COMESA commits to Kampala CAADP Framework
In a statement delivered through the Director of Industry and Agriculture, Providence Mavubi, the 21-member regional trade bloc outlined its priority areas that included aligning of agricultural policies to the CAADP framework across the Member States...
KAMPALA, January 15, 2025 –– The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa [COMESA] has reaffirmed is commitment towards implementation of the Kampala CAADP Framework which was recently adopted during the African Union Extraordinary Summit held on January 9 – 11 2025 on the Post-Malabo CAADP Summit.
In a statement delivered through the Director of Industry and Agriculture, Providence Mavubi, the 21-member regional trade bloc outlined its priority areas that included aligning of agricultural policies to the CAADP framework across the Member States and developing competitive regional value chains.
Other key areas highlighted included promoting climate-smart agriculture and enhancing market access for smallholder farmers. Director Mavubi used the occasion to underscore the importance of Agro Industrial Parks in enhancing value addition and agro processing to achieve the targets outlined in the framework and emphasised COMESA’s commitment towards implementation of the cross-border Common Agro-Industrial Park between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Through its flagship Regional Food Balance Sheet initiative, COMESA also registered its determination to scaling up the initiative that provides real-time data on food availability and support trade and food security decisions.
On the sidelines of the Summit, COMESA participated as panellists in two key events hosted by Pan-African Farmers’ Organisation and AUDA NEPAD on putting farmers at the centre of implementing the CAADP Kampala Declaration and addressing food safety and healthy diets through a food systems approach respectively.
During these side events, COMESA provided insights on key interventions in place to support meaningfully participation of farmers in value chains and outlined several approaches being undertaken to enhance food safety at regional level that include Global Markets Programme and the COMESA Green Pass initiative.
In his closing remarks of the meeting, Yoweri Museveni reiterated the need for stronger collaboration among stakeholders to ensure the Kampala CAADP Declaration and CAADP Ten-Year Strategy represent a critical step toward realising Africa’s agricultural potential.
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