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A new joint report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the African Union Commission (AUC) highlights the enormous gap between current public and private financing of agriculture and the level of financing needed to transform Africa’s agrifood systems. It also affirms the continuing rise in hunger and food insecurity across Africa, underscoring the urgency for substantial and sustained financing to transform agrifood systems.