INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS

Substantial progress has been made in the recent past in terms of national, regional and international commitments. In 2002, NEPAD’s Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) offered a framework for investment in agriculture in Africa, with special emphasis on water control. In Maputo, in 2003, the Heads of State and Governments of the African Union committed themselves to allocating at least 10 percent of their national budgetary resources for agriculture and rural development. In 2004, the Sirte Declaration focused on ways to implement integrated and sustainable development of agriculture and water in Africa. In 2005, the Report of the Commission for Africa titled Our common interest highlighted the need for investment in water and energy infrastructure. Unfortunately, progress remains too slow, and Africa is lagging behind in terms of energy and agricultural productivity, with serious implications for development and trade balance.

1. DECLARATION OF THE HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY: THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIOENERGY
   File: Declaration HLC-Rome 2008.pdf
   
   
2. DECLARATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
   File: Declaration on Climate Change and Development - Addis Ababa 2007.pdf
   
   
3. AFRICAN MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON HYDROPOWER AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
   File: Declaration AMC-Johannesburg 2006.pdf
   
   
4. DECLARATION OF THE ABUJA FOOD SECURITY SUMMIT
   File: Declaration-Abuja 2006
   
   
5. SIRTE DECLARATION ON THE CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTING INTEGRATED AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ON AGRICULTURE AND WATER IN AFRICA
   File: Declaration-Sirte 2004.pdf
   
   
6. DECLARATION ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA
   File: Declaration Maputo - 2003.pdf


7. MINISTERIAL DECLARATION ON ACCELERATING WATER SECURITY FOR AFRICA'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
   File: Ministerial_Declaration_Tunis_2008.pdf


8. 8. JOINT MEETING OF AFRICAN MINISTERS OF AGRICULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS ON PARTNERSHIP FOR ADVANCING AFRICAN AGRICULTURE
   File: File: Declaration Washington - 2008.pdf

ESSENTIAL DOCUMENTS

1. PRESENTATION NOTE (pdf)


2. GUIDELINES FOR THE NATIONAL INVESTMENT BRIEFS (pdf)
   
   

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