Misryoum reports Guinea has launched the AgriConnect Compact with partners to boost agrifood systems, food security, and jobs.
Guinea’s government has unveiled the AgriConnect Compact, a new push aimed at reshaping how agrifood systems work and how jobs are created.
Misryoum says the Guinea AgriConnect Compact was announced in partnership with the World Bank Group and is designed to support a faster shift toward more sustainable agrifood systems.. The plan is also framed as a way to strengthen food and nutrition security and make agriculture a stronger engine for inclusive growth and industrialization.
A key thread running through the initiative is alignment with the 2040 Simandou Agenda, specifically its first pillar, which highlights agriculture and livestock as drivers for economic diversification, export development, and employment.
What matters here is coordination. When funding and reforms are planned together, it can be easier to tackle the bottlenecks that keep farmers and food businesses from growing.
Misryoum reports the compact brings together the government, the World Bank Group through the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, alongside technical and financial partners, the private sector, and producer organizations.. The approach is organized around three priorities: rural infrastructure, public reforms and investments, and efforts to mobilize private finance toward shared goals.
Within the compact, Misryoum says priority value chains have been identified, including rice and poultry, with maize and soybeans also highlighted as strategic inputs. In addition, the framework supports diversification and export-oriented value chains such as fonio and mangoes.
The focus on specific crops and supply chains is likely intended to turn policy into practical improvements for production and market access, rather than keeping efforts too broad.
In statements shared in the announcement, the World Bank Group’s Guinea resident representative described AgriConnect as a way to better align instruments and support a transformation of agriculture through reforms, public investment, and private sector engagement.
Guinea’s ministers also tied the compact to long-term food security goals and employment, including attention to youth and women.. The livestock ministry emphasized the poultry sector’s role in food security and import substitution, and said the initiative is expected to build producer capacity and improve access to essential inputs.
Misryoum adds that the compact sets targets for 2030, including improving food and nutrition security, creating large numbers of direct and indirect jobs in agricultural and agrifood value chains, reducing dependence on imports for staple foods, and developing export potential for products such as fonio and mangoes.
Finally, AgriConnect is presented as part of a wider global effort to help smallholder farmers increase income and better valorize their crops, a strategy that can matter for rural livelihoods even when it is implemented through national plans like Guinea’s.