Farming

Africa is a land of great potential, farming is the primary occupation of the people and a source of income towards the development of economy. The fertile soil and climate in Africa which could produce thousands of yield are mostly untouched because poor condition of roads make the land unreachable, lack of fertilizers, water shortage, lack of proper warehouses to store crops, no or less financial support etc. While there is demand for crops, most often it has to be imported from another country, even when there is significant potential to grow them right under your feet. The first step to be taken by the government or a foreign investor towards farming is appropriate logistics, provide high quality seeds, improve soil fertility, proper fertilizers, proper irrigation system, increase domestic production and consumption. Farming be it crops, vegetables, poultry, cattle and fish if done right in Africa can stop hunger, eradicate poverty, improve international trade relations, job opportunity and security, industrialization and finally well-being of the country. Africa is the largest exporter of cocoa, the raw and unprocessed high quality cocoa is exported from Africa because they don't have the infrastructure to process and transform them into chocolate bars for retail. Ethiopia is the world's largest coffee bean producer, but unfortunately the world doesn't know it yet, for us coffee is always Starbucks. With the free trade policy, foreign investors can reap maximum benefit from farming and export crops and trade domestically and internationally.