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IX.
A Call for Action
9.
We commit to an expedient process of translation of these commitments into
results; and to this end we call upon:
a)
the AU Commission and NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
(NPCA) to develop an implementation strategy and roadmap that facilitates
translation of the 2025 vision and goals of Africa Accelerated Agricultural
Growth and Transformation into concrete results and impacts, and report to
the January 2015 Ordinary Session of the Executive Council for its
consideration;
b)
the AU Commission to fast-track the operationalization of the African
Investment Bank;
c)
the AU Commission and RECs to facilitate the acceleration of economic
integration to boost intra-Africa trade in food and agriculture;
d)
the AU Commission and NPCA, in collaboration with partners:
to develop mechanisms that enhance Africa‟s capacity for knowledge
and data generation and management to strengthen evidence based
planning and implementation;
to institutionalize a system for peer review that encourages good
performance on achievement of progress made in implementing the
provisions of this Declaration and recognize biennially exemplary
performance through awards;
to conduct on a biennial basis, beginning from year 2017, Agricultural
Review Process, and report on progress to the Assembly at its
January 2018 Ordinary Session.
e)
the African stakeholders, including farmers, pastoralists, fishers, private
sector operators in agriculture, agribusiness and agro-industries, civil society
organisations, and financial institutions, to rally behind the realization of the
provisions of this Declaration and take advantage of the huge opportunities
that it presents;
f)
the African Agricultural Research and Knowledge Institutions to vigorously
support the realization of this agenda through an integrated and coherent
manner, building on national systems and capacities;
g)
the Development Partners to rally and align their technical and financial
support in a harmonized and coordinated manner to support the
implementation of the provisions of this Declaration.