Strategy for agricultural transformation in africa

When these criteria are applied, certain AVCs emerge as ‘must transform’ areas 
for achieving the long-term outcomes laid out in the strategic framework.
The Strategy 
will focus on this initial series of critical value chains to allow Africa to deliver on four 
overarching outcomes that translate into a set of priority AVCs and related AEZs:
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Achieve self-sufficiency in key staples
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A focus on better-developed value chains 
will require activities such as cluster development, downstream market 
development, increased productivity, and scaled-up climate adaptation practices. 

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New financing streams can increase sector-wide investment in hard 
infrastructure—e.g., irrigation, energy, transportation, logistics—and soft 
infrastructure, e.g., human capital and the development of agricultural finance 
systems. The public sector can facilitate investments in the agricultural sector at 
scale through taking on some of the associated risk and helping to reduce the costs 
of serving micro, small, and medium enterprises and smallholder farmers. 
Rice 
will be a key priority. Examples of future target value chains include: sorghum, 
millet, wheat, sugar, and potatoes. 
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Gain a ‘fair share’ of export-orientated commodity value chains.
As an initial 
step toward reaching the top of target export-orientated value chains, the strategy 
will aim to support Africa in gaining its ‘fair share’ in key export-orientated value 
chains where a comparative advantage might exist. 
Promising value chains 
include those for which agro-ecological endowments uniquely position Africa to 
fill demand during periods of low supply in other exporting regions—e.g., 
horticulture products destined for North American and European markets—and 
those for which African producers dominate supply, such as in cocoa. Cashew will 
also be a key priority. Examples of future target value chains include: coffee and 
cotton.
The overall agribusiness environment should also be improved in order to 
expand access to regional and international markets.
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