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Guiding the sector’s operations in the face of different cross-cutting issues that
affect the agricultural sector, such as climate change, gender, youth, vulnerable
groups including persons with disabilities, and HIV/AIDS.
National Agriculture Investment Plan 2018
60. The National Agricultural Investment Plan (NAIP) is the medium-term investment
framework for the agricultural sector covering a five-year period (FY2017/ 2018FY2022/2023. The NAIP provides a framework to coordinate and prioritise investments
by various government agencies, Development Partners (DPs) and None State Actors
(NSA) in the sector. It is the successor framework built on achievements and lessons
learned under the Agricultural Sector Wide Approach (ASWAp), which was
implemented from 2011/2012 to 2015/2016 financial years.
61.
In particular, the NAIP is guided by the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural
Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods signed by
the Heads of State in June 2014. NAIP is the main implementation vehicle for the
National Agriculture Policy (NAP) and as such, it places emphasis on strengthening
implementation capacities and coordination of various actors involved in its
implementation. This includes alignment with related policies and investment
frameworks in areas such as trade, resilience, climate change, nutrition and social
protection; and also improved coordination within the agricultural sector as well as
strengthening the prominent role of NSAs and the private sector. Whilst the Ministry of
Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development (MoAIWD) will be the lead
implementing agency, other ministries will also play important roles in its
implementation.
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The NAIP focuses on public investments, while recognising that broad-based agricultural
growth must be driven by investments of private actors, ranging from smallholder
farmers to companies engaged in input supply, production and value addition. The NAIP
recognises that willingness of these actors to invest depends on an enabling policy and
investment environment. As such, the framework supports critical policy, legal and
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