About 300 agriculture experts, policy makers and stakeholders from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), African Union (AU) and other international development partners meet in Kigali, Rwanda 29-31 March for a round table on NEPAD`s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).
According to the official newsletter of the New Partnership for Africa`s Development (NEPAD), Rwandan President Paul Kagame is expected to officially open the meeting as well as the preceding parley of COMESA and CAADP partners.
"The purpose of the meeting is to reach consensus among stakeholders on the framework to forge the necessary partnerships to implement the agriculture development agenda and secure commitments and resources from partners to make the necessary investments," the publication said.
Rwanda is the first to organise such a meeting among the six designated countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda and Zambia, selected by COMESA under phase one to speed up the implementation of the region's agricultural development programme. The meeting will also review how national policies and investments are supporting agricultural development and identify constraints to achieving at least 6% target growth rate for the agriculture sector. It will also identify policy and investment gaps as well as design an action plan to bridge the gaps.
CAADP is spearheaded by African governments aiming at accelerating agriculture growth and eliminating poverty on the continent.
Angola Press
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