Communique of the Strategic Dialogue on CAADP 2026-2035

On April 15, 2026, African Food Changemakers (AFC), in partnership with Community Action for Food Security (CAFS) Africa, convened a high-level Partners Roundtable Dialogue in Abuja, Nigeria. The convening brought together a diverse group of stakeholders across the agrifood ecosystem, including development finance institutions, donor agencies, government representatives, private sector actors, and agribusiness leaders, to address a critical and persistent gap: How can Africa translate agricultural policy into scalable, profitable agribusinesses? This question sits at the heart of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) 2026–2035 agenda. While CAADP has long provided a strong policy framework for agricultural transformation, stakeholders acknowledged that implementation has not kept pace with ambition, particularly at the enterprise level.

As Ebere Okoh noted:
“Africa does not lack frameworks. What we are struggling with is execution —especially where it matters most: at the level of businesses.” The dialogue was therefore positioned not as another policy conversation, but as a deliberate effort to bridge the gap between policy and enterprise execution.

Full Article: https://afchub.org/documents/articles/COMMUNIQUE-CAADP-ROUNDTABLE.pdf