For the past two decades, the African agricultural policy landscape underwent a significant structural transformation. The first decade was shaped by the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) under the Maputo Declaration in 2003 and under Malabo Declaration in 2014 known as the Declaration on “Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved livelihoods” This adoption engaged the continent around seven(7) Commitments, designed to achieve transformation by 2025: (i)  recommitment to CAADP principles and values, (ii) enhancing investment finance in agriculture, (iii) ending hunger by 2025, (iv) halving reducing poverty by half, by 2025, through inclusive agricultural growth and transformation, (v) boosting intra-Africa trade in agricultural commodities and services, (vi) enhancing resilience of livelihoods and production systems to climate variability and other related risks, and (vii) mutual accountability to actions and results. An attendant CAADP Results Framework 2015-2025 (hereafter, “Results Framework”) was developed as a key tool for translating Africa’s agricultural development vision and goals into tangible outcomes and for tracking, monitoring and reporting on progress as well as for facilitating mutual learning and accountability. This resulted in a set of Technical Guidelines on “Country CAADP Implementation Guidelines under the Malabo Declaration” was developed based on a long participatory process and approved by member states in April 2016 during the 12th CAADP PP meeting. Since the launching of these guidelines, the AUDA NEPAD as a lead institution of the process is mobilizing support to countries and RECs to domesticate the Malabo declaration. After four (4) years of implementation of these guidelines, it is timely to conduct a thorough assessment and document the main lessons learned from the NAIP and RAIP formulation and implementation in order to inform future operations. This study seeks to engage key CAADP constituencies across several countries and RECs to conduct a thorough assessment of and document the main lessons learned from the NAIP and RAIP  formulation and implementation to inform future operations.

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