Assembly/AU/Dec. 135(VIII) Page 2 9. ENCOURAGES Member States to promote public sector investment in agriculture related infrastructure, particularly regarding water, irrigation, electricity and roads through public-private partnership and CALLS UPON Africa based development banks and financial institutions to improve access to soft loans, small loans and grants; 10. CALLS UPON Member States to initiate the implementation of the African Regional Nutrition Strategy and the NEPAD African Nutrition Initiative by 2008 with focus on long-term household food security and ending child hunger and under-nutrition; 11. CALLS UPON the Commission, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Secretariat and the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) to establish a system for selecting and prioritising key AU and NEPAD Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) related to previous Summit commitments; 12. FURTHER URGES Member States to take ownership of important commitments by way of formalizing and institutionalising them, including making adequate resources available.