{"id":58761,"date":"2015-11-30T23:59:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T21:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/african-union-commission-and-one-africa-sign-mou-on-the-development-of-agriculture-food-and-nutrition-security\/"},"modified":"2015-11-30T23:59:03","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T21:59:03","slug":"african-union-commission-and-one-africa-sign-mou-on-the-development-of-agriculture-food-and-nutrition-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/african-union-commission-and-one-africa-sign-mou-on-the-development-of-agriculture-food-and-nutrition-security\/","title":{"rendered":"African Union Commission and ONE Africa sign MoU on the development of agriculture, food and nutrition security"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 30, 2015\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ —
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The Africa Union Commission (AUC) and the ONE Campaign today formalized the partnership between the two institutions by\u00a0\u00a0 signing a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the development of agriculture, food security and nutrition across Africa, amongst other common development objectives the two organizations share.<\/p>\n

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The MoU was signed by the AUC\u2019s Commissioner of Rural Economy and Agriculture, H.E Tumusiime Rhoda Peace and the interim Executive Director of ONE Africa, Ms. Nachilala Nkombo, at the AUC Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

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The partnership seeks to ensure that\u00a0 ONE\u00a0 is enabled to systematically support\u00a0 the AUC to eradicate poverty in Africa by\u00a0 building supportive grassroots and\u00a0 relevant civil society\u00a0 platforms that follow up\u00a0 the development and implementation of AU Member States\u2019 decisions and commitments aimed at\u00a0 fast-tracking\u00a0 social and economic development in Africa, for example, the 2014 Malabo Declaration.<\/p>\n

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ONE has already been active in supporting the African Union Commission particularly since 2012. In 2013, in collaboration with the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture (DREA), it launched its independent agriculture accountability report that demonstrated progress in African governments meeting their Maputo commitments to invest at least 10% of their budget in the agriculture sector. In 2014 and 2015, ONE mobilised civil society, private sector, grassroots citizens and political leaders in supporting and promoting the 2014 AU Year of Agriculture and Food Security, as well as the 2015 AU Year of Women Empowerment and Development towards the AU Agenda 2063.<\/p>\n

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During the signing ceremony, H.E Tumusiime thanked and commended ONE for its advocacy work and campaigning for poverty reduction, disease prevention and control and other social causes in Africa.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe signing of this MoU marks a significant milestone in our relationship and also in our collective bid to promote agricultural development and reduce poverty in Africa. Majority of our people are farmers; so any effort to boost agriculture has a positive effect on their incomes and wellbeing,\u201d she said. \u201cSince your organization is very much concerned about poverty reduction in Africa, the Commission will work with you in achieving some of the targets envisioned under the Malabo Declaration.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ms. Nkombo said, \u201cWe are thrilled by the formalisation of this partnership. It is a reflection of ONE\u2019s commitment to support the Africa Union\u2019s Agenda 2063 and its Sustainable Development goals commitments in the Member States.\u00a0 We laud the AUC\u2019s efforts to promote principles of transparency and economic governance, and in particularly the creation of opportunities for civil society, the youth, and women to participate in decision-making.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She highlighted that in addition to advocacy in AU Member States, investing in women and agriculture, and the fight against HIV\/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis were also important areas where ONE\u2019s unique advocacy model could help engage African citizens, so that they in turn, could urge and encourage their leaders to accelerate progress towards the end of poverty by 2030.<\/p>\n

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