Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)

The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme, CAADP is about bringing together diverse key players - at the continental, regional and national levels - to improve co-ordination, to share knowledge, successes and failures, to encourage one another, and to promote joint and separate efforts to achieve the CAADP goals. CAADP aims to help African countries reach a higher path of economic growth through agriculture-led development.

CAADP's vision : Through NEPAD, CAADP addresses policy and capacity issues across the entire agricultural sector and African continent. CAADP is entirely African-led and African-owned and represents African leaders' collective vision for agriculture in Africa. This ambitious and comprehensive vision for agricultural reform in Africa aims for an average annual growth rate of 6 percent in agriculture by 2015.

By 2015, African leaders hope to see:
• Dynamic agricultural markets within countries and between regions in Africa;
• Farmers taking part in the market economy and enjoying good access to markets so that Africa, capitalising on its comparative and competitive advantages, becomes a net exporter of agricultural products;
• A more equitable distribution of wealth for rural populations - in terms of higher real incomes and relative wealth. Rural populations will have more equitable access to land, physical and financial resources, and knowledge, information and technology for sustainable development;
• Africa as a strategic player in agricultural science and technology, meeting the growing needs and demands of African agriculture; and
• Environmentally sound agricultural production and a culture of sustainable management of natural resources as a result of better knowledge, more information and the application of technology.

Location:	Midrand - South Africa
Desc:	CAADP - a programme of the New Partnership for Africa\'s Development (NEPAD). CAADP is the Africa owned and Africa led initiative working to boost Agriculture productivity in Africa.
Category:	Agriculture - Ethnic and Regional - African
Tags:	Caadp - African Agriculture Development Programme - Agriculture Programme - Africa Agriculture Development - African Agriculture - African - Agriculture - African Agriculture Programme - African Agriculture Information - Africa Agriculture Program - African Agricultural Science - Nepad - Agriculture Productivity In Africa

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