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    Opinion: 2025, a year for Africa's pivot to sustainable agriculture

    The “Predictions for Global Development” series offers insight from thought leaders for the year ahead. For the African continent, 2025 holds promise for a sustainable food systems transformation.

    By Agnes Kalibata // 16 December 2024

    Photo by: Pylaia Chembe / UNDP Zimbabwe / CC BY-NC

    2025 is poised to be a pivotal year for Africa’s agricultural transformation. With robust frameworks and evolving technologies, the continent is well-positioned to drive a shift toward sustainable, resilient, and inclusive food systems.

    Africa stands on the cusp of a transformative era, with several robust frameworks poised to reshape its food systems. The upcoming African Union’s Extraordinary Summit, scheduled for Jan. 9-11, 2025, will play a critical role in this journey as leaders convene to adopt the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme, or CAADP, strategy and action plan for 2026-2035. This landmark event aims to set in motion a 10-year agenda to build strong and resilient agrifood systems that drive agricultural growth, transformation, and improved livelihoods across the continent.

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      Agnes Kalibata has served as the president of AGRA since 2014, where she leads the organization’s efforts with public and private partners to ensure a food-secure and prosperous Africa through rapid, inclusive, sustainable agricultural growth, improving the productivity and livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers in Africa. Prior to joining AGRA, Kalibata was Rwanda’s minister of agriculture and animal resources, and from 2019 to 2021, Kalibata served as the special envoy of the U.N. secretary-general for the 2021 Food Systems Summit.

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