Malabo Policy Learning Event (MAPLE) 2024
This 20th CAADP PP and MAPLE will serve as a policy dialogue and accountability platform, celebrating the achievements of the CAADP Agenda over the past two decades since the Maputo 2003 and the Malabo 2014 agreements. These events will also chart the future course of agrifood systems transformation in the post-Malabo CAADP era, emphasizing a holistic approach to sustainable agricultural development in Africa
Under the set theme, the 20th CAADP PP and MAPLE events underscore the urgency of building human, institutional, and technical capacities to implement the NAIPs and uphold accountability effectively. As climate change intensifies and technological advancements reshape the global economy, Africa must focus on building resilient agri-food systems that can not only withstand these challenges but also promote economic growth, food and nutrition security, and social equity.
The endorsement of thE 4th CAADP Biennial Review Report by Heads of State and Government in February 2024 underscores the mixed progress towards meeting the Malabo Declaration targets. Despite notable advancements, the continent cannot achieve these goals by 2025. Therefore, the Partnership Platform Meeting aims to translate the resolve into concrete actions, focusing on innovative partnerships, digitalization, and capacity building to achieve significant results and impact. The Platform Meeting will explore how to efficiently mobilize resources and scale up efforts toward sustainable agriculture, leveraging the aspirations of Agenda 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
About CAADP
CAADP was adopted by African Union (AU) member states in 2003 as a policy framework to accelerate agriculture led growth, while elevating improved food security and nutrition as well as increasing incomes in Africa’s largely agriculture-based economies. CAADP is framed by seven ambitious goals to be achieved by 2025. In 2014, all African heads of state re-committed to these targets and principles in the Malabo Declaration (see box to the right). Although CAADP is driven largely by public sector institutions within countries, non-state actors (NSAs) at national and subnational levels play an important role in helping to inform plans, generate data, drive adaptive management, and improve programs to achieve these goals at the continental level.
African Union CAADP & Biennial Review Toolkit
During the official launch of the 15th CAADP Partnership Platform meeting in Nairobi by Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto, and H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko, the African Union’s Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture (AU DREA), AU DREA and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) launched the a new communications toolkit for CAADP advocates, leaders, and focal points entitled, “Catalyzing Action & Agricultural Transformation in Africa: Understanding CAADP & the Biennial Review”. The toolkit, supported by Africa Lead, was launched alongside of the new African Union Knowledge Compendium on the Malabo Domestication, which was supported by GIZ.