Algeria Reports Advances in Food Self-Sufficiency as Africa Confronts Agricultural Transition
By Dr. Hana Saada
Algeria’s Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, Yacine El Mehdi Oualid, said Africa’s extensive natural and human endowments position the continent to convert the transformation of its agricultural and food systems into a structural opportunity.
Speaking at the 34th session of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa in Nouakchott, he called for stronger governance frameworks, improved food awareness, fairer resource distribution, and accelerated technological uptake across the agricultural sector.
He presented Algeria’s experience as evidence of a broader sectoral shift, citing agriculture’s rising contribution to economic output and its role in moderating food inflation. He also highlighted ongoing structural investment in precision agriculture, drip irrigation and the expansion of cultivated land.
Recent gains, he said, include the electrification of agricultural holdings, which has enabled wider adoption of modern techniques and improved productivity. He also pointed to the expansion of desert agriculture, increasingly supported by pivot irrigation systems and solar energy infrastructure, as part of a broader food security strategy.
Mechanisation efforts, he added, have lifted productivity and reduced dependence on traditional labour inputs. Algeria, he said, has reached “significant levels” of self-sufficiency in several key agricultural commodities.
On the international front, he reaffirmed Algeria’s support for South–South cooperation as a practical framework for technology transfer and mutually beneficial partnerships, particularly in arid-zone farming, water management and value-chain development. He also identified the African Continental Free Trade Area as a key instrument for strengthening intra-African agricultural integration.
He concluded by calling for scaled, targeted investment in agriculture across Africa, linking strategic planning with implementation and placing youth and women at the centre of structural agricultural transformation as a prerequisite for long-term food security.
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