Africa urged to fix logistics gaps to unlock markets for smallholder farmers
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 22 – Agricultural experts, lenders and corporate executives are calling for increased investment in rural logistics and transport Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today |..
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Agricultural experts, lenders, and corporate executives are urging increased investment in rural logistics and transport systems across Africa, highlighting that inadequate infrastructure hinders smallholder farmers from accessing profitable markets.
- Up to 80 percent of food production in sub-Saharan Africa comes from smallholder farmers, yet nearly 40 percent of harvests are lost due to poor logistics.
- Key figures like Max Müller (Global Head of Public Affairs at Bayer) and Hajar Alafifi (CEO of OCP Africa) emphasized the need to address the "midstream" agricultural challenge of movement, storage, and distribution.
- Discussions at the 2026 Africa CEO Forum 2026 in Kigali focused on how improved infrastructure and integrated value chains, including intra-African trade, can connect farmers to markets.
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