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Chapter 10 – An Action Plan for Building Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems in Africa

Key Messages

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This chapter contains priority actions and next steps for building resilient and sustainable food systems in Africa for four sets of actors: (i) African governments; (ii) pan-African development organizations; (iii) international development partners; and (iv) the private sector.
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In some cases, where the policy actions or modalities of implementation are not clear, this chapter identifies the necessary steps to generate the evidence to subsequently guide and inform the required policy actions.
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The overarching theme is that Africa needs to step up and take the reins from others, however well intentioned, who have been directing the flows of international assistance for decades. There is no substitute for African-led processes in local research and development, local policy formulation and implementation, and local institutional development. International partners cannot develop Africa by themselves, but they can contribute substantially if Africans and African organizations truly take ownership and lead the process.