Strategy for agricultural transformation in africa

 
Table 4: Skills profile 
Skill Area
No.
Applied Agricultural R&D 
2 
Agro-Inputs and Agro-Dealer Networks 
2 
Agribusiness and Agro-Industry 
3 
Agricultural Infrastructure and Rural 
Development 
3 
Agricultural Finance 
5 
Policy Analysis and Development 
2-3 
Climate-Smart Agriculture
2 
Gender Inclusivity in Agriculture 
2 
ICT 
3 
Technical Analysts (M&E, budget, portfolio..) 
2-3 
TOTAL
26-28
Staff Grade 
No. 
PL 6 
4 
PL 5 
5 
PL 4 
14 
PL 3 
5 
TOTAL 
28 
 
PHASING OF IMPLEMENTATION
4.15 
To meet the 10 year goals of transformation, it will be necessary to transform 
a broad set of agricultural commodity value chains, across the continent.
However, 
the breadth of this requirement and the resources required are substantial, while at the 
same time some of the investments and supporting market conditions required to 
transform one value chain apply to others – this is especially the case for broad based 
policy reform to support agribusiness, and developing hard infrastructure. As a result, 
there is a need to taking a focused approach initially and significant ongoing benefits from 
taking such a phased approach.
 
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Phase 1 – Initiate Transformation (Years 1-3):
The Bank will catalyze the 
development of a defined set of agricultural commodity value chains across several 
agro-ecological zones. The agenda will initially focus on a tight subset: rice, cassava, 
cocoa, cashew, soybean, dairy, beef and horticulture. Critically, the Bank will also 
skew the focus of its activities towards countries that have a high ‘readiness to 
transform’ in terms of the agribusiness enabling environment and/or political will to 
make the required associated reforms and supporting investments. 
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