{"id":19297,"date":"2014-07-02T16:42:47","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T16:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.one.org\/africa\/?post_type=one_press&p=19297"},"modified":"2014-07-02T16:42:47","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T16:42:47","slug":"one-applauds-au-malabo-declarations-re-commitment-to-agriculture-transformation","status":"publish","type":"one_press","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/africa\/press\/one-applauds-au-malabo-declarations-re-commitment-to-agriculture-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"ONE applauds AU Malabo Declaration\u2019s re-commitment to agriculture transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, July 02, 2014<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0ONE.org<\/a>\u00a0applauded African Union leaders today for solidifying their commitment to transforming Africa\u2019s agriculture sector by improving upon the 2003 Maputo Declaration, under which they committed to spending at least 10% of\u00a0their national budgets on agriculture.<\/p>\n

The Malabo Declaration, coming out of the 23rd AU Summit of Heads of State and Government in Equatorial Guinea, commits member states to implement a number of essential policy reforms toward ending hunger and cutting poverty in Africa in half by 2025.\u00a0 To meet these goals, African leaders re-affirmed their intention to devote 10% of their national budgets to agricultural development and agreed to targets such as doubling agricultural productivity, halving post-harvest loss, and bringing stunting down to 10% across Africa.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the announcement, Dr. Sipho S. Moyo,\u00a0ONE.org<\/a>\u2019s Executive Director for Africa, said:<\/p>\n

“This is a defining moment for agriculture in Africa. During this official AU Year of Agriculture and Food Security, African governments have heeded the call of 120 CSOs, and over 2 million African citizens who signed\u00a0ONE.org<\/a>\u2019s Do Agric petition calling on them to invest more and better in agriculture. They have raised the bar with the Malabo Declaration, showing a real commitment to smallholder farmers and rural communities across the continent. This declaration is a clear demonstration that our leaders are committed to coming together on behalf of our farmers, our food and our futures.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The new declaration prioritizes the operationalization of the African Investment Bank, responsible private sector investment, increased support for intra-regional trade, adoption of climate-resilient farming strategies, youth inclusion and employment targets, and mutual accountability for results.<\/p>\n

These newly adopted measures form part of a set of joint recommendations put before the AU leaders by\u00a0ONE.org<\/a>\u00a0and about120 civil society partner organizations in the months leading up to the summit, and reflect the voices of over 2 million African citizens who signed ONE\u2019s Do Agric petition.<\/p>\n

Presidents\u00a0Jakaya Kikwete\u00a0of Tanzania,\u00a0Yayi Boni\u00a0of Benin, John Mahama\u00a0of Ghana and \u00a0Mahamadou Issoufou\u00a0of Niger all received and supported the joint recommendations and petition ahead of the June \u00a0AU gathering. President Kikwete took the stage to formally present them to the Heads of State at the summit. Delegations from Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Mali also received and supported the petition and recommendations at the summit.<\/p>\n

However, despite a strong commitment to meet or exceed the 10% budget target, African leaders failed to resolve the debate on establishing a common standard of measurement for the 10%. The declaration also falls short on the closely related issue of improving budget transparency, which makes accountability an ongoing challenge given that agriculture spending is by its nature fragmented across various government ministries, departments and agencies. Furthermore, the declaration is\u00a0not explicit in its support of multi-stakeholder participation in government-led agricultural development processes, fostering access to markets for small-holder farmers, investing in agricultural research and extension services, closing the gender gap, and improving land rights for the poor.<\/p>\n

Audax Rukonge, Executive Director of the Agricultural Non-State Actors Forum (ANSAF) of Tanzania\u00a0was nonetheless, optimistic about the new declaration:<\/p>\n

“Not only does the Malabo Declaration solidify 2003 Maputo Declaration, but it further\u00a0identifies\u00a0policy interventions targeted at benefitting smallholder farmers and enhancing their productivity.\u00a0The smallholder farmers are ready to help ensure food and nutrition security for all African citizens, to grow jobs and boost our economies \u2013 and this is possible, if our leaders can now move from the Declaration to its effective implementation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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President Dramani Mahama receives the petition from Dr Sipho Moyo, ONE Africa, Executive Director and Nachilala Nkombo, Deputy Director.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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About Do Agric, It Pays<\/strong><\/p>\n

ONE.org<\/a> launched the rigorous\u00a0Do agric, it pays<\/strong>\u00a0campaign\u00a0on January 20 along the margins of the 22nd<\/sup>\u00a0Ordinary Session of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in support of the 2014 AU Year of Agriculture. \u00a0In 2012, the AU declared 2014 as the Year of Agriculture, Nutrition and Food Security in Africa, after receiving a petition signed by over 30 000 ONE.org members.<\/p>\n

The campaign encourages African governments to keep their 2003 Maputo promise to invest at least 10% of national budgets in agriculture, and makes a case for better strategic\u00a0policies and transparent public\u00a0investments that will better support smallholder farmers, especially women, and lift millions of Africans out of poverty.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Do Agric, It Pays\u00a0was supported by\u00a0the Caterpillar Foundation,\u00a0African Union Commission, various farmers\u2019 associations, CSO and private sector partners that include\u00a0the\u00a0Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Tony Elumelu Foundation, OXFAM, AGRA, ACCORD, ACTIONAID, PAFO, ROPPA, ESAFF, as well as Zambia\u2019s CTPD and IAPRI, Benin\u2019s PASCIB, Tanzania\u2019s ANSAF and TGFA, South Africa\u2019s Agri Youth Indaba and Nigeria\u2019s NANTS, YPAED and BUDGIT.The campaign also benefitted from the support of various media partners including New African Magazine, Mail & Guardian newspaper, MTV Base, Tanzania\u2019s Cloud Media, Africa Magic\u2019s Good Morning Africa, South Africa\u2019s METRO FM, and Nigeria\u2019s Beat FM, Cool FM and Soundcity television.<\/p>\n

About\u00a0<\/strong>ONE.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

ONE.org<\/a>\u00a0(http:\/\/www.one.org<\/a>) is a campaigning and advocacy organization of nearly 6 million people taking action to end extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. Strictly nonpartisan, we raise public awareness and press political leaders to combat AIDS and preventable diseases, increase investments in agriculture and nutrition, and demand greater transparency in poverty-fighting programs.ONE.org<\/a>\u00a0is not a grant-making organization and does not solicit funding from the public or receive government funding. We achieve change through advocacy. Our teams in Washington, D.C., London, Johannesburg, Brussels, Berlin, and Paris \u2013 and soon in Abuja \u2013 educate and lobby governments to shape policy solutions that save and improve millions of lives.\u00a0To learn more, go to\u00a0http:\/\/www.one.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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