India, Feb. 18 -- The Africa Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanisation highlighted the urgent need for mechanisation to transform Africa's agriculture.

With low mechanisation rates and heavy reliance on manual labor, Africa faces worsening food insecurity.

Experts emphasised that embracing mechanisation, digitalisation and innovation can boost productivity, create jobs and make farming more attractive and sustainable.

As much as 86 per cent of Africa's 1.5 billion people is employed in agriculture. But heavy reliance on manual labour and low mechanisation is leading to worsening food insecurity in the continent, making the country poorly equipped to adapt to new challenges.

This is what emerged at the Africa Conference on S...