Kampala - Angolan President João Lourenço arrived in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, on Friday to attend the African Union's Extraordinary Summit on the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) on Saturday.
João Lourenço was welcomed at Entebbe International Airport by Ugandan authorities and Angolan Foreign Minister Téte António, among others.
The Angolan Head of State will lead the work of the Summit in his capacity as First Vice-President of the Bureau of the Assembly of the African Union (AU).
The African Union Extraordinary Summit on the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program began on Thursday and will end on Saturday. It is being attended by presidents of various African countries or their representatives, as well as experts in agriculture (forestry, fisheries and livestock), rural development, water and environment.
Representatives of youth, women and development partners will also participate.
CAADP has been a key framework for transforming agriculture in Africa since its launch in 2003 with the Maputo Declaration, where African leaders committed to allocating at least 10% of public spending to agriculture to achieve a 6% annual growth rate in agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
The program is in line with the Agenda 2063 of the African Union, an organization created on May 26, 2002, when its Constitutive Act came into force, replacing the Organization of African Unity (OAU) created in 1963.
Today, the continental organization brings together 55 African countries. HM/VIC/DAN/AMP
