Members of the African Union recognized this in 2003 in Maputo, Mozambique, pledging to increase spending on agriculture to at least 10% of national budgets. Although eight countries have met or surpassed that target, the continent as a whole has not.
非盟成员国2003年在莫桑比克的马普托就此达成一致，承诺至少拿出10%的国家预算用于追加农业投资。 虽然有8个国家都达到或者超越了这一目标，但非洲大陆作为一个整体却没有完成任务。