JOB HARVESTS
Policy Innovations for Inclusive Agrifood Employment in Africa.
The Malabo Montpellier Forum provides a platform to facilitate dialogue and exchange among high-level decision-makers on African agriculture, nutrition, and food security and to promote policy innovation using evidence produced by the Malabo Montpellier Panel, a group of 13 leading African and international experts in agriculture, ecology, nutrition, and food security.
The Forum Co-Chairs are H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki, African Union Special Envoy for Food Systems and Former Prime Minister of Niger, and H.E. Dr. Assia Ben Salah Alaoui, Ambassador at Large to His Majesty King Mohamed VI of Morocco. The Forum meets twice a year, and every meeting is guided by a technical report prepared by members of the Malabo Montpellier Panel.
Themed Job Harvests: Policy Innovations for Inclusive Agrifood Employment in Africa, the Panel's forthcoming report fexamines employment in Africa’s agrifood systems and rural economies through the lens of structural transformation. It identifies key barriers and opportunities for creating more inclusive, productive, and decent employment across agrifood value chains. The report also includes three country case studies on Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Nigeria – countries that have shown progress in their employment landscape – showcasing their institutional and policy innovations and programmatic interventions that have contributed to this progress, serving as potential models for replication and scaling up successful interventions.
The 18th Forum will provide a platform for policymakers and stakeholders to discuss the report’s findings and identify practical policy pathways for transforming agrifood systems into engines of decent work, inclusive growth, and rural transformation. The event will be conducted in two parts: a technical session drawing on the findings and recommendations from the Panel’s report, and a high-level policy roundtable with senior representatives from African governments.
The Malabo Montpellier Panel is jointly facilitated by AKADEMIYA2063 and the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn.
