A decade of CAADP has brought progress across the continent but too few returns on agriculture spend in most countries
In July 2003, African leaders meeting in Maputo, Mozambique, committed to allocating 10% of their national budgets to agriculture by 2008, and to increasing annual agricultural growth to 6% of GDP. Their aim: to eliminate hunger, and reduce poverty and food insecurity. Their instrument of choice: the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (Caadp), a platform that brings together key players - including the government, the private sector and civil society - at national, regional and international levels to improve co-ordination and share knowledge.
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