- Engaging smallholder farmers and ensure environmental sustainability through their investments;
- Partnering with others to promote a harmonized approach and improve synergies within and across priority value chains;
- Maintaining engagement, communication and support for the SAGCOT Centre Ltd;
- Contributing to the resolution of policy and infrastructure constraints; and
- Considering new and innovative financing mechanisms.
- Inform private and public investment about partnership opportunities as well as priority policy reforms to achieve the SAGCOT objectives;
- Track progress, through monitoring and evaluation, within the partnership, ensuring follow up of partner commitments and progress towards their objectives;
- Encourage and facilitate active participation of the private sector in promoting a cohesive partnership;
- Promote policy and regulatory reforms necessary for achieving SAGCOT objectives;
- Derive lessons, adopt approaches to cluster planning and partnership facilitation, and to communicate on behalf of the SAGCOT Partnership; and
- Promote the SAGCOT partnership, and its opportunities, to a wider audience and array of both regional and international partners.