommunications, transportation, energy, and irrigation for agricultural development is very crucial. This is because difficulty in it, might cause some peasant farmers to decide to reduce the production even when soil and weather conditions would allow better yields.
Although effective, affordable communications are transforming life and whereas communication has traditionally involved difficult travel, more than 60 per cent of Africans now have access to mobile phones and instant messaging, through which, technical advice is more readily available on how to improve yields, weather, market prices, input costs, disease surveillance and how to Create new enterprises, especially in fields such as seed production, farm mechanization, food storage and processing. 

"One way for Africa to foster inclusive economic growth is to apply innovation in agriculture which employs the majority of the people. This is also a way to address concerns that technology widens the gap between the rich and the poor. The use of module phones in rural Africa show the promise of more inclusive innovation strategies." Prof. Jamu says

 Africa has too little electricity but vast amounts of untapped hydro and solar potential. Building dams and other generating infrastructure would be relatively inexpensive; the major impediment is constructing transmission grids to move the power to where it's needed.

 3. Stimulation Of Business Development

African nations have begun to develop regional organization to remove barriers to trade and promote economic expansion, and that process must accelerate the report states. This is to help countries which are either relatively small or landlocked, thereby lacking the financial resources needed to invest in major infrastructure projects. Their future economic prospects depend on being part of larger regional markets and also new relationship which is a new strategies for spreading information, promoting adoption of new techniques and  close cooperation between government, industry, academia and civil society in policy formulation and implementation.

 4.Water

Over 40 per cent of Africa's rural population lives in arid or semi-arid conditions and tens of millions live in areas with absolute water scarcity. Only four per cent of the arable land is irrigated. But the continent's many lakes and rivers could supply water to the many areas that have high-quality soil but too little moisture