Audio By Vocalize Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe inspects a maize variety at the Kenya Seed stand during the Nakuru ASK Show on July 4, 2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Last week, in the tea highlands of Limuru just outside Nairobi, I sat with Permanent Secretaries and senior officials from agriculture ministries across 15 African countries. Convened by AGRA, the retreat was not about drafting another strategy. It was about taking stock, honestly, of where Africa’s agricultural transformation stands nearly two decades into AGRA’s journey. The timing could not have been more consequential. Global disruptions-from pandemics to geopolitical conflicts-have repeatedly…