Agritech West Africa At Accra, ghana, 23-25 March 2022.

Global agriculture has witnessed a complete metamorphosis in recent decades with the intrusion of technologies and global participation. Agriculture remains the second-largest source of employment worldwide after the services sector. The global value-added generated by agriculture, forestry, and fishing grew by 68 percent in real terms between 2000 and 2020, reaching USD 4.7 trillion in 2020. Asia has emerged as a significant player. Asia was the main contributor to global agriculture showing an increase of 77 percent, from USD 1.2 trillion in 2000 to USD 2.9 trillion in 2020. The countries with the largest agriculture, forestry, and fishing sector in terms of value-added were China, India, and the United States of America. Global food production will continue to rise so as to cater to the burgeoning world population. In the backdrop of the world population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, food supplies need to increase by 60 percent.