The opportunity for Africa to become a major global food producer is unprecedented, and at the same time, smallholder farmers can make the transition from subsistence to commercial farming. Public private partnerships are the key to create momentum and real progress. AGRF will bring together leaders from governments in Africa, global enterprises, development agencies and world experts on agricultural development to drive partnership-action within five specific action-areas:

• The investment opportunity
• The policy environment
• Reducing the cost of finance
• Increasing agricultural productivity
• Increasing financial returns to farmers

The vision for the Forum is to drive transformative change through agricultural development. It focuses on promoting investments and policy support for agricultural productivity to drive income growth for African farmers in an environmentally sustainable way.