Strategy for agricultural transformation in africa

In general, the first two roles will require the Bank to be more involved in 
both the initial development and the rollout of an initiative, while the latter role 
assumes that another partner may develop the initiative and require financial, 
convening, advisory, or other support to bring it to scale across different countries.
While the Bank will take a flexible approach to its role depending of the specific needs at 
the country and commodity level, Table 3 provides guidance for when it will tend to 

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catalyze transformation as an orchestrator or architect vs. scaling and replicating 
transformative initiatives. The Bank will focus its efforts on those initiatives for which it 
plays the role of orchestrate/design; within this list, it will prioritize an even smaller set of 
10-15 based on country demand. Most of these initiatives will not be set up as independent 
programs upfront; rather, they will be scaled across RMCs as requests are received. The 
Table in Annex IV provides more detail on each of these initiatives. Level 2 of the results 
framework presented in Annex III captures that associated targets specific to the Bank. 
Table 3: Likely AfDB roles across proposed initiatives 
Enabler 
AfDB Role 
Name and description 
Enabler #1: 
Increased 
Realized 
Productivity 
Orchestrate/ 
Design 
 
 
TAAT:
increase investment into agriculture research and technology 
dissemination
Inputs finance and agro-dealer network development:
expand input finance 
and connect groups of farmers to buyers
Mechanization Program: 
establish facility for on-farm mechanization leasing
Scale/ 
Replicate 
Develop 
agro-dealer supply systems
Support wide-scale deployment of innovative