VICTORIA, Seychelles — Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment Flavien Joubert led the Seychelles delegation at the African Union Extraordinary Summit on the Post-Malabo Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), held in Kampala from 9 to 11 January.
Since its establishment in 2003, CAADP has played a crucial role in driving agricultural transformation across Africa. The programme aims to increase food security and nutrition, reduce rural poverty, create employment, and contribute to economic development while safeguarding the environment. At the Thirty-Seventh Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly in February 2024, heads of state and government recognised that the continent is not on track to meet the Malabo CAADP goals and targets adopted in 2014 for achievement by 2025.
The summit therefore endorsed the draft Kampala CAADP Declaration, Strategy and Action Plan, which will provide a vision for transforming Africa’s agrifood systems for the period 2026-2035. Ministers said the new framework is intended to be more responsive to climate pressures, supply chain shocks and the need to feed a fast-growing population.
For Seychelles, where domestic agriculture is small-scale and food import dependence is high, the post-Malabo agenda is being watched closely by policymakers and farmers alike. The Ministry said the country’s input into the negotiations focused on the particular vulnerabilities of small island states.
