Participants said the figures highlight the need for governments to mobilise more domestic resources to ensure long-term agricultural transformation.
By
Beatrice Materu
Journalist
Mwananchi Communication Limited
Dar es Salaam. Financing shortfalls, weak budget execution and heavy reliance on donor support remain key obstacles to East Africa's agricultural transformation, experts said while reviewing the region's progress towards implementing the Kampala CAADP Declaration.
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What is needed is African leadership and deeper coordination around what already works.
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