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to strengthen and streamline the coordination mechanism that will
facilitate the promotion African common position on agriculture-related
international trade negotiations and partnership agreements.
VI.
Commitment to Enhancing Resilience of Livelihoods and Production
Systems to Climate Variability and other related risks
6.
We commit to reduce vulnerabilities of the livelihoods of our population through
building resilience of systems; and to this end we resolve:
a)
to ensure that, by the year 2025, at least 30% of our farm, pastoral, and
fisher households are resilient to climate and weather related risks;
b)
to enhance investments for resilience building initiatives, including social
security for rural workers and other vulnerable social groups, as well as for
vulnerable ecosystems;
c)
to mainstream resilience and risk management in our policies, strategies
and investment plans.
VII.
Commitment to Mutual Accountability to Actions and Results
7.
We commit to a systematic regular review process, using the CAADP Results
Framework, of the progress made in implementing the provisions of this
Declaration; and to this end we resolve:
a)
to conduct a biennial Agricultural Review Process that involves tracking,
monitoring and reporting on progress;
b)
to foster alignment, harmonization and coordination among multi-sectorial
efforts and multi-institutional platforms for peer review, mutual learning and
mutual accountability;
c)
to strengthen national and regional institutional capacities for knowledge and
data generation and management that support evidence based planning,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
VIII.
Strengthening the African Union Commission to support delivery on these
commitments
8.
We will strengthen the capacity of the African Union Commission to help it fulfil
the growing roles and mandates we have been ascribing to it, through this
Declaration as well as other relevant previous Declarations and Decisions; and to
this end we invite the Chairperson of the Commission to submit a proposal with a
view to enhancing the institutional capacity of the lead Department as well as
other relevant units, for consideration and approval by the January 2015 Ordinary
Session of the Executive Council.