The 2018 High Level Policy Dialogue on Transforming Africa’s Agriculture was held from the 20th to the 22nd of November in Maputo, Mozambique. The 2018 High-level Policy Dialogue for Africa was a collaborative effort of four organizations – the Food, Agriculture and Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), the Graça Machel Trust (GMT), the Mandela Institute or Development Studies (MINDS), and Center for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA) together with local, regional and global partners – engaged in transformative and sustainable agenda aimed at ensuring a food and nutrition secure African continent based on active and meaningful engagement of women and the youth.
192 delegates from 21 countries attended the Policy Dialogue. The delegates represented the following stakeholder groupings:
• 24 (13%) Government representatives;
• 6 (3%) Intergovernmental Organizations;
• 66 (34%) Civil Society;
• 29 (15%) Research Institutions;
• 10 (5%) Private Sector;
• 11 (6%); Farmer Organisations;
• 5 (3%) Donors; and
• 34 (18%) not disclosed.
With regard to specialised groups 40 (21%) Youth and 77 (40%) Women attended the 2018 Regional Policy Dialogue.
The 2018 Regional Policy Dialogue was anchored on the following sub themes:
• Nutrition and food systems
• Climate resilient agriculture
• Policies to transform African agriculture
• Youth communities of practice