Conference Theme 2022: Unlocking the potential of renewable energy in providing sustainable Agriculture and food security

With the current ravaging drought situation and high energy cost all eyes will be focused on the role of renewable energy in unlocking the potential of the agricultural sector and enhancing food security. This conference will look at the opportunities and challenges of deploying.

African women contribute up to 60% to 80% of the food in Sub-Saharan Africa, but they have limited access to productive resources. This is due to poor yields and low productivity, which are attributed to limited women’s access to those resources. The under-performance of agriculture in developing countries is attributable to limited access to productive resources, which women experience more severely than men.

Women are important to the agriculture sector in sub-Saharan Africa, accounting for up to 52% of the workforce and 50% of the work done on farms. However, due to the informal nature of rural poverty, women are often in vulnerable employment, with the majority of vulnerable employment in the developing world being held by women.

The accelerating pace of climate change, population growth and changing dietary preferences, global pandemic, and conflicts have threatened food security and the development of agri-food sector.