Overview

The need to boost participation of Non State Actors in the CAADP process The Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) is Africaʼs development model for agriculture led socio-economic growth that will create wealth, tackle poverty and reduce hunger. Agriculture is a broad sector that goes to embrace many Non State Actors such as farmers, agribusinesses, producer organisations, and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). CAADP recognises that to transform African agriculture in each country or region, it is imperative to build broad and inclusive coalitions committed to improving the sectorʼs policies, programming and institutions. State and Non State Actors must work together in partnership. Working in partnership can be a new and unfamiliar way of doing business for State and Non State Actors alike. The established structures, processes and working cultures are often not conducive to effective participation by Non State Actors. This can result in distrust and antagonism between State and Non State Actors, rather than fostering the new forms of partnership vital to transforming agriculture; founded on common vision, driven by collective responsibility, and clearly demonstrating synergies, complementarities, and mutual accountability.