Three partnership priorities for building productive, resilient, and sustainable agri-food systems in Africa

Vianney Dequiedt (), Audrey-Anne de Ubeda, Andrea Dsouza () and Jean-Marc Gravellini
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Vianney Dequiedt: FERDI - Fondation pour les Etudes et Recherches sur le Développement International, CERDI - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UCA - Université Clermont Auvergne
Audrey-Anne de Ubeda: FERDI - Fondation pour les Etudes et Recherches sur le Développement International
Andrea Dsouza: FERDI - Fondation pour les Etudes et Recherches sur le Développement International
Jean-Marc Gravellini: FERDI - Fondation pour les Etudes et Recherches sur le Développement International

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Abstract: African agriculture employs 45% of the continent's working population and accounts for 21% of its GDP. Yet the sector's technical and economic performance remains insufficient, both to meet the continent's growing food needs and to fully leverage its key position within global food and industrial value chains. Every exogenous shock - financial crises, COVID-19, and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East - highlights and exacerbates this situation, which is characterized by deep-seated structural constraints: rapid population growth, climate change, soil degradation, infrastructure deficits, insecurity, and weak institutional frameworks. The Kampala Declaration set ambitious targets for 2035 - increasing production by 45%, halving post-harvest losses, tripling intra-African trade, and mobilizing $100 billion - but achieving them requires enhanced coordination between public and private, African and international actors. Building productive, resilient, and sustainable African agri-food systems is a shared challenge for Africa and Europe. Ferdi identifies three areas of focus with significant multiplier effects and, for each, a priority for action at the Africa Forward Summit.

Keywords: agri-food systems; Africa; African agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-05-05
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