Strategy for agricultural transformation in africa

2. STRATEGIC APPROACH TO AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION IN
AFRICA 
GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES
2.1 
The African Agriculture Transformation Strategy will be guided by the following 
principles:
 
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Country ownership
: The interventions in RMCs will be aligned with national and regional 
plans and strategies. National CAADP ‘compacts’ and ‘investment plans’, where they exist, 
will be the starting point for national transformation efforts; 
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Leveraging the private sector
: Leveraging investment by the private sector at the global, 
regional and national levels by catalyzing project co-financing and ‘crowding in’ private 
sector operators. This will require a conducive policy, along with the necessary institutional 
and legal environments for private sector development to take place;
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Development results and value added
: Particular attention will be paid to concrete results 
while at the same time ensuring that its participation generates sufficient value added. To 
foster this approach, existing collaborative arrangements between all parties will be crucial; 
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Inclusivity and sustainability
: assuring gender equality and sustainable outcomes will 
underpin all investments and sector dialogue actions;
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Partnerships
: Collaboration among the different stakeholders operating in the agriculture 
space including development partners, private sector entities, community institutions, and 
civil society entities is important. In particular, partnership will be forged to address areas 
where partner engagement will be emphasized; 
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Taking to scale: 
This will entail replicating, advancing and taking to scale, pockets of 
successful programs and projects that abound across Africa in order to fully realize the their
transformational impacts;
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