The Second Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture (2ACCA) Action Statement

The 2ACCA was organized and hosted in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 9th to 12th October 2018. The congress was attended by 501 delegates from 52 countries globally. African countries were represented by 37 countries, of which 4 were from North Africa, 9 from Eastern and Central Africa, 11 from Southern Africa, and 9 from Western Africa. The categories of the delegates were government 19%, farmers and farmer organizations 12%, research institutions and academia 29%, non-governmental organizations 24%, private sector 11%, and development partners 5%. 

The theme of the Congress was “Making Climate Smart Agriculture Real in Africa with Conservation Agriculture: Supporting the Malabo Declaration and Agenda 2063." The main purpose of the Congress was to foster knowledge sharing, learning, and building of public, private, and civil sectors’ support for the Africa-wide adoption of Conservation Agriculture systems as a basis for Climate Smart Agriculture in the implementation of the Agenda 2063.

At the conclusion of this Congress, delegates identified the key take-home messages for sharing at their respective spheres of influence. These are meant to reach all conservation agriculture stakeholders, players, and interest groups, including the African Union and its agencies, regional economic communities in Africa, national governments, policymakers, farmers and farmer organizations, the private sector, development partners (both bilateral and multilateral), research institutions and academia, non-governmental organizations, and the media. These take-home messages were clustered in a resolute document called Action Statement from Stakeholders of the Second Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture.