In 2003, the members of the Second Africa Union Assembly held in Maputo, Mozambique, signed a Declaration on Agriculture and Food Security that called for a pan-African flagship programme of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD): the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). CAADP principles and goals were to stimulate production and ensure food security for the continent’s people.
In June 2014, as Heads of State came together in Malabo, in Equatorial Guinea, for the 23rd African Union Assembly, they reiterated that agriculture and food security remains high on their agenda. Building on the Maputo decade, they signed the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods. The signatories of the Malabo Declaration committed themselves to allocating at least 10 percent of national budgets to agriculture and to aim to achieve 6 percent annual growth in the agricultural sector. The Declaration also broadens the scope of the original CAADP agenda and includes the following:

•    It is to also take account of areas in related sectors that are required for agriculture growth;

•   More inter-sectorial cooperation and coordination is necessary and should be fostered through suitable and effective coordination mechanisms;

•    The need for inter-sectorial cooperation under CAADP increases the role of central government agencies in CAADP country implementation, in particular that of Ministries of Finance and Planning, or National Planning Commissions;

•    The emphasis on implementation, results and impact is increased.

A CAADP National Agriculture Investment Programme (NAIP) is a plan developed through the CAADP process by African countries to guide public expenditure in their agricultural sectors. It is the key national vehicle for the implementation of CAADP and for achieving the Malabo Declaration targets. The NAIP aims to generate results on three levels.

      Level 1 – Agriculture’s Contribution to Economic Growth and Inclusive Development

      Level 2 – Agricultural Transformation and Sustained Inclusive Growth

      Level 3 – Strengthening Systemic Capacity to Deliver Results

The development and implementation of NAIPs, following the process laid out by CAADP, will help each country to:

•    meet its Malabo commitments;

•    ensure that all programmes relating to agriculture are coordinated and aligned with the Malabo commitments;

•    enable accounting and monitoring of NAIP results.

Click on this link to see or download an annotated outline of a NAIP.