Non-state actors have met to reflect on progress made in firming up efforts to push for the full implementation of the Malabo Declaration on agricultural growth and transformation for shared prosperity and improved livelihoods.
Members of the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) Non-State Actors’ Coalition (CNC) gathered in Accra, on Saturday to deliberate on ways of helping governments shape policies and design relevant programmes to transform African’s agricultural sector for rapid economic growth.
The discussion was on the topic: “renewing partnerships and commitments towards maximising Non-State Actors’ (NSA) impact in actualising the CAADP Malabo targets.
Mr Kop’ep Dabugat, Coordinator CNC, told the Ghana News Agency that the meeting had become necessary for members to get involved in sensitization and come out with plans to ensure that all engaged in the process of making the Malabo Declaration work.
“We’re coming together to engage with the massive structures of CAADP partner platform in Ghana, we are here to register our voice as non-state actors in the deliberations within the CAADP partnership plan,” he said.
“We are engaged in all round issues within the Malabo framework, including ending hunger, reducing poverty, reduce post-harvest loses, reduce stunting, encourage youth and women to involvement in agribusiness, finding ways to help government develop and diversify growth in agriculture production.”
“We want to raise issues around it, to crystalize plans and define our coalition as a whole, this year, we will come out with a concrete statement that tells our commitment, actions and recommendations for improvement in CAADP plan.”
African leaders gathered at the AU summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinean in 2014 and adopted a declaration on accelerated agricultural growth and transformation for shared prosperity and improved livelihoods, Malabo Declaration.
The Declaration implementation strategy and roadmap systematically outlines a range of priority actions to be carried out in realising the 2025 CAADP vision – creating a prosperous Africa where growth is shared among citizens through agricultural transformation and wealth creation.
The actions are expected to be realised at the regional level, focusing on boosting local systems to deliver on overcoming obstacles in the agriculture sector and raising productivity.
Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Senegal and Nigeria are engaged in the meeting and are due to issue a communique of the end of the two-day sensitisation workshop on CAADP 2014 Malabo Declaration on Agricultural Transformation and Joint Sector Reviews.
