The document summarizes the African Landscapes Action Plan which aims to develop policy and programmatic plans to scale up landscape initiatives across Africa using a holistic, cross-sectoral approach. The approach seeks to achieve agricultural, environmental, and rural livelihoods outcomes simultaneously.

1. The African Landscapes Action Plan
Results of Landscapes for People, Food &
Nature in Africa Conference, Nairobi July
2014
April 16, 2015
Beating Famine Conference
Hayo Haanstra ministry Economic Affairs NL
Constance Neely ICRAF

4. Rationale
● to develop a coherent set of policy and programmatic
plans to scale up landscape initiatives in Africa;
● to apply a holistic, cross-sectoral landscape approach
to achieve agricultural, environmental and rural
livelihoods outcomes simultaneously