From Addis to Action: Turning Africa’s agrifood systems commitments into impact

11/05/2026

Quote from the workshop: “The Africa we want will not be built on our ambitions alone – it will be built on what we do next” – Kennedy Ayason, Principle Policy Officer, AUC-Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Environment (AUC-ARBE)

🌿Convened by the GIZ Global Programme Sustainable Agricultural Systems and Policies (AgSys), the Peer Learning Workshop on CAADP Kampala Implementation is taking place from 11-13 May in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The workshop aims to strengthen country ownership and foster lasting partnerships that support continued exchange and collaboration.

🌱 The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Kampala Agenda – including the Declaration and the Strategy and Action Plan (2026-2035) – was adopted in January 2025. It is the African Union’s core continental framework for transforming agrifood systems. It builds on the commitments and lessons of the Maputo (2003) and Malabo (2014) declarations to carry CAADP into a new decade.

🫱🏽‍🫲🏽Participants include delegates from six GIZ AgSys partner countries (Cameroon, Kenya, Zambia, Togo, Nigeria, Madagascar), two bilateral GIZ CAADP projects (Namibia, Uganda), the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), and the African Union Commission’s Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and Sustainable Environment (ARBE), academia and civil society organisations.

📅 ️Centered on peer exchange, problem-solving, and practical follow-up, the workshop focuses on developing concrete actions and sustainable peer-support mechanisms. Specifically, it seeks to:

  • connect partners from ministries, development agencies, academia and civil society;
  • drive cross-country learning;
  • diagnose implementation bottlenecks;
  • align ongoing interventions;
  • and define feasible actions and cooperation pathways.