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The province has established a team of experts from different sectors to spearhead the resuscitation of agriculture in the province. The development is in response to calls by the African Union Commission (AUC) that all countries on the continent should reposition agriculture as a top priority as a way of fighting hunger and poverty.
AUC and the New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad) came up with an initiative, the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) that would coordinate all efforts to reposition agriculture as the mainstay of African economies.
Speaking at the establishment of the province’s team in Mafikeng recently, Nepad’s planning and coordinating agency representative Dr Tobias Takavarasha said: “Agriculture is one of the core priority result areas for Nepad and it is through effective implementation of the programme’s objectives that agriculture would be best positioned as an engine for growth.”
The provincial CAADP team was tasked with among other things facilitating processes that would culminate into the signing of the CAADP compact at national level, the designing of agriculture and food security investment plans, which would outline provincial priorities and financial requirements for these plans.
Takavarasha said the team would also need to foster public-private sector partnerships by stimulating the private sector to support the programme in various ways and advocating the alignment of other activities, policies and programmes with the CAADP.
Some of the members of the team are from agricultural unions, community based organisations, financial institutions and government departments.
In her address to the team, provincial agriculture head of department Dr Mmamakgaba Mogajane promised that necessary support would be given to enable the team to perform its duties.
She urged the team to maintain constant communication on progress made in implementing their terms of reference.
Department MEC Desbo Mohono said she was confident the team would work hard to make sure the province’s inputs would be included in the national CAADP because agriculture is one of the main pillars of the local economy.
“We have placed the future of the province’s agriculture in your hands and we remain confident that you will use your experience in agriculture as your yardstick in taking stock of what we have in the province and identifying gaps that must be bridged.”
The province has established a team of experts from different sectors to spearhead the resuscitation of agriculture in the province. The development is in response to calls by the African Union Commission (AUC) that all countries on the continent should reposition agriculture as a top priority as a way of fighting hunger and poverty.
AUC and the New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad) came up with an initiative, the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) that would coordinate all efforts to reposition agriculture as the mainstay of African economies.
Speaking at the establishment of the province’s team in Mafikeng recently, Nepad’s planning and coordinating agency representative Dr Tobias Takavarasha said: “Agriculture is one of the core priority result areas for Nepad and it is through effective implementation of the programme’s objectives that agriculture would be best positioned as an engine for growth.”
The provincial CAADP team was tasked with among other things facilitating processes that would culminate into the signing of the CAADP compact at national level, the designing of agriculture and food security investment plans, which would outline provincial priorities and financial requirements for these plans.
Takavarasha said the team would also need to foster public-private sector partnerships by stimulating the private sector to support the programme in various ways and advocating the alignment of other activities, policies and programmes with the CAADP.
Some of the members of the team are from agricultural unions, community based organisations, financial institutions and government departments.
In her address to the team, provincial agriculture head of department Dr Mmamakgaba Mogajane promised that necessary support would be given to enable the team to perform its duties.
She urged the team to maintain constant communication on progress made in implementing their terms of reference.
Department MEC Desbo Mohono said she was confident the team would work hard to make sure the province’s inputs would be included in the national CAADP because agriculture is one of the main pillars of the local economy.
“We have placed the future of the province’s agriculture in your hands and we remain confident that you will use your experience in agriculture as your yardstick in taking stock of what we have in the province and identifying gaps that must be bridged.”
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