Strategy for agricultural transformation in africa

 
The activities of the Strategy will be focused toward four ambitious targets. 
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2025, Africa should be a net exporter of agricultural commodities, representing the substitution 
of ~US$110bn worth of imports. This shift will represent achieving self-sufficiency in key 
staples so that Africa can feed itself. While, in the long-run, the goal is for Africa to export 
certain commodities where it is competitive, the primary desired outcome related to this target 
is minimize the level of imports required to fill the current gap in food production. 
‘Undernourishment’ will have been eliminated; ~240m were undernourished in 2015 and is 
expected to grow to ~320m by 2025, all of them will enjoy access to adequate calories and 
nutrients. Up to ~130mn people will be lifted out of poverty, representing 25% of the ~550m 
that would be living below the poverty line
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by 2025. Finally, in pursuit of increased value 
capture, Africa will double its share of market value for select processed commodities. 
 
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 Established as those living under $1.25/day on a purchasing power parity basis

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Figure 9: High-Level Targets for Agricultural Transformation in Africa 
 
 
TARGET COMMODITY VALUE CHAINS FOR ACHIEVING SUCCESS 
 
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In the long-run, this Strategy will involve strengthening a broad range of value 
chains. However, in the near term, resources will be focused 
on selected priority 
agricultural value chains (AVCs) and related agro-ecological zones (AEZs)
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The prioritization 
of these AVCs and AEZs will be based on the following set of criteria:
Figure 10: Criteria for agricultural value chain prioritization 
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