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1 AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA P. O. Box 3243 Telephone: Fax: website: www. SC11318 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Twenty-Fourth Ordinary Session January 2014 Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA EX.CL/812(XXIV) Original: English REPORT OF THE HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON RENEWED PARTNERSHIP FOR A UNIFIED APPROACH TO END HUNGER IN AFRICA BY 2025 UNDER THE FRAMEWORK OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AFRICA AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 1 st July 2013; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2 Page 1 REPORT OF THE HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON RENEWED PARTNERSHIP FOR A UNIFIED APPROACH TO END HUNGER IN AFRICA BY 2025 UNDER THE FRAMEWORK OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AFRICA AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 29 th June - 1 st July 2013; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia SUMMARY 1. The High-Level Meeting (HLM), organised under the theme Toward African Renaissance: Renewed Partnership for Unified Approach to End Hunger in Africa by 2025 within the CAADP Framework, was aimed at agreeing on a common set of principles and concrete actions to eradicate hunger and malnutrition in Africa. The Meeting was convened by the African Union Commission (AUC), the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Instituto Lula (IL) of Brazil- with the political patronage and inspiration of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva. 2. The three-day meeting, attended by over 350 delegates from about 40 countries began with the Multistakeholder Dialogue on 29 th June, followed by a Ministerial Session on 30 th June and finally the Heads of State and Government session on 1 st July Dialogue between both the state and non-state actors, provided a platform for different stakeholders to share, exchange and define their strategies for engaging in a Renewed Partnership for Ending Hunger in Africa. 3. The HLM meeting discussed success in countries that have reduced the numbers of the hungry and distinguished high level political commitment, demonstrated through actions as a key ingredient in efforts to eradicate hunger. Highlighting the hungry are often within the unorganized segments of society, which may even not have the strength to say they are hungry, it called for social protection towards hunger eradication programmes and actions. The HLM emphasized that social protection, should not be viewed/designed from a welfare prism; rather it should aim at tapping on its productive potential towards bringing back marginalized segments of the society to economic productivity. The meeting underscored, the role of states and governments, calling upon re-prioritization of national budgets towards hunger eradication. It opined that while Africa should pursue home-grown solutions, there is no gain from reinventing the wheel as individual African countries are in the comfortable position of picking the best strengths from many systems, and adapting them to their own specific needs. 4. The aegis of the renewed partnership led to the adoption of a Declaration for ending hunger in Africa by 2025 by African and International Leaders in attendance. The Declaration, taking cognizance the diverse impact of hunger and malnutrition on the African economies, calls for (i) a combination of policies on sustainable agricultural development and social protection instruments to eradicate hunger; (ii) The need to mobilize internal budgetary resources for programmes intended to transform the food production sector and to set hunger eradication and institutional development as political objectives; and (iii) recognizes the role of a renewed partnership in bringing together states, non-state actors and communities in the common fight to eradicate hunger. 5. The Declaration underlined that eradication of hunger transcends the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development sectors, to include other sectors such as finance. It calls for building a strong coordinating mechanism at the highest level as necessary to

3 Page 2 facilitate country-level actions. The Declaration reaffirms the goals of the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) framework and commits to a Roadmap to be implemented primarily with Africa s own resources and calls upon Development Partners to strengthen their partnerships in the quest to realise the goal of eradicating hunger. 6. The meeting resolved that the decisions of the High-Level Meeting will be discussed by the January 2014 African Union Assembly, which will focus on agriculture and food security. SESSION I: OPENING REMARKS 7. In his opening remarks as Chair of session, H.E. Dr. Jose Graziano, Director- General of FAO, da Silva stated Africa needs the single most effective way to provide food to households. He pointed out that there was need for linking productive support to social protection. For this reason, FAO, AU and Lula Institute joined forces to partner around the End Hunger agenda. He disclosed that the Roadmap aimed at coming with approaches for specific, short and long-term needs of the vulnerable populations. We are not here to reinvent the wheel, but to renew our commitment toward ending hunger in Africa, he assured the meeting. 8. H.E. Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture African Union Commission welcomed delegates to the HLM and brought attention to existing disjointed efforts that had contributed to Africa lagging behind. This she noted, placed a high risk to the renaissance dream calling for a unified approach, anchored on the belief in self and optimism I, therefore, call upon all present to think and do things differently in order for us to arrive at pragmatic, feasible, viable and unified approaches to end hunger on the continent. She concluded by expressing utmost appreciation to the FAO Director General and President Lula for their leadership in coorganising with the AUC this very historic initiative. 9. State Minister of Agriculture of Ethiopia, Honourable Wondirad Mondefro, pointed out that due to external pressures it was difficult for the continent to achieve sustained and substantial economic growth. However, in the last decade some African countries managed to realize economic growth. He informed that Ethiopia realized a double-digit figure in its economic growth and that this growth had been improved after the country endorsed CAADP. He recalled the severe drought and its effects that plunged the country into severe state of food insecurity. The State Minister then gave some highlights of the countries robust development and poverty eradication strategies, including components of Ethiopia s Food Security Programme such productive safety nets, among others. He revealed to date more than 2.8 million people have graduated from the safety net programme. Noting, it was encouraging but not enough and it was opportune for the country to learn from Brazil, China and Vietnam and benefit from partnerships. SESSION II: FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA TOWARD ENDING HUNGER 10. Dr. Abebe Haile Gabriel, Director, Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture presented a paper titled Partnerships for Ending Hunger in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Best Practices for Scaling Up. He highlighted the

4 Page 3 paradox in the fact that a continent was dubbed as the fast growing was on the other side the most food insecure region of the world. He observed that increased food production does not necessarily guarantee freedom from hunger for the majority of the population. To eradicate hunger, Dr. Abebe outlined a number of key messages including owning the problem, belief in ourselves; avoiding excuses for inaction- lack of knowledge or lack of resources; learning from successful experiences and innovatively adapt them to our circumstance; need to take concrete actions; and holding each other accountable for our actions and results. 11. Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Chief Executive Officer of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), presented on recommendations of the Multi-stakeholder Dialogue Session of Day 1 (held on 29 th July 2013). She summed up the key messages from that session calling for: (1) institutionalization of Non-State Actors contributions; (2) accountability a key component in the unified approach to end hunger in Africa ; and (3) sustained high political will. SESSION III: EXPERIENCE FROM COUNTRIES IN ENDING HUNGER (ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA) China: 12. The Chinese Head of Delegation stated that his Government attached great importance to eliminate hunger and poverty. He stated that as 1.5 billion people in the world suffer from poverty, it was the responsibility of the international community to help in poverty alleviation and hunger reduction through provision of development aid. He underscored that the Chinese Government attaches great importance in eliminating hunger and poverty. He noted, in the spirit of South-South cooperation, China has helped African countries to increase their agricultural productivity through establishing technology transfers relations, machinery access and demonstration among others. China pledged its support to Africa to eradicate hunger and poverty. Vietnam: 13. The Vietnamese Head of Delegation informed the HLM that her country was a food deficit country during the 1970s and 1980s. Since 1986, Vietnam started the Renovation policy, which changed the direction of economic development in the agriculture sector. From a food- deficit country, Vietnam started exporting and then eventually became the second largest exporter of rice in the world. It was highlighted that the key elements of Vietnam policy were: (i) Consistent policy with strong political commitments; (ii) Comprehensive reform in accordance with the market mechanisms, making favourable conditions for the market inputs and outputs to function effectively; (iii) Enhanced investment for water management systems, ensuring irrigation for over 70% of the rice growing area; (iv) Investing into the seed selection programmes, developing a farmerfocused system of agricultural extension; and (v) Development of agricultural services, and building a household-credit scheme for farmers. Brazil: 14. The Minister of Agriculture of Brazil started by saying the government of Brazil since 2002 had embarked on a vigorous social policy programmes. She pointed out that it

5 Page 4 was crucial to allocate a share of the national budgets for social investment. Describing poverty and hunger as a complex and multi-dimensional issue, she described the Brazil conceptual framework of the Fôme Zero initiative and its policy framework, which covered the inclusive growth policy, agriculture development policy and social protection policy. She also uncapped the four approaches for ending hunger, namely; i) Access to food; ii) Income Generation through the Bolsa Familia programme; iii) Family Agriculture promotion; and iv) citizen participation and accountability. She highlighted achievement through: Network of smallholder farmers the Government supported the increase of agricultural credit lines and the reduction of banking expenditure and credit rate. In addition, the Government increased investments on Technical Assistance to improve the agriculture productivity. The guaranteed school feeding in rural areas giving a market for smallholder products through private sector and Government procurement resulting in increase of food production and income in rural areas. Bolsa Familia - Direct support to lower income households through receiving income transfer from the State. This increased by more than 100% the income of the lower income household. Poverty was significantly reduced. Job creation Twenty millions new jobs were created in 10 years with the Government setting a minimum wage above the inflation rate to maintain real income. EXPERIENCE FROM AFRICA Angola: 15. After 30 years of war, the Angola s economy and agricultural sector was weakened, leaving people extremely dependent on external food aid. However, since the return to peace in 2002, the fight against poverty and hunger eradication has been a top priority of the government and was included in government policy. Significant financial and human efforts were mobilized, especially to rehabilitate infrastructure namely - roads, schools and hospitals. Small-scale farmers are at core of this intervention and through these programmes. 16. The government introduced its rural development programme which included distribution of free seeds and farm inputs, small scale and large scale irrigation (with heavy youth and women involvement) and implemented its water for all component, targeting rural populations. This led to especially grain production increasing exponentially. The programme encouraged smallholders to access markets and witnessed the allocation of public resources to agriculture benefiting a large number of municipalities. As a result of all these interventions, Angola was able to attain the first MDG. Angola announced its contribution of 10 million dollars to the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund.

6 Page 5 Ethiopia: 17. Ethiopia has been working to eradicate poverty and hunger. Its effort to end hunger and poverty was based on its economic policy direction (ADLI), which focused on (i) ensuring rapid economic growth; (ii) promoting the development of a market-oriented economy; (iii) eliminating the country s food aid dependency; and (iv) enhancing benefits to the people. This is complimented by the rural development policy, which focuses more on labour intensive strategies and proper utilization of land. 18. The systematic implementation of the policies has seen the national GDP grow by over 10% in the last nine years and the numbers of people graduating from the safety net programme has seen annual increases. This is based on a strong leadership and government commitment; having long-term national vision and strategy prepared inhouse; complete integration of the food security programme with all the sectors and interventions and a focus on reducing vulnerability. Malawi: 19. It was noted that Malawi was allocating about 18-19% of the national budget to the agriculture sector, surpassing the 10% CAADP minimum and that investment had seen an annual agriculture growth rate of 6-8%. Areas of investment have been, among others, farm input subsidies, agriculture infrastructure programme and consistent high political commitment (e.g. the Presidential Initiative on Poverty and Hunger Reduction Programme). These resulted in improved food security and increased income with technology adoption. There were still some constraints on post-harvest losses, agriculture financing, commodity markets challenges and slow private sector response. Niger: 20. Niger was faced with considerable challenge of overcoming hunger and poverty, particularly due to drought and climate shocks. The Law recognises that all citizens should have access to food. Following this, the government developed a strategy to tackle natural disasters and support vulnerable people to tackle food insecurity. The Niger s strategy focuses on two aspects: (a) Increase of pastoral production, increase trade and food production, prevention of food insecurity by protecting the vulnerable and creating an enabling environment through priority investment planning. (b) Establishment of a mechanism to allow national leadership and inclusion of partners and also setting up teams at the household, village and town levels. 21. Within two years production increased by 49% and malnutrition decreased by 113%. The incidence of food crisis was reduced through the policies. The strategies based on productivity also took into account social issues, improvement of local markets to the most vulnerable and the increase of food production at the household level.

7 Page 6 SESSION IV: TRUST FUND FOR FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA AND OTHER FINANCING MECHANISMS 22. Ms. Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General/Knowledge, took delegates through the African Solidarity Trust Fund established during the 26 th FAO Regional Conference for Africa in Congo, Brazzaville in response to the crises in the Horn of Africa and Sahel. She reinforced that priorities of the fund were in line with CAADP and would promote South-South Cooperation, exchange of ideas and good practices in Africa and other parts and would promote women producers and entrepreneurs. It was noted that the Solidarity Fund would be governed through a Steering Committee, which will have overall oversight functions, with a secretariat based in Accra, Ghana and FAO would be the trustee agency. 23. She announced that the Solidarity Trust Fund had received contributions from the Government of Guinea (30 million Dollars) and that the Government of the Republic of Congo and the Republic of Angola had made pledges. KEY HIGHLIGHTS (i) (ii) Success recorded in countries that eradicated hunger, did not come about accidentally but, resulted from clear vision and goals, committed leadership, country ownership and concerted action by all. Paramount is exceptional leadership demonstrated by actions. While Africa should pursue home- grown solutions, there is no gain from reinventing the wheel. Individual African countries are in the comfortable position of picking the best strengths from many systems, and adapting them to their own specific needs. (iii) China, Brazil and Vietnam registered strong commitment to participate in the South-South cooperation to strengthen partnerships in CAADP implementation and eradication of hunger. HEAD OF STATES SESSION SESSION 1: Opening session 24. Opening remarks were made by Her Excellency the Chairperson of the AUC followed by the FAO Director General, His Excellency Lula Da Silva and His Excellency the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia. 25. H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, AUC Chairperson, welcomed delegates on behalf of the African Union Commission and reminded current statistics indicate that Africa is the only region in the world where the number of hungry people has increased in recent years. She stressed Africa cannot and should not accept hunger in whatever form it appears. She reiterated hunger is not just an issue of production and availability of food, but also an issue of distribution, storage, processing, access, affordability and quality which is also linked with public health and human resource development

8 Page 7 considerations. She has also stressed ending hunger and malnutrition is in our reach as Africa is commited to CAADP. Dr. Zuma Highliting a fundamental role of women in Agriculture, and reminded that faviorable program design adessing challenges for women is a precondition to end hunger and poverty in Africa. She called for, a new unified approach to end hunger in Africa noting action should not be left to the Ministry of Agriculture, or Economy only; it requires a multi-sectoral approach. 26. FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva highlighted the need for an integral approach to promote food security. He stated, "to achieve food security in a sustainable way, we must work with small-scale producers, helping them increase production and productivity, but we also need to look at access to food, and ensure that poor families have the means to produce the food they need or earn the income needed to buy their food." Graziano da Silva affirmed that FAO was commitment to rally behind African leadership to meet the goal of ending hunger in Africa by Former Brazilian President H.E. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva eloquently elaborated how hunger is not a consequence of any natural phenomenon but rather a social and cultural manifestation. He assured that it was possible and within our reach to eradicate hunger, in Brazil, Africa and in any other country. He pointed out that the overarching factor to this is political will and commitment. He advised that hunger eradication should be at the core of state policies and not something for winning elections. He emphasized hunger can be eliminated through appropriate policies and strong political will. "Those people who are hungry are often not organized; they do not belong to unions, do not have the strength to protest and do not even have the strength to say they are hungry If the State does not take care of these people, national budgets will be fully directed to the organized sectors of the society. 28. He informed the meeting that Brazil realized 14% annual GDP growth as a result of fighting hunger and in particular the component of wealth distribution. Otherwise, we will continue to provide relief and not economic growth, he assured. He added that the more we involve the civil society, the more we move toward economic growth. He said he was glad to note that some African countries already realized the first MDG of cutting poverty by half. He was emphatic the government needs to earmark a part of its budget for the poor. If this is not done, the problem of hunger will not be solved today, or by 2025, or never." 29. H.E Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia welcomed delegates on behalf of the Ethiopia people. Noting hunger and famine are complex phenomena, beyond food self-sufficiency, he called for a careful look at the root cause of hunger- poverty. He affirmed Africa could halt hunger and malnutrition calling for a unified approach that identifies scalable best practices within and outside Africa. He called on the international community to agree on a common roadmap to address the effect of climate change on sustainable development in

9 Page 8 Africa in order to eradicate hunger before declaring the high level meeting officially opened. SESSION 2: PROGRESS MADE ON DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICAN AGRICULTURE AND FOCUS ON THE NEXT DECADE AND ERADICATION OF HUNGER 30. H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, CEO of NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency noted the importance support by AU Member States and all stakeholders of the Implementation Road Map for eradicating hunger and poverty through the CAADP Framework. He highlighted the fact that the inadequate supply of energy on the continent was rather a regional than a national problem, which compromised the provision of health, education, and socio-cultural services, and in turn has a negative impact on agricultural productivity. Despite the priority project on energy PIDA being underway on the continent, he called for Member States to play a key role in investing ion renewable energy for increasing agricultural productivity and food productions. SESSION 3: DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS ROUND TABLE: 31. This session was titled: Partnerships in Ending Hunger in Africa It was moderated by Hon. Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria. 32. Panellists were H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo; H.E. John Kufuor; H.E. Ertharin Cousin the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), Dr. Michael Hailu of CTA, Mr. Laurence Lee and Mr. Marcio Porto. 33. H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo the former president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Founder and President of the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation argued that societies in Africa should consider utilizing indigenous locally produced staple food. 34. Mr. Marcio Porto from Embrapa, Brazil's Agricultural Research Corporation was of the opinion that the word research itself has seldom been mentioned during the conference while only public agricultural research can provide sustainable food security no country can live on imported technologies. He further argued that the best way to increase the attractiveness of the agricultural sector to the youth is to make available publicly funded research outputs. 35. Mr. Laurence Lee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation informed the agricultural portfolio at the foundation is the second behind health. He advocated for improving nutrition through supporting research and development in staple crops (cassava, maize, etc.), including conventionally breed seeds known as biofortification. Together with their health interventions, he believes the foundation can make a real and significant difference. 36. Dr. Michael Hailu, Director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) noted that information technology has a central role to play in

10 Page 9 fostering agricultural transformation process on the continent, acting at different levels and changing the way service delivery can be provided to rural farmers. 37. Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme underlined that the meeting was a unique and fruitful opportunity to engage with African leaders on the topic of food and nutrition security. She said, I am inspired by the evident commitment to addressing issues of food and nutrition security, which is key to achieving the Secretary General's zero-hunger goal. She added that together with the other Rome-based agencies, the UN remains committed to support the African Union and CAADP to implement food security programmes on the continent. Key Issues from the Roundtable Discussions: (i) Inability of GDP growth to translate in reducing hunger. (ii) A paradigmatic shift is required where agriculture is seen as a business rather than subsistence. (iii) The necessity to couple targeted food security with social policies. SESSION 3: HEADS OF STATES ROUND TABLE 38. This round table session was entitled, Commitment in ending Hunger in Africa. It was moderated by Dr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of UNECA. Panelists were Heads of States/ their representatives from Niger, Tanzania, Swaziland, Cameroon, Brazil, and Ethiopia. Key Issues from the Heads of State and Government Round Table Discussions: (i) Endeavour to transform abundant resources (labor, land, water etc.) into opportunities for economic development, poverty and hunger eradication. (ii) (iii) The African Population is predominantly the youth who often have little interest and no incentives to engage in agricultural activities. There is a need to invest in the youth to allow them contribute effectively to agricultural transformation. Political commitment is critical. Otherwise not much can be achieved. Countries need to explore ways to renew their political commitments to eradicate hunger. SESSION 4: CLOSING REMARKS 39. H.E. Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture African Union Commission read out the High Level meeting declaration (annex 1) that was anonymously adopted. 40. H.E Dr. Zuma invited the Vice President of United Republic of Tanzania, Dr. Mohammed Gharib Bilal, to close the High Level Meeting. Dr. Bilal thanked Dr. Zuma for the honor she gave him to close the meeting and reaffirmed that HLM had constituted a rare opportunity to take stock of the achievements reached; 10 years after the Maputo

11 Page 10 Declaration. He thanked on behalf of all Delegates the Organizers (AUC, FAO and Instituto Lula) for the three- days meeting that was enriched through discussions. He underlined that the outcomes of the meeting represent desire for action. He declared before the meeting officially closed. KEY MESSAGES (i) (ii) (iii) Adverse impact of hunger and malnutrition on the African economies highlighted with consensus the target of 2025 for ending hunger in Africa is well set. The need to mobilize internal budgetary resources for programmes intended to transform the food production sector, and to set hunger eradication and institution development as political objectives. The Renewed Partnership will help African countries learn from and adapt policies and practices that are already working in Africa, Asia and Latin America. ENDING HUNGER IN AFRICA: SUMMARY ROADMAP FOR ACTION 41. Member States represented in the High Level Meeting recommended that countries could take all necessary measures to rapidly achieve the following performance targets related to hunger: Eliminate hunger and poverty by 2025, i.e., in the same timeframe as that agreed for the Sustaining CAADP Momentum (SCM); In the countries fully implementing the Renewed Partnership s approach, reduce hunger by 40 per cent by 2017; Improve access to food all year round, thereby reducing the need for external food aid within 10 years; Elimination of under-five stunting in Africa, and improved nutrition of pregnant women and early childhood; Double the productivity of staples within 5-10 years, without compromising the environmental sustainability of farming systems; and Reduce food waste levels to no less than global averages, with the goal to further minimise them rapidly. 42. The initiative builds on the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Programme (CAADP) and combines its agricultural production focus with interventions in social protection, so that populations that are currently marginalized or dislocated (whether rural or urban) can re-engage in economic life.

12 Page 11 KEY PRINCIPLES (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Strong leadership Critical determinant of success in ending hunger: Underlined, is that, all ambitions, goals and targets will fall short if not promoted and supported by high-level political ambition. Strong leadership is a critical determinant of success in ending hunger. To successfully achieve sustained and accelerated economic transformation in general and mastery of agriculture, unwavering commitment of the national leader is fundamental. The renewed partnership: Support and engagement of the many actors in Africa s vibrant society, including the contributions of entrepreneurs, civil society organizations, cooperatives and academia, will lead to the betterment of all in the continent. The Renewed Partnership aims to offer brokerage/facilitation of access to the most suitable best practice approaches for Africa to select, adapt and learn from. The partnership recognises that one cannot successful apply a one size fits all approach to all. National funding is key to ending hunger: African governments should reprioritise ending hunger, which has economic benefits in their budgets. Institutional arrangements to co-ordinate: A key need is for institutional arrangements at the highest level, to coordinate many government agencies beyond agricultural sector institutions. This is the only way to harness the total energy required for hunger eradication and offer a good chance to engage both central and decentralised governments as well as local communities. COMMENDATIONS AND ENDORSEMENT OF THE INITIATIVE 43. Several Members States commended and endorsed the initiative to eradicate hunger after sharing their own countries experiences and success stories. COUNTRIES REPRESENTED 44. The following Countries were represented in the High Level Meeting on Ending Hunger in Africa: Algeria - Benin - Brazil - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cameroon - Cape Verde - China - Congo - Comoros - Cote D Ivoire - Ethiopia - Equatorial Guniea - Gabon - Gambia - Ghana - Japan - Italy - Kenya - Liberia - Madagascar - Malawi - Mozambique - Morocco - Namibia - Niger - Nigeria - Rwanda - Senegal - Seychelles - South Sudan - Sudan - Swaziland - Togo - Tunisia - Uganda - United States - Vietnam - Zambia - Zimbabwe.

13 Annex 1 DECLARATION Towards African Renaissance: Renewed Partnership for a Unified Approach to End Hunger in Africa by 2025 under the Framework the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme

14 Annex, Page 1 DECLARATION Towards African Renaissance: Renewed Partnership for a Unified Approach to End Hunger in Africa by 2025 under the Framework the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme The High Level Meeting on Renewed Partnership for a Unified Approach to End Hunger in Africa jointly convened by the African Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Lula Institute. We, the Heads of State and Government of African Union Member States, together with Representatives of international organizations, civil society organizations, private sector, cooperatives, farmers, youths, academia and other partners concerned with ending hunger in Africa, met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 30 th June to 1 st July 2013 to explore innovative and actionable measures for putting an end to hunger in Africa; Recognizing that Africa has witnessed economic growth of unprecedented proportions, coinciding with improved governance contributing to significant achievements in the fight against hunger in a number of countries; Recognizing that about 25 percent of the African population (around 245 million persons) do not have enough food to meet their basic nutritional needs and between 30 to 40 percent of children under 5 years continue to suffer from chronic undernutrition; Recognizing that a large number of households continue to face food insecurity and malnutrition due to low food availability, income and unemployment, risk and vulnerability, poor access to basic services, including health, water, sanitation and education; Recognizing that women smallholder farmers, constitute the majority of food producers, but remain vulnerable and require targeted support; Reaffirming the significant role of agricultural education, training and research and development in the evolution of African agricultural science agenda, technologies and innovation platforms in the advancement of the vision of a food-secure Africa Noting that, despite the tremendous potential of Africa for improving agricultural (crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry, in regard to crops) productivity in the continent remains on average the lowest among developing regions with only 6 percent of cultivated area equipped for irrigation onn the entire continent compared to 20 percent at the global level; Noting that the African private sector is an under-utilized resource that needs to be leveraged to fully participate in African agricultural transformation; Recognizing that an alarming number of rural households in Africa face economic marginalization due to limited access to critical inputs, resources, services, markets and infrastructure and exposure to risk;

15 Annex, Page 2 Recognizing that the problems of hunger and food insecurity in Africa are multifaceted and multidimensional and are likely to persist, unless we, as leaders work together with key stakeholder in the broader society to ensure that bold, urgent, determined and concerted actions are taken by our Governments and the broader society, given the anticipated increase in Africa's population and the pressure on natural resources including climate change; Recalling the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the World Food Summit Plan of Action (1996) for achieving food security for all through an ongoing effort to eradicate hunger in all countries, as well as our commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); Recalling the July 2003 Maputo Declaration which adopted the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) as the framework for addressing Africa s agricultural development and food security challenges in a coordinated fashion; Recognizing that the development of CAADP was a unique collective achievement of Africa with the aim of reducing hunger and poverty through agricultural development; Taking note of the United Nations Secretary General s Zero Hunger Challenge (2012) and recognizing the successes of hunger eradication programmes in other parts of the world and the importance of social protection in achieving this objective; Recognizing that sustainable food and nutrition security and social inclusion require that our economies grow and we eradicate poverty; Recognizing the great potential for African Agricultural development, the growing youth population and the availability of large land and water resources that can be used for agricultural production at large including livestock, crop,fisheries and forestry; Recognizing that ending hunger in Africa requires renewed partnerships under a unified approach and with high level political commitment; Noting that African Union, FAO, the Lula Institute and broader Non-State Actors are committed to actively supporting the implementation of this Declaration: 1. DECLARE our resolve to end hunger on our Continent by 2025 in line with the process of sustaining the CAADP momentum. 2. PLEDGE our political commitment to end hunger and, to this end, UNDERTAKE: a) To work with and mobilize our societies and institutions, both public and private, for a renaissance in Africa that generates prosperity for all Africans; b) To strengthen systems for inter-sectoral collaboration among institutions and for co-operation with non-state actors (farmers organizations, civil

16 Annex, Page 3 society, academia, and private sector) for the implementation of this agenda; c) To increase and reprioritize public investment in agricultural development especially in elements that catalyzes private investment in the sector; d) To compliment measures for increased agricultural productivity with social protection with attention to nutrition while ensuring environmentally sustainability; e) To commit targeted budget lines within national budgets for social protection to enable the poor to re-engage in economic activity; f) To increase support for youth as a guarantee for future agricultural prosperity as well as for smallholders, especially women, by making the sector attractive and by removing obstacles to effective performance.; g) To guarantee the right of access to land and water resources and to improve capacity for their sustainable management. 3. REAFFIRM our commitment: a) To accelerate implementation of the Maputo Declaration of July 2003 on Agriculture and Food Security in Africa as outlined within the CAADP framework; b) To promote access to national funds as well as existing funds that support CAADP and to encourage Member States to also contribute to the catalytic Africa Solidarity Trust Fund for Food Security, launched in Brazzaville in April 2012 during the FAO Africa Regional Conference. c) To initiate joint actions to mainstream and operationalize the Renewed, Unified Approach to End Hunger in Africa into the CAADP and related processes. d) Ensure increased citizen participation in the design, development and implementation of policies and intervention as well as in monitoring delivery on commitments and accountability. 4. REQUEST AUC, FAO the Lula Institute with full engagement of Non- State Actors: a) to support the Renewed Partnership to End Hunger in Africa by the year 2025; b) to support the AU Member State Governments in the adoption, adaptation and up-scaling of best practices as appropriate towards advancing agricultural progress across Africa; c) to promote and strengthen South-South cooperation by public institutions and Non-State actors for action and learning within the Renewed Partnership; 5. REQUEST Development Partners to strengthen the renewed partnership for ending hunger in their cooperation with Africa within the CAADP framework; 6. REQUEST the African Union Commission in co-operation with appropriate stakeholders including non-state actors:

17 Annex, Page 4 a) Establish a multi-stakeholder platform, representative of the African society, which acts as an advisor for this renewed partnership and related matters. b) Apply the CAADP mutual accountability framework to the monitoring and assessment of progress towards ending hunger by 2025 including facilitating and supporting adequate national joint sector reviews. c) Develop advocacy strategies and messages in pursuing and Sustaining the CAADP Momentum d) Honor every three years countries and selected stakeholder that makes significant progress or contribution towards ending hunger. 7. RENEW our commitment to achieving the objective of the High Level Meeting on Renewed Partnership to End Hunger in Africa, and COMMIT ourselves to the roadmap to be implemented primarily with our own resources and with the assistance of our technical and development partners. Done at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this 1 st day of July 2013

developing regions with only 6 percent of cultivated area equipped for irrigation onn the entire continent compared to 20 percent at the global level;

developing regions with only 6 percent of cultivated area equipped for irrigation onn the entire continent compared to 20 percent at the global level; DECLARATION Towards African Renaissance: Renewed Partnership for a Unified Approach to End Hunger in Africa by 2025 under the Framework the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme The High

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