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T e next phase of the project will support
the domestication of the Agriculture Devel-
opment Fund and its facilities by Member
States through improved access to data and in-
formation and provision of advocacy materi-
als on agricultural investments funding; policy
dialogue and capacity development in
agribusiness and value-chain development;
and knowledge management, technologies
and sharing of good practices.

Regional Agro-Processing Value Chains
A study prof ling regional agro-processing
value chains in the SADC region, supported
Participation of Private and Public Sectors f nancially by German Technical Coopera-
in RAP tion (GIZ), was completed in the fourth
T e SADC Secretariat, in collaboration with quarter of 2018/19 and validated by Member
the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation States in April 2019. T e study recom-
(FAO), is implementing a Technical Cooper- mended 15 product-specif c value chains
ation Project to support the development of which were selected as having the highest
value chains, through engagement of small- potential for upgrading and development in
holder clusters, producer organisations and the region for increased intra-regional trade
agricultural industrial associations. T e over- and for integration into global value chains.
all objective of the project is to promote pub- T e selected value chains include:
lic-private sector partnerships in the • Grains (maize, wheat and rice);
development and implementation of agri- • Oil seeds and legumes (soybeans, oils and
businesses and agri-food chains in the SADC oilcake, sunf ower seed and oil, sesame,
region that are more inclusive and ef cient. cotton seed, groundnuts and dried beans);
T e specif c objectives of the project are to: • Other crops and livestock (cotton, biomass 73
• Undertake an assessment of capacity needs and poultry); and
and ef ective practices in the business mod- • Meat (cattle and goats).
els of smallholder agriculture clusters; To promote the implementation of the se-
• Develop a platform for exchange of lessons lected value chains, the SADC Secretariat con-
learned; and vened a meeting in November 2019 in Dar es
• Organise a consultation and validation Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania with
workshop of SADC Value Chain players on support from GIZ, to identify and agree on
the promotion of agriculture cluster busi- key strategic actions to bridge the gap between
ness models and platform development. supply and demand of products in the value
T e project shed some light on the status chains and identify projects for investment
of private sector involvement and participa- and promotion. T e projects form part of the
tion in agriculture value chains in the region, projects matrix to be included as an annex to
and organised the inaugural SADC/FAO An- the T ree-year Rolling Plan. T e meeting was
nual AgrInvest Regional Roundtable, held in attended by more than 90 delegates from the
Cape Town, South Africa in November 2019 region, representing all SADC Member States
and attended by more than 60 participants except Comoros, Madagascar and Mauritius,
representing the private sector, farmer organ- the private sector including farmer organisa-
izations, public sector, the SADC Secretariat tions, chambers of commerce, producer asso-
and FAO. T e aim of the roundtable was to fa- ciations, processing companies, a seed
cilitate dialogue with, and obtain feedback company, and the World Bank.
from, the region’s agricultural private sector as Four value chains were selected during the
well as to catalyse deeper and more inclusive Dar es Salaam meeting as representing the
regional agricultural value chains and a com- highest potential for further development in
munity of private-sector stakeholders in the the region. T e selected value chains are for
region who can engage on a continuous basis wheat, rice, soybeans and cotton.
to provide feedback, inputs, support and re- T e meeting recommended a number of
sources (including investment) towards the key actions at regional level to support in-
delivery of the aims of the RAIP and Agricul- creased agricultural production and trading.
ture Development Fund (ADF). T ese include fast-track implementation of