Daily Monitor
Tuesday February 16 2021
Farmers in rural areas have limited access to technology to grow, harvest, and process crops which restricts their potential income. PHOTO/FILE
Summary
Growing agribusinesses and smallholder farmers need modern energy to thrive, but lack the technical knowledge, financing to access energy services,
Bamuturaki Musinguzi writes.
A new study shows that lack of robust energy services in Africa’s agriculture sector is a major obstacle to the sector’s growth.
Agriculture and agribusiness together are projected to be a $1 trillion industry in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030, and access to sustainable energy should be at the top of the agenda for the sector’s transformation.