The event, with the theme “Food Security Facing Climate Change” and convened at the instance of the Adaptation of African Agriculture Initiative, by the AAA Foundation, drew in over 30 ministers from African countries, including Nigeria.
The conference, supported by the continental agricultural development champion, OCP Africa, equally had in attendance participation at its sessions, high-level actors from international research institutions, the academia, funding organisations/the donor community, and multilateral agencies. These included the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change , the Food and Agricultural Organisation , African Development Bank , the World Bank, the Green Climate Fund, among others.
Also, the Declaration states that, “We agree to reinforce agricultural research and innovation, and to support AAA-focused research for development, through our national agricultural research systems and by involving the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research . We also insist on the necessity to improve technology transfers to farmer to ensure that research activities respond to their needs and concerns in the face of climate change challenges.
With global temperature rises at about 1.