Strategy for agricultural transformation in africa

Phase 2 – Broaden and Deepen Transformation (Years 4-6):
Within countries 
where transformation of selected commodity value chains has begun and started to 
show signs of success, the Bank will proactively support investments to transform a 
broader set of commodities, including but not limited to, coffee, cotton, poultry, 

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sorghum, millet, maize, wheat and fish. The Bank will also replicate the success in 
earlier value chain transformation, in new countries, with the aim of leveraging 
learnings from initial activities and momentum from earlier success to support quality 
of execution and political will to transform elsewhere
 
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Phase 3 – Drive Full Transformation (Years 7-10):
in order to fully reach the goals 
of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda, a very broad range of agribusiness sectors 
will need to be developed and modernized; these include continuing to move up the 
value chain into more sophisticated intermediate products for the food manufacturing 
industry (e.g. glucose, lecithin), as well as African fast-moving consumer goods 
products (e.g. butter, margarine, seasonings) that can compete with international 
branded products.
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‘Fragile states’ will be treated somewhat differently so as to minimize 
marginalization of countries that are likely already receiving less attention and 
investment.
The Bank will also target those ‘fragile states’ that express interest in and 
commitment to the aims and approach of the strategy; however, it will focus on the capacity 
building and policy reform. In doing so, it will help governments be better-prepared to play 
their enabling role in the transformation, while cultivating the enabling environment necessary 
to attract and maintain investors and other actors. This interventions will include strengthening 
the capacity of agriculture ministries and related parastatals and supporting financial sector 
deepening. As in the past, these states will also continue to receive concessional loans in 
amounts that can be appropriately absorbed.