{"id":3466,"date":"2020-02-03T08:07:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T08:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gracamacheltrust.org\/?p=3466"},"modified":"2020-02-03T08:07:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T08:07:31","slug":"promote-crop-diversification-to-avert-the-impact-of-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/nutrition-highlight\/promote-crop-diversification-to-avert-the-impact-of-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Save the Date: Discussion on promoting crop diversification to avert the impact of climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What is the Malabo Declaration?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods is a\u00a0set of new goals showing a targeted approach to achieve the agricultural vision for the continent which is shared prosperity and improved livelihoods by 2025. It was adopted by African Union Heads of State and Government in June 2014 at the 23rd Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly.<\/p>\n

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Purpose<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Declaration commits leaders to a set of actions that will accelerate agricultural growth and transformation across Africa, a re-commitment to the principles and values of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme <\/em>(CAADP). Governments are then required to track implementation of their commitments using the adopted mutual accountability framework.<\/p>\n

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Biennial Review<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The first biennial review report came out in January 2018 tracking process<\/strong> from 2016-2017.\u00a0 In January 2020, the second biennial report will be launched to track progress that has been made by member states since the first biennial report.<\/p>\n

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The Seven Themes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The report will cover the following critical themes:<\/p>\n

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  1. Re-commitment to CAADP process<\/li>\n
  2. Enhancing investment finance in agriculture<\/li>\n
  3. Ending hunger by 2025<\/li>\n
  4. Halving poverty through agriculture by 2020<\/li>\n
  5. Enhancing resilience to climate variability<\/li>\n
  6. Boosting intra-African trade in agriculture commodities<\/li>\n
  7. Mutual Accountability for action and result.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    2017 Progress Report<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Out of the forty seven (47)<\/strong> Member States that reported progress in implementing the Malabo declaration, only twenty (20)<\/strong> reported to be on-track for achieving the commitments by 2025. The twenty countries, which obtained the minimum overall score of 3.94 out of 10 to be on track; Benin (4.3), Botswana (4.4), Burundi (4.7), Burkina Faso (4.2), Cape Verde (4.6), Ethiopia (5.3), Kenya (4.8), Malawi (4.9), Mali (5.6), Mauritania (4.8), Mauritius (5.0), Morocco (5.5), Mozambique (4.1), Namibia (4.1), Rwanda (6.1),<\/strong> Seychelles (4.0), South Africa (4.1), Swaziland (4.0), Togo (4.9), and Uganda (4.5).<\/p>\n

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