(n)
4.
5.
promote and encourage private sector participation in
agricultural commercial activities and provision of support
services.
The implementation of this Article shall be in accordance with the
existing and any other relevant instruments that may be approved
by the Council.
The Partner States undertake to establish an Agricultural
Development Fund.
6.
The purposes of the Agricultural Development Fund shall be to:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
promote sustainable and competitive agricultural production;
finance agricultural capital investment and working capital;
finance agricultural mechanisation and inputs;
facilitate access to credit by all categories of farmers and
agricultural entrepreneurs especially small‐scale farmers and
agricultural entrepreneurs;
facilitate financing for value addition and processing capacity;
and
cater for any other financing requirement in the agricultural
sector.
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