Saly, April 28 (APS) – The expert in agricultural technology transfer at the West African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF), Caroline Makamto Sobgui, pleaded Sunday for farmers’ access to agricultural technologies, in with a view to improving production and nutritional food security.
”In the sub-region, our studies show that research results (in the field of agricultural technologies) do not reach the level of stakeholders such as farmers, due to their inaccessibility, particularly due to their high price “, she noted.
She spoke as part of a regional training workshop on partnership and business development for the transfer of agricultural technologies.
These necessary technologies in agricultural and cultivation practices relate to genetic innovations with improved varieties, explained the expert, calling for the setting of affordable prices for farmers.
“For technologies to be accessible to farmers, prices must be affordable for these players,” she recommended.
In this sense, Ms. Sobgui insisted on the need to advocate to political decision-makers, without whose involvement the results of agricultural research will not be beneficial to everyone.
This three-day meeting, which saw the participation of experts and researchers in the agricultural field from nine African countries (Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad and Togo), took late Saturday in Saly (Mbour, west).
“With these meetings, we hope to boost the scaling of these agricultural technologies, to help improve production and nutritional food security,” added the agricultural technology expert.
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