> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Reference:: https://blnews.net/2021/04/the-role-of-crafts-and-small-enterprises-in-fighting-against-poverty-and-hunger-in-africa/ > Date:: 2024 > Tags:: #warp #Africa > WeftLinks:: [[Equity value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft alleviates poverty]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > To fight poverty, countries in Africa should support handicraft occupations that add value to natural resources. ### Highlights Crafts and small enterprises can help fight poverty and hunger in Africa by utilizing the continent's natural resources for local production instead of exporting raw materials. Investing in these sectors can create jobs, increase productivity, and improve living standards, ultimately reducing poverty rates. African leaders need to adopt bold policies to support this economic shift for a better future. > Among these solutions is supporting handicraft occupations and small enterprises that use these resources in order to create industries that employ workforces and exports handicrafts as products rather than raw materials. > The African continent is in dire need to develop the craft sector in order to achieve great goals such as benefitting from the great natural resources at home, employing human forces, reducing poverty rates, employing the population with middle education, reducing unemployment, and sending workers abroad. > If the African leaders reach to allocate a percentage of the export of raw materials in support of the craft profession, which depends on the same raw materials in the manufacture of its products, and work to expand the circle of participation by introducing new workers in this area with the preparation and thoughtful plans, then after a period of time this sector will be strengthened.