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September 21, 2016 to September 23, 2016Sensitization Meeting for Rolling out the Malabo Declaration Biennial Reporting Process.MEDIA ADVISORY
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August 17, 2016 to August 19, 2016AU Malabo Declaration and CAADP Orientation and Information Workshop for Media and AU Press Attaches, Lusaka, Zambia...
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April 12, 2016 to April 14, 2016“Accelerating Implementation of CAADP through Innovative Financing and Renewed Partnership” 12- 14 April 2016 Accra,...
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April 11, 2016 to April 14, 201612th CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting
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March 14, 2016 to March 15, 2016ECOWAS Regional Workshop on Mainstreaming Nutrition into NAIPs
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March 10, 2016 to March 11, 20162nd Permanent Secretaries Retreat on Operationalizing CAADP/3AGT Monitoring and Mutual Accountability Framework Accra,...
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July 15, 2015Partners roundtable towards the operationalization of Africa’s agenda on Accelerated Agriculture Growth and...
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July 15, 2015Partners roundtable towards the operationalization of Africa’s agenda on Accelerated Agriculture Growth and...
MEDIA ADVISORY
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
What: High level Roundtable on Mobilizing Finance to Support Operationalization of Africa’s Agenda on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation.
When: Wednesday 15 July, 2015, at 6:30pm
Where: African Union Commission, (Multi-Purpose Hall), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Who: Organized by the African Union Commission and NEPAD Agency, in partnership with the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).
Objectives: The specific objective of this roundtable is to consult with partners on the financing agricultural transformation, more particularly geared towards operationalization of the 2014 Malabo Commitments on Agriculture, at continental, regional and country levels.
Participants: the roundtable will bring together leaders from government, private sector, development and technical partners, and Philanthropists.
Background:
It is to be recalled that the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) was adopted in 2003by the African Union (AU) as a framework to guide policies and strategies towards the attainment of food security and poverty reduction goals in Africa. The achievement of an agricultural growth rate of at least 6%, and the commitment by the AU Member States of allocation of at least ten percent of the annual national budget to agriculture constitute key aspects of CAADP. An important feature of CAADP is its emphasis on African leadership/ownership, a structured evidence-based approach and sustainable agricultural development as a key means to economic growth and poverty alleviation.
A decade of CAADP implementation realised a number of transformational successes as 40 countries have engaged and launched the CAADP process and having signed CAADP Compacts whilst 32 countries have translated their compacts into National Agriculture and Food Security Investment Plans and are at different stages of implementation. At the same time the seriousness with which agricultural growth is being pursued is intensifying across the continent and this is both manifested and encouraged by the prioritization of agriculture in Africa’s common political agenda.
It is in this regard that the AUC, the NEPAD Agency,in partnership with the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), is organising a resource mobilisation event bringing together its partners, many of whom have expressed at various fora their commitment to this cause to mobilise the required financing for operationalising the Malabo commitments.
Journalists are invited to attend and cover the event on Wednesday 15 July 2015 at 6:30pm, at the African Union Commission.
Draft Programme is attached.
For further information and media inquiries:
Mr. Maurice Lorka,
CAADP Advisor, Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture, AUC
Mr. Molalet Tsedeke
Media Center Coordinador, Directorate of Information and Communications, AUC
For further information contact
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June 29, 2015 to June 30, 2015Permanent Secretaries/ Heads of Ministries of Agriculture leadership retreat June on operationalizing Malabo June 29-30JOINT PRESS RELEASE
Achieving the aspirations of the 2014 Malabo Commitments on Agriculture through reasserting country ownership and leadership
Description: IMG_0761Nairobi, Kenya, June 29, 2015 – “The importance of operationalising the Malabo Declaration for transformation of African agriculture for shared prosperity cannot be overemphasised. Agriculture is the backbone of Kenya’s economy, as well as many other African countries,” says Rebecca Wahome, CAADP Focal Person for Kenya in the Ministry of Agriculture.
Ms. Wahome was speaking today at the Permanent Secretaries Leadership Retreat on operationalising the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated African Agricultural Growth and Transformation (3AGT) convened by the African Union Commission in collaboration with the NEPAD Agency. The Leadership Retreat has brought together over 100 participants - Permanent Secretaries and CAADP Focal persons of Ministries of Agriculture, Rural Development, Livestock and Aquaculture, Regional Economic Communities and Partners.
The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) is an African-led agenda designed to guide Africa’s agricultural transformation for sustained food security and socio-economic growth. The 2014 Malabo Declaration is a commitment adopted by AU Heads of State and Government to provide effective leadership for the achievement of specific goals by the year 2025, including ending hunger, tripling intra-African trade in agricultural goods and services, enhancing resilience of livelihoods and production systems, and ensuring that agriculture contributes significantly to poverty reduction.
To meet these goals, African leaders re-affirmed their commitment to the CAADP process and agreed to enhance investment finance and to a biennial tracking of progress and reporting mechanism as part of the mutual accountability commitment.
In his opening remarks at the Leadership Retreat, Dr. Abebe Haile Gabriel, AUC Director for the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture empahsised the importance of country ownership and leadership in realising the goals of the Malabo committments.
Description: IMG_0744The aspirations in the Malabo Declaration underscore CAADP implementation as a national responsibility. It is therefore critical that Heads of Ministries as custodians of government policies and national development strategies and plans, including the National Agriculture and Food Security Investment Plans, fully embrace and internalise the responsibilities for driving the CAADP agenda.
Dr Abebe emphasised that making deliberate and informed actions to bring about desired changes and development is actually ‘in our hands’ and urged leaders to steer away from rhetoric on the importance of agriculture by actual demonstration of its importance through increasing investments in the sector that will help realise attainment of the goals in the Malabo committments.
Martin Bwalya, NEPAD Agency’s Head of Programme Development, speaking on behalf of the NEPAD CEO, Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki, stressed that Malabo Declaration has brought to the core issue of delivering RESULTS. Sustaining the CAADP momentum build up over the last ten years will only be sustained by demostrating results and actual impact of agricultural transformation on peoples’ livelihoods and national economic growth. In emphasing implementation and delivery of results, Malabo Declaration also underscores the critical role the national leadership – technical and political, have to play in driving implementation COUNTRY ACTION. The Permenent/Principal Secretaries – as custodians of Government Policy and drivers for implementation support, are critical lead players in making the COUNTRY ACTION that Malabo demands.
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For more details and to arrange interviews
Contact:
Carol Jilombo
Africa Union Commission DREA
Email: Jilomboc@africa-union.org
Mwanja Ng’anjo
NEPAD CAADP Communications
Phone: +27 11 2563582
Email: Mwanjan@nepad.org
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March 25, 2015 to March 27, 201511th CAADP Partnership Platform March 25-27, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Walking the talk: the 11th Meeting of the CAADP Partnership Platform calls for delivery of the AU Malabo commitments on agriculture towards women empowerment and development
Johannesburg, South Africa, March 26, 2015 - the 11th Meeting of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Partnership Platform (PP) officially opened yesterday with a call to CAADP stakeholders to deliver on the commitments made in the AU Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Africa Agricultural Growth and Transformation at the 23rd African Union (AU) Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, in Equatorial Guinea last year.
The two day CAADP PP, held under the theme, “Walking the Talk: Delivering on the Malabo Commitments on Agriculture for Women Empowerment and Development,” brings together African and global leaders from a number of international organisations, African Governments including parliamentarians from select countries, private agribusiness firms, farmers, NGOs and civil society organizations.
This PP - the first after the Malabo Declaration - is designed to help shape how the renewed commitments will be translated into action, results and impact at country level. This year's PP also comes on the backdrop of the AU Year of Women Empowerment and Development, and the adoption of the AU Agenda 2063.
Speaking during the opening session, African Union Commission (AUC) Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, H.E Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, reiterated the call made by AU Leaders during their Malabo Summit, stating that, “It is now time to deliver! It is now time to walk the talk.”She informed the gathering that the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Africa Agricultural Growth and Transformation, in line with Africa's Agenda 2063, reiterates a call for action and delivery of results and impact and an expedient process of translating the commitments into results.
Commissioner Tumusiime further noted that through collaborative efforts the AUC, NEPAD Agency, Regional Economic Communities and Development Partners developed the Implementation Strategy and Roadmap (IS&R) and a programme of work for the implementation of the Malabo Declaration. (The complete speech is available on www.au.int).
South Africa's Director General in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Prof. Edith Vries observed that, “70% of food is produced by small-holder farmers, a majority of them being women. Prioritizing women in agriculture would therefore be a smart and critical political move for governments.”
And giving a keynote presentation during the opening session, Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, CEO of the NEPAD Agency said, “The Malabo Declaration is situated at the highest level of ambition by placing agricultural development in the broader context of the structural transformation of our societies. This is expressed, for instance, in the goals of eradicating hunger and halving poverty. It also goes beyond the strict challenges of agricultural production to tackle changes required in African trade and institutions.''Dr. Mayaki said the strategy to implement the Malabo commitments could no longer simply be aimed at committing to more planning and investment but would come from an increased and bold focus on reforms in economic policies and in institutional capabilities.
Other speakers at the opening event included Dr. Theo de Jager; President, Pan African Farmers' Organisation (PAFO) and the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU) who called for more focused attention to be given to agriculture and farmers.
Mr. Roberto Ridolfi representing EU, which is the current Chair of the CAADP Development Partners Task team Chair, reiterated the partners commitment to support for delivering on the Malabo Commitments to transform Africa's agriculture and called for enhanced adherence to principles of mutual accountability. Also in attendance was Malawi's Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Hon. Allan Chiyembekeza.
The two day meeting will encompass focused discussions and consensus on specific actions to deliver on the 2014 Malabo commitments for the next decade of CAADP in line with the thrust of the AU Agenda 2063, an important part of which is agricultural transformation and women empowerment.Media Contact
Ms. Carol Jilombo, Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture; AUC
jilomboc@africa-union.orgMr. Molalet Tsedeke; Directorate of Information and Communication, AUC;
molalett@africa-union.org;For further information contact
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