Assembly/AU/ /Decl.1(XXIII) Page 5 d) to improve nutritional status, and in particular, the elimination of child undernutrition in Africa with a view to bringing down stunting to 10% and underweight to 5% by 2025. IV. Commitment to Halving Poverty by the year 2025, through Inclusive Agricultural Growth and Transformation 4. We resolve to ensure that the agricultural growth and transformation process is inclusive and contributes at least 50% to the overall poverty reduction target; and to this end we will therefore create and enhance the necessary appropriate policy, institutional and budgetary support and conditions: a) to sustain annual agricultural GDP growth of at least 6%; b) to establish and/or strengthen inclusive public-private partnerships for at least five (5) priority agricultural commodity value chains with strong linkage to smallholder agriculture; c) to create job opportunities for at least 30% of the youth in agricultural value chains; d) to support and facilitate preferential entry and participation for women and youth in gainful and attractive agri-business opportunities. V. Commitment to Boosting Intra-African Trade in Agricultural commodities and services 5. We commit to harness markets and trade opportunities, locally, regionally and internationally, and to this end we resolve: a) to triple, by the year 2025, intra-African trade in agricultural commodities and services; b) to create and enhance policies and institutional conditions and support systems: to simplify and formalize the current trade practices; to fast-track the establishment of Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) and transition to a continental Common External Tariff (CET) scheme; to increase and infrastructure; facilitate investment in markets and to promote and strengthen platforms for multi-actors interactions; trade