A community meeting in a field

Breaking Silos: Implementing the CAADP Kampala Strategy

ILRI Event
Press Conference Room
17:00 ~ 19:30

 

ILRI co-event

The CAADP Kampala Declaration is Africa’s bold commitment to transform its agri-food systems by 2035 but this tranformation will only happen if we break entrenched silos and act together. This requires systems thinking and a shift towards a more holistic approach on agri-food transformation, emphasizing diets and nutrition as important outcomes of improved livelihoods, resilience, and sustainability, by responding effectively to poverty, climate, and environmental challenges. This transformation depends on breaking down long-standing silos across sectors,  crops, livestock, and fisheries, health, climate, water, and environment, as well as institutions spanning multiple sectors, and bridging the gap between research, policy, and society.

Progress reporteded in the 4th CAADP Biennial Review shows that member States are advancing on several targets, yet persistent gaps in cross-sector coordination, effective use of evidence  and investment coherence hinder full implementation.

This session will bring together Member States, regional institutions, research and policy actors, technical cooperation partners, and the private sector to explore practical ways to operationalize the CAADP Kampala Declaration and ensure that the mutual accountability from the CAADP-BR process practically informs and directs the progress needed.

Drawing on country experiences such as Feed Salone in Sierra Leone and the Ethiopia Food Systems Transformation and Nutrition (whole of government and society approaches to drive food system transformation) and examples drawn from Zambia, Rwanda and Tanzania, the session will highlight how integrated governance, coordinate technical cooperation, and aligned monitoring systems can support transformative food systems action.

The session will also highlight the importance of high-quality, demand-driven support, collaboration, and coordination approaches that can drive visible, accountable progress toward national and continental agrifood transformation goals.