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Agriculture is a key source of food, income and employment in the Republic of South Africa. The country produces a variety of grains, vegetables, fruits and livestock products that are important in providing adequate levels of nutrition and food diversity. However, food insecurity and malnutrition are a significant challenge for the country. The General Household Survey conducted by Statistics South Africa in 2015 found that 14.3 million people in the country had inadequate and severely inadequate access to food. In this Bulletin, we have highlighted some of the policy initiatives being pursued by the government in partnership with stakeholders to reverse this trend.

One of such initiatives is the improvement of extension services. FAO and the government of South Africa are piloting Farmer Field Schools (FFS) - an alternative methodology for providing extension services in order to improve agricultural production. You will find the details of this collaboration in this Bulletin.

In 2015, the Republic of South Africa recorded the lowest annual total rainfall, of 403 mm in 112 years. The country is experiencing more frequent and longer heat waves and drought, even in areas where they previously did not occur. In this Issue, you will find details of the discussion by the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa on the importance and

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January – June 2017 FAO South Africa Bulletinappropriateness of climate-smart agriculture to the country.

Africa accounts for 45 percent of the world’s surface area suitable for agricultural production. However, 153 million individuals in sub-Saharan Africa, about 26 percent of the population above 15 years of age, suffered from severe food insecurity in 2014/15 and one in three children under the age of five are presently stunted (State of Food Insecurity 2016: Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2016). Find, in this Issue, details of the presentation that I delivered on behalf of the FAO Director-General to the Pan-African Parliament on how to unlock Africa’s agriculture potential.

We have also highlighted the efforts of South Africa and the Southern Africa region to respond to and manage the fall armyworm - a new polyphagous pest originating in the Americas that was first reported in South Africa in February 2017.

In June 2017, South Africa also reported the first outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N8 subtype. You will find here, joint efforts by the government of South Africa, FAO and other stakeholders to manage the new threat to the poultry sector.

We hope you will find this Newsletter useful and informative.

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Dear Reader,elcome to this first Issue of the FAO South Africa Bulletin. Through this bi annual publication, we

will share news and information from events and activities implemented by FAO in collaboration with the host government and other stakeholders.

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ContentsSouth Africa registers first outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) 2

At war with the fall armyworm 3

Building capacity in fall armyworm management 4

South Africa Legislators root for Climate Smart Agriculture 5

Strengthening extension services for increased agricultural production 7

South Africa makes strides to tackle food and nutrition insecurity 8

FAO addresses Pan-African Parliament on unlocking Africa’s agriculture potential 10

FAO partners with the African Union and NPCA to develop capacity to track progress on Malabo Road Map

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South Africa registers first outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries reported the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N8 subtype in Mpumalanga province on 22 June 2017.

HPAI is a rapidly spreading viral disease that can infest many types of birds and it is highly contagious. It exists naturally in many birds and

can be transmitted by coming into contact with infected animals or through ingestion of infected food or water.

Among the control measures undertaken by the government of South Africa is surveillance within containment and/or protection zone, traceability, quarantine, prohibition of vaccination.

According to the South African Poultry Association Industry Profile, the poultry industry is the largest single contributor to South Africa’s agriculture sector. It employs about 48 000 people directly and about 63 000 indirectly. The sector is the largest consumer of maize and supports many peripheral businesses as well as those downstream in the value chain. Chicken is also an important source of livelihood and protein, especially for poor households

Zimbabwe was the first country in Southern Africa to report the first-ever outbreak of HPAI H5N8 subtype in a self-contained commercial poultry breeding farm for broilers on 01 June 2017.

The HPAI H5N8 strain was first reported in Uganda in January 2017.

Realizing the potential threat to southern Africa, FAO in collaboration with the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the International Red

Poultry farmers and traders are on alert, following the first outbreak of HPAI in Southern Africa.

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general public, preparedness plans and funding at national and regional levels. The Member States developed action plans to address these issues and enhance preparedness and response capacities in the eventuality of an outbreak.

Following the outbreak HPAI H5N8 subtype in southern Africa, the SADC Secretariat in collaboration with the FAO are organizing a regional technical meeting of stakeholders to assess the preparedness, response capacities and actions of Member States to the recent and on-going outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the region. The Meeting will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 01 – 04 August 2017.

Locust Control Organization for Central and Southern Africa (IRLCO-CSA) convened an emergency consultative meeting, gathering stakeholders to develop urgent HPAI and other transboundary

animal diseases’ response action plans. The consultations also identified significant gaps in terms of human resources, coordination and communication between stakeholders and the

At war with the fall armyworm

Armyworm Steering Committee which is a technical group investi-gating the best possible solutions to combat the fall armyworm has been established. Its membership

includes representatives from the North West University (NWU), Ag-ricultural Research Council (ARC), Croplife, Grain South Africa, South African national Seed Organization

The Government of South Africa reported the outbreak of the fall armyworm infestation in February 2017, mainly in Limpopo, Gauteng, North West, Mpumalanga, KwaZu-lu-Natal Free State and the Eastern Cape provinces. The infestation was detected only in the Hartswa-ter area of the Northern Cape.

The Government has since rolled out a number of initiatives to man-age the infestation that has so far cost about ZAR 50 million. The De-partment of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries provided manage-ment guidelines and pesticides to farmers and rolled out mass media awareness campaigns to sensitize the general public about the pest. The government has permitted the importation of pheromone traps for surveillance and over 40 agricultural chemicals with 10 dif-ferent modes of action were regis-tered for use against the pest. A Fall

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Collecting samples to test for HPAI. It is a highly contagious disease that can affect many types of birds.

Lewis Hove, the FAO Representative a.i. accompanied Senzeni Zokwana, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to inspect farms that were affected by the fall armyworm in Lipompo province. FAO and the government of South Africa have been mandated by SADC to lead the region’s research agenda on fall armyworm.


(SANSOR), South African Biologi-cal Control Organization (SABO), Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC), and Provincial Departments of Agriculture and is chaired by the Department of Agri-culture, Forestry and Fisheries. The Steering Committee. It is responsi-ble for discussing and evaluating, among others, the surveillance programme, scouting methods, diagnostics, management practic-es, intervention by provincial De-partments of Agriculture and rel-evant stakeholders, damage/loss assessment and future research on fall armyworm.

According to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, although losses were reported by farmers in some areas, especially on maize produced for the fresh market, the bulk of the maize harvest remains unaffected and there are predictions of an over 79 percent increase in harvest over the 2015/16 season, when production was reduced by drought.

South Africa’s long term interventions for managing the fall armyworm infestation include, among others, capacity building, resource mobilization and research programmes to determine the areas and hosts where the pest may survive during

winter in South Africa. The country has been mandated by SADC to lead the region’s research agenda on fall armyworm and to co-lead coordination efforts in southern Africa with FAO.

Building capacity in fall armyworm management From 26 – 30 June 2017, FAO and the Agricultural Research Council of South Africa (ARC) in collaboration with the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI), Crop Watch Africa, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), International Red Locust Control Organization for Central and Southern Africa (ILRCO-CSA) and the University of Zimbabwe conducted a Training of Trainers (TOT) course in fall armyworm management for the SADC region.

Over 60 plant protection and extension specialists attended

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Ntate Mashishi, a farmer in Lipompo pronvince inspects his maize that is recovering from the fall armyworm infestation.

A practical session during the training on fall armyworm management. Over 60 plant protection and extension staff underwent training in June 2017.


course that was held in Pretoria, South Africa. They were drawn from Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius and Mozambique. Others were from Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The training was undertaken as part of the efforts to strengthen the capacity of national institutions involved in plant protection and extension to be better able to support farmers to effectively contain and manage the fall armyworm infestation in the region.

It covered theoretical and practical sessions in diagnostic features of the fall armyworm, surveillance techniques and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) options that countries can use to keep the pest population below economic injury levels. The trainees were also introduced to a reporting portal that utilizes mobile phone reporting and scouting

applications. They discussed and adopted standardized tools and methodologies to carry out different types of assessments that will provide data to quantify the impact levels of fall armyworm infestation at country and regional levels.

The trainees are expected to apply the new skills and knowledge in fall armyworm management including surveillance and implementation of Integrated Pest

Management (IPM) strategies to manage the pest.

Read more about FAO’s response to the fall armyworm here – http://www.fao.org/food-chain-crisis/how-we-work/plant-protection/fall-armyworm/en/

South Africa’s response to the fall armyworm here - http://www.daff.gov.za/daffweb3/News-Room/Media-release/Fallarmy

Members of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa called for climate-proofing of sector plans, projects and programs.

They were speaking during the briefing session on 14 March 2017, in which Mr Lewis Hove the FAO Representative a.i., delivered a technical presentation on climate change mitigation and adaptation. The Deputy Minister and senior officials of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries also attended the briefing.

The Portfolio Committee deliberates on bills covering Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries sector and scrutinizes and reports on its annual budget and strategic plan.

Climate change affecting agricultural production The Legislators were concerned about the frequent climate-related disasters that are affecting agricultural production in the country.

In 2015, the Republic of South Africa recorded the lowest annual total rainfall, of 403 mm in 112 years. The country is also experiencing more frequent and longer heat waves and drought, even in areas where they previously did not occur. Anecdotal evidence is suggesting that climate change and weather patterns provide ambient breeding conditions for emerging pests, such as the fall armyworm whose lifecycle is favored by high temperatures.

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Already, an estimated 14.3 million people are vulnerable to food insecurity in the country. This number is likely to go up, due to effects of climate change.

The presentationMr Lewis Hove gave an overview of climate change and how it is impacting the crop, livestock, forestry, fisheries and water sectors in the country.

He called for adoption of sustainable natural resources management strategies, research, capacity building of stakeholders across the value chains, mainstreaming of climate change into projects and programmes, implementation of commitments in international protocols and national policies and mobilization of resources to address climate change.

“There is a clear need to channel public and private investments to addressing and managing climate-relates risks in the agricultural sectors”, he said.

FAO’s role in climate change mitigation and adaptation He informed the Legislators that FAO works with partners to build resilience of farmers and is a key source of climate change knowledge and information. The organization is supporting the sharing and information and knowledge on climate smart approaches, such as conservation agriculture and agroecology. FAO also promotes access to appropriate crop varieties that are early maturing, drought tolerant, pest resistant and of high nutrition. In the livestock sector, FAO is promoting approaches to improve productivity and strengthen resilience of livestock keepers to climate-induced livestock diseases.

At a regional level, FAO provides technical support to the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) to strengthen its capacity to provide coordination among Member States in preparedness, early warning and adaptation to climate change and variability.

Managing emerging pests and diseasesThe discussion on emerging pests and diseases, such as the fall armyworm, Tuta absoluta and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, focused on the need to enhance early warning and surveillance systems, coordination and harmonization of response and management strategies and public awareness.

Coordination and integrationThe Legislators called for enhanced coordination and integration of climate change mitigation and adaptation projects and programmes in the country and the region.

“Because of the transboundary nature of most of the emerging threats to food security, it is imperative that countries, departments and communities work together, using a multi-sectoral approach”, said Machwene Semenya, the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

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Strengthening extension services for increased agricultural productionGovernment of South Africa piloting Farmer Field Schools (FFS) methodology in Limpopo and Northern Cape provincesExtension plays a key role in agricultural and rural development efforts. It serves as the source of information on new technologies which when adopted by farming communities can improve their production, incomes and standards of living.

Over the years, the Republic of South Africa has employed an extension system that focuses on increasing agricultural productivity and emphasizes the transfer of technology from researchers to farmers.

There is now a realization by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the need to use various approaches of

extension to appropriately meet the changing information and technology needs of rural-based smallholder farmers.

Since 2008, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has implemented an Extension Recovery Plan (ERP) with the aim of revitalizing extension and advisory services in the country. The Plan, proposes, among others, the adoption of alternative methodologies for providing extension services in order to meet agricultural production targets and achieve higher incomes for smallholder farmers.

In response to a request from the Government of the Republic of South Africa, the FAO Representation office is providing technical assistance in piloting an alternative methodology – the Farmer Field Schools (FFS)

through the Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) project - “Small-Holder Farmer Capacity Development through the Farmer-Field School Approach”.

The one-year project is being implemented in Limpopo and Northern Cape. The two provinces are predominantly rural, with agriculture as a dominant sector. They are a production hub for high-value commodities such as citrus, sub-tropical fruits and vegetables,

maize as well as livestock and fisheries. However, the semi-arid nature of the provinces makes them susceptible to climate-induced disasters such as prolonged dry spells and drought. There is also a high turnover of extension workers. Furthermore, the nomadic nature of the pastoralists makes it difficult for them to access the conventional extension system.

The project, whose implementation runs from October 2016 to September 2017 aims to enhance the agricultural production capacity of smallholder farmers in the two provinces. Its results and lessons learned will inform future programming and investment in the FFS methodology in the country.

Farmer Field SchoolsDeveloped by FAO and partners over 25 years ago, the FFS methodology involves groups of 20 – 30 farmers who meet regularly in one of their own fields, under the guidance of a trained facilitator to learn about

Farmers working together in the field. The Farmer Field School methodology has been proven to be an effective mechanism for cultivating farmer learning and transformative empowerment.


their agricultural production challenges that could be in crop or livestock sectors. They observe, analyze and try out new ideas on their own fields or livestock. Unlike the traditional approaches to agricultural extension that rely on extension workers providing information and advice to farmers, FFS enhance the farmers’ analytical

and logical decision making which enable them to find out the answers for themselves. That means the farmers can develop solutions to their own problems.

The FFS methodology has been proven to be an effective tool/mechanism for cultivating farmer learning and transformative

empowerment since farmers are encouraged to develop their critical thinking, leading to greater self- sufficiency. Various impact studies show that farmers who participated in FFS realized increased incomes by up to 61 percent. In addition, farmers come to know each other better and to build social capital.

Agriculture is a key source of food, income and employment in the Republic of South Africa. The country produces a variety of grains, vegetables, fruits and livestock products that are important in providing adequate levels of nutrition and food diversity. However, food insecurity and malnutrition are a significant challenge for the country.

Food insecurity and malnutrition – a growing problemThe General House-hold Survey conducted by Statistics South Afri-ca in 2015 found that 14.3 million people in the country had inad-equate and severely inadequate access to food. This is up from 12.6 million in 2011. Up to 26.5 percent of children between one – five years are stunt-ed and more than 45 percent of men and

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women above the age of 35 are either overweight or obese.

Climate change is also threatening agricultural production with more frequent drought, flooding and pest and disease outbreaks. The For example, the 2015/16 El Nino-induced drought - the worst in 25 years affected 27 000 farming households and resulted in 253 000 livestock deaths.

Government committed to ending food insecurity and malnutritionSouth Africa’s National Development

Plan identifies Food and Nutrition Security as a key element of both poverty and inequality.

In 2013, the Government developed a Food and Nutrition Security Policy that aims to streamline, harmonize and integrate the diverse Food and Nutrition Security programmes in the country.

Government has also rolled out a number of initiatives that address food insecurity and malnutrition, including school nutrition and social protection programmes.

Participants of the Food and Nutrition Security “Indaba”. South Africa is taking strides to tackle food and nutrition insecurity.


the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said the government of the Re-public of South Africa values partnerships in the war against food insecurity and malnu-trition.

“Although Govern-ment has rolled out a number of pro-grammes to improve food and nutrition se-curity of the people, we need to work with partners to reduce the number of hungry people in the country”, he said.

The “Indaba” high-lighted the need to improve and integrate the food and nutrition security information and reporting systems and to make agricul-ture more attractive to the youth. There was an appreciation of the fact that food and nu-trition security is mul-ti-dimensional and spans the agriculture, trade, health, and so-cial sectors. The “Ind-aba” also stressed the need for promoting “climate smart agricul-ture” in order to reduce the impact of climate change on farming. They called upon the government to ensure that the social protec-tion programmes are intertwined with nu-trition-enhancing ag-ricultural programmes that empower the vul-nerable population to produce food so that they are less depend-ent on aid.

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From left - Mr Mike Mlengana - Director General, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), Mr Peter Netshipale, Deputy Director General, Department for Social Development, Dr Lewis Hove - FAO Representative a.i.for South Africa and Prof Simbarashe Sibanda - Executive Director, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) at the Meeting. The meeting appreciated the fact that Food and Nutrition Security is multi-dimensional and spans the agriculture, trade, health, and social sectors.

The National Plan for Food and Nutrition Security (2017-2022)The Government is now developing an all-inclusive National Plan for Food and Nutrition Security (2017-2022). The Plan recognizes the important role and responsibility of the government in addressing nutrition security in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders.

The National Food and Nutrition Security Consultative Meeting (Indaba)From January 26 to 27, 2017, about 200 stakeholders from the agriculture, health, and education/research sectors and the private and social development sectors met in a “National Food and Nutrition Security consultative meeting or “Indaba” to review the draft implementation Plan, ahead of its launch in April 2017.

The “Indaba” also discussed the current food and nutrition security situation

and status-quo of the country from a multi-sectoral perspective, drawing from empirical evidence.

The stakeholders were briefed about the “Right to Food”, in the context of the Republic of South Africa and how it could be enshrined in the National Plan for Food and Nutrition Security.

While speaking at the event that was co-organized by FAO and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Lewis Hove, the FAO Representative, a.i., said the battle to end hunger and poverty must be principally fought in rural areas, where 70 percent of the hungry and poor live.

”To do this, we need to show a strong political will while also investing in the critical agents of change – the smallholders, rural women, fisher folk, indigenous communities and other vulnerable or marginalized groups”, he said.

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Africa accounts for 45 percent of the world’s surface area suitable for agricultural production. Even with some large arid and semi-ar-id areas, the continent’s vast water resources are, on average underutilized, with only about 2-3 percent of renewable water resource in use, compared to five percent worldwide. Africa is also home to an abundant supply of labour for agriculture-related products and services.

However, 153 million individuals in sub-Saharan Africa, about 26 percent of the population above 15 years of age, suffered from se-vere food insecurity in 2014/15 and one in three children under the age of five are presently stunt-

ed (State of Food Insecurity 2016: Regional Overview of Food Secu-rity and Nutrition 2016).

“Unlocking the enormous poten-tial of Africa’s agriculture to signif-icantly contribute to sustainable and inclusive growth as well as to peace, security and prosper-ity, is key to achieving the ‘Africa we Want’ as espoused in the Af-rica’s Agenda 2063”, said FAO Di-rector-General, José Graziano da Silva, in his address to the Fourth Session of the Pan-African Parlia-ment that met on 11 May 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The address was delivered on his behalf by Lewis Hove, FAO Repre-sentative, a.i.., for South Africa.

FAO addresses Pan-African Parliament on unlocking Africa’s agriculture potential

Youth employmentAccording to FAO, sound ru-ral development policies and programmes for young peo-ple are needed, to strength-en their capacities and fa-cilitate access to productive resources needed to drive broad-based growth in the agricultural sector and rural economy.

With almost 200 million peo-ple between 15 and 24 years of age, Africa has the young-est population in the world.

FAO informed the Pan-Afri-can Parliament of a new FAO Special Programme, entitled “Youth Employment: ena-

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bling decent agriculture and ag-ribusiness jobs”. This programme will support the continent in harnessing its huge demograph-ic dividend, while contributing to the rejuvenation of the aging farming population.

Women empowermentAnother important aspect in unlocking the potential is to ac-celerate the enhancement of gender equity and women em-powerment. FAO called for policy changes to be directed towards tackling discrimination against girls and women in education-al systems, encouraging greater participation of women in pro-ductive and remunerative eco-nomic activities and increasing their voice in making decisions at all levels of society.

Food and nutrition securityIn order to achieve the develop-mental objectives of Africa, da Silva called for the positioning of food security and nutrition at the highest level of political and legis-lative agendas.“Parliamentarians are encouraged to take a lead and work closely with other stakeholders to ad-vance food security, nutrition, and agriculture initiatives”, ech-oed Lewis Hove, reminding them of the new Memorandum of Un-derstanding between FAO and the Pan-African Alliance, which provides a framework for contin-uing collaboration on activities of common interest in order to jointly advance legislative and budgetary frameworks for sus-tainable food security and nutri-tion in Africa.

Africa for AfricaThe Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF) is an innovative Africa-led fund to support Africa for African development initiatives. It was of-ficially launched during the 38th Session of the FAO Conference in June 2013, with funding totaling over US$40 million and has been made possible thanks to African partnership with Equatorial Guin-ea, Angola and Cameroon as well as a group of civil society organi-zations in the Republic of Congo.The ASTF with its partnership approach has supported over 36 countries to tackle hunger and poverty, and in so doing is mak-ing an important contribution to the Malabo Declaration and the Sustainable Development Goals.African countries are encouraged to scale up Africa-wide coopera-tion and South-South and Trian-gular Cooperation.

FAO partners with the African Union and NPCA to develop capacity to track progress on Malabo Road Map Region holds training workshop on Malabo Reporting process within Southern AfricaIn the third week of April 2017, Policy makers and government officials from across Southern Af-rica met under the CAADP/Mala-bo Biennial Review and reporting mechanism to enhance skills on methods and tool to track and as-sess progress achieved in CAADP/Malabo implementation and its impact on targeted beneficiaries within the agriculture sector.

FAO, in collaboration with the Afri-can Union Commission (AUC) and the NEPAD Planning and Coordi-nation Agency (NPCA) organized

a five-day technical workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The key purpose of the workshop was to provide information on the Biennial Review Mechanism and to train participants on the tech-nical guidelines to track progress towards the Malabo targets that will involve standard country per-formance-reporting templates.

Under the Malabo Framework, which was agreed by African heads of state in June 2014, countries are expected to provide a report of progress towards implementation of the Malabo roadmap every two years starting in 2018.

Following a broad consultation process, the AUC/NPCA, working with Regional Economic Commu-nities (RECs) and technical partners like FAO have developed a set of 43 indicators based on the Malabo commitments for ‘accelerated agri-cultural growth and transformation for shared prosperity and improved livelihoods’.

As part of the implementation of the Malabo Road map, Mem-ber States are supported to do-mesticate the new monitoring and reporting tools for alignment with national agriculture data frameworks. Training activities are expected to contribute towards

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strengthening the capacity of Afri-can governments to track and de-liver the ambitious 2063 vision for a prosperous Africa based on in-clusive sustainable growth spear-headed by the African Union.

In response, FAO is supporting the AU/NPCA through a combi-nation of technical and financial assistance to enhance the institu-tional capacity of the AU/NPCA in

synergy with RECs to develop and utilize monitoring tools for track-ing and reviewing progress, while strengthening the alignment be-tween National Agriculture Invest-ment Plans and Malabo targets.

Additional information1) CAADP Results Frameworkhttps://au.int/web/sites/default/files/documents/31250-

doc-the_caadp_results_framework_2015-2025_english_edited_1-1.pdf

2) Malabo Declarationhttps://www.au.int/web/sites/default/files/documents/31247-doc malabo_declaration_2014_11_26.pdf

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