Strategy for agricultural transformation in africa

 
Table 1: Enablers and key activities for agricultural transformation 
Enabler 
Key activities 
#1: Increase
Productivity
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Drive large scale dissemination of productivity raising technology
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Support further development of R&D tailored to African context and enhanced public 
agricultural research capacity 
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Catalyze increases in input intensity and capital intensity of agriculture to drive 
productivity, through market incentives and catalyzing creation of private sector 
input supply
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Reduce post-harvest waste and loss to raise level and cost effectiveness of production
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Coordinate investments into market structures: inputs / agro-dealer businesses, 
production, agro-processing and storage markets to drive overall competitiveness of 
value chains
#2: Realize the 
value of increased 
production
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Catalyze investment into activities to add and fully realize production value
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Coordinate investments into market structures: inputs / agro-dealer businesses, 
production, agro-processing and storage markets to drive overall competitiveness of 
value chains

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Support / create market governance mechanisms (marketing boards, market 
corporations, business groups) to facilitate overall value chain governance
#3: Increase 
Investment into 
enabling Hard &
Soft
Infrastructure
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Increase the availability of finance for investments into hard infrastructure (roads, 
energy, water, logistics) that support the feasibility and cost competitiveness of 
scaling agricultural production and agribusiness
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Focus on develop rural infrastructure to both improve potential output and connect 
farmers to other value chain actors and markets 
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Develop ICT platforms to support financial transactions, disseminate market 
information, and support value chain modernization
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Develop the level of human capital in agribusiness by attracting talent and developing 
skills. 
#4: Catalyze 
flows of 
increased 
Agricultural
Finance
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Catalyze and crowd-in funding from partners requiring risk mitigation or proof that 
returns are realizable
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Set up facilities to reduce the risk and cost to serve under-financed areas of the 
agribusiness sector and increase financial inclusion
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Develop structured finance facilities to leverage private (including institutional) 
capital into the agribusiness sector to provide adequate financial resources to scale 
agribusiness
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Promote regional trade by increased access to trade finance 
#5: Create an 
improved 
Agribusiness
Environment
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Advise and provide support to RMCs to put in place efficient regulation and 
legislation to enable private-sector-led development of agribusiness
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Build national institutional capacity to develop and implement policy, as well as to 
monitor and evaluate gains in agriculture (through relevant ministries, para-statals, 
and others) 
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Provide forums for coordination across private, public and donor actors to foster 
market linkages and learning and replication of best practice 
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Promote regional trade through policy reform, removal of existing barriers, and 
training and capacity building around quality standards for export
#6: Increased
Inclusivity, 
Sustainability, and 
Nutrition
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Launch funding programs that will increase the availability of financing and 
participation of under-represented actors in agribusiness, with particular focus on 
women and rural populations
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Support development of a young class of future ‘agripreneurs’, through training and 
financing
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Strengthen farmer institutions, including cooperatives and unions
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Promotion of climate-smart agriculture among farmers and enterprises through 
funding and demonstration of the value of CSA approaches; incentivize adoption 
through long-term investments
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Investment into country-level infrastructure and training and coordination of major 
institutions to meet CSA targets
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Scale up and replicate successful programs to raise access to quality nutrition and end 
hunger, including community-based nutrition programs to promote breast-feeding and 
nutrient supplements for infants and children in their first 1000 days; vouchers or 
subsidies for biofortified maize, cassava, and other staple food; school meal programs; 
and advocacy for greater RMC government allocation to nutrition interventions
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Support increased production of nutrient-rich foods 
#7:
Coordination of 
actors as a