The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has its annual report under the title “Harnessing the Private Sector for Food Systems Transformation in Africa”.

The report emphasizes the crucial role of the private sector and in particularly micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), in transforming Africa's food systems. These MSMEs form around 85% of the volume of the private sector agri-food value chains in Africa, with an enormous volume of food. These enterprises are mainly active on domestic urban and rural food markets and sub-regional markets. The report identifies credit as one of their main constraints to growth. 

The report recommends that the primary policy action should support the agrifood private sector in the area of “blood and bones” of the food system, meaning basic hard and soft public infrastructure, such as: good roads, wholesale markets, energy, water, information and telecommunications infrastructure. These include phytosanitary regulations and services that help firms enter and effectively compete in export markets.  These basics are necessary for the enterprises to be able to establish themselves, grow and be competitive.

Furthermore, it stresses the importance of coordinated government efforts to create an enabling environment through better governance, security, and implementation of agro-industrial policies. The report recommends a two-pillar overarching strategy for policy, focusing on structural and customized competitiveness, and coordination and integration in policymaking. It emphasizes the need for a coordinated agro-industrial policy approach.