AGRF 2021 Summit
The AGRF 2021 Summit is critical for Africa’s agriculture and as a defining moment to highlight and unlock many of the political, policy, and financial commitments and innovations the continent has achieved and needed to advance the commitments made at the Malabo Heads of State Summit and towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Food is the critical link required to tackle some of the world’s major crises including hunger, poverty, and climate change, but we must act quickly guided by research and data on what works and what doesn’t. The AGRF Summit will provide a platform for governments and communities; including youth, women, civil society, and other stakeholders around the world to discuss their food systems; and identify ways to strengthen such systems. To achieve global impact, we must be guided by local actors – leaders and innovators who have created evidence-based solutions that have been tailored for the local context and taken to scale. This way we will be successful in achieving positive results for everyone, everywhere.
Collaboration across actors will be key to achieving transformation. That is why this year’s AGRF Summit is closely aligning with the UN Food System Summit (UNFSS) to raise global awareness and catalyse momentum towards the commitments made. As part of the Summit’s contribution to the UNFSS, the AGRF Summit aims to elevate the single coordinated African voice to the UNFSS and identify immediate actions and steps that need to be taken to accelerate progress and recovery towards inclusive agricultural transformation.
Our Impact
Delegates
Investment priorities
Countries
Partnership meetings
Virtual Sessions
Organisations
Thematic Platforms
Agri-investment & SME finance
Target outcome
Increased public and private investments in agriculture; stronger pipeline of deals and SMEs ready for investment
Regional trade
Target outcome
Increased public and private investments in agriculture; stronger pipeline of deals and SMEs ready for investment
Rural & Market development
Target outcome
Expanded local agroindustry and value chain development; improved policy and investments in agriculture, particularly for irrigation, mechanization, value addition.
Food systems & nutrition
Target outcome
Improved food and nutrition security.
Resilience & adaptation
Target outcome
Improved food and nutrition security.
Policy & state capability
Target outcome
Effective and inclusive policy design and implementation; strengthened capacity for evidenced based planning, implementation and review.
Youth employment in agriculture
Target outcome
Expanded local agroindustry and value chain development inclusive of youth; improved and scaled youth policies and programs
Women in agriculture
Target outcome
Expanded local agroindustry and value chain development inclusive of women.
Agtech & Digitalization
Target outcome
Increased capacity to generate, analyse, and use data, information, knowledge, tools, and innovations.
Inputs
Target outcome
Stronger and sustainable agricultural input systems; Increased agriculture production and productivity
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Affiliates
Partners
The AGRF Partners Group is made up of 26 leading actors in African agriculture all focused on putting farmers at the center of the continent’s growing economies.
The AGRF Secretariat is hosted by AGRA on behalf of partners; itself an African-led institution that works in 11 countries across the continent. The Government of Rwanda serves as a long-term host of the forum, championing its agenda throughout the year and hosting the annual Summit in all even years, i.e. 2020, 2022 and 2024. The Chair of the AGRA Board, also serves as Chair of the AGRF Partners Group.
