Environmental Sustainability and Climate Resilience
Agriculture must be intensified to ensure environmental sustainability and climate resilience. Scalable Research and Development (R&D) innovations focus on enhancing natural capital, such as soil health, to provide ecosystem services and sustainable beneficiation solutions.
Blue Economy for Structural Transformation
The Blue Economy, leveraging fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, transport, ports, coastal mining, and energy, is a cornerstone for sustainable structural transformation in Africa.
Financial Innovations in Agriculture
The agricultural and rural sectors require structured financial innovations. Each AU Member State should establish an Agricultural Bank or equivalent institution to develop and rehabilitate infrastructure.
Land Governance and Agricultural Transformation
Addressing Africa's land governance challenges is key to unlocking opportunities for transforming its agricultural sector and fostering sustainable growth.
Commercialisation of Farming
Commercialisation is critical to increasing production, productivity, and profitability through market integration and value addition. The approach emphasizes producing more with fewer resources.
Fast-Tracking Trade Through AfCFTA
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) must expedite intra- and inter-regional trade, prioritizing finished products over raw commodities.
Agriculture Commodity Exchanges
Establishing Agriculture Commodity Exchanges for strategic crops is essential, with the potential for a One-Africa Agricultural Commodities Exchange to support AfCFTA implementation.