KAMPALA- The Ministers of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries, Hon Frank Tumwebaze and Foreign Affairs, Hon Gen Jeje Odongo have rolled out the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) Kampala 2025 Summit activities at the Kampala Serena Hotel in a stakeholder engagement between the two Ministries, diplomatic corps from African Union (AU) member state Ambassadors and the media.
The 44th Ordinary Session of the AU’s Executive Council, a directive was issued to the AU Commission to develop a Ten-Year, the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) Strategy and Action Plan 2026 – 2035 that will advance sustainable agri-food systems, aligned with the 2021 African Common Position to the United Nations Food Systems Summit.
The Ministers were accompanied by the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries Permanent Secretary Maj Gen David Kasura Kyomukama who said that the plan was envisioned to sustain the momentum of the Malabo Declaration Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods.
The Malabo Declaration adopted in 2014 set ambitious targets for 2025, including ending hunger, halving poverty and reducing post-harvest losses.
This Action Plan and Strategy has been under development over the last 10 months, and has been through multiple review stages, including by the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water, and Environment (ARDWE).
The final Strategy and Action Plan is now ready for presentation to Africa’s Heads of State and Government. This will be accomplished at the Extraordinary Summit planned for January 9th – 11th in Kampala, Uganda.
The Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) achievements over the past 20 years preceded by the Maputo and Malabo declarations respectively.
The Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) is an African Union Agenda 2063 continental initiative that aims to raise agricultural productivity, increase public investment in agriculture and stimulate economic growth through agriculture-led development, thus helping African countries eliminate hunger and reduce poverty.
Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme
Launched in 2003 following the Maputo Declaration and reaffirmed in 2014 in Equatorial Guinea with the Malabo Declaration, it focuses on improving food security, nutrition, and increasing incomes in Africa’s farming-based economies.
The Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme is the most ambitious and comprehensive agricultural reform effort ever undertaken in Africa and it has emerged as the cornerstone framework for driving agricultural transformation across Africa and represents a fundamental shift toward development that is fully owned and led by African governments.
Over the past 20 years, the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme has elevated African agriculture, promoted broad participation, and mobilized political commitment and investments and has contributed to notable achievements, including increased Gross Domestic Product (GDP), higher average incomes, enhanced agricultural output and productivity, expanded agricultural trade, greater investments, and significant reductions in hunger and poverty.
Through The Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP), African governments have agreed to allocate at least 10% of national budgets to agriculture and rural development, and to achieve an agricultural growth rate of at least 6% per annum.
The Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme is assisting countries in enhancing their resilience to climate variability through the development of disaster preparedness policies and strategies and a robust monitoring and reporting mechanism through the biennial review mechanism has been established and has become the primary source of information on agricultural transformation in Africa.
