Strategy for the Transformation of the Agri-Food Sector 2025/26–2030/31.

The Strategy for the Transformation of the Agri-Food Sector 2025/26–2030/31 (STAS) aims to address the seven commitments of the Malabo Declaration and the key objectives of the CAADPe Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) of the African Union (AU), including the allocation of at least 10% of public expenditure to agricultural investment and the achievement of annual agricultural growth of 6%. The STAS calls for integrated planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation across the public and private sectors. The STAS is a vehicle for implementing actions to address the priorities of the Agri-food Sector. It aims to accelerate the implementation of critical policy, legal and regulatory reforms in the agricultural sector. The STAS aims to prioritise investments in the agricultural sector to accelerate agricultural transformation, economic growth and poverty reduction.
The STAS has four interrelated pillars, each covering several intervention areas: Pillar 1 focuses on production, productivity and agribusiness, covering the various agricultural sub-sectors. Pillar 2 addresses food and nutrition security and human capacity, with a particular focus on women, youth and vulnerable groups. Pillar 3 addresses sustainable resource management as a foundation for resilience to climate change, looking at land, soil, water and bush biomass. Finally, Pillar 4 presents the enabling environment requirements, recognising that the success of all the above depends on capable, effective and responsive institutions and actors. Thus, Pillar 4 covers policy and regulatory frameworks, data collection and monitoring, agricultural services and infrastructure, and the institutional arrangements needed for good governance in the Agri-food Sector.