The CAADP Africa Forum is a platform of exchange for people working in agriculture across the continent. It is meant mostly for farmers and farmer representatives, but also for policy makers, manufacturers, traders, retailers, financiers, development workers and others who work in, with or for African agriculture.

The 2014 CAADP Africa Forum on Family Farming is part of the commemorations of the 2014 AU Year of Agriculture and Food & Nutrition Security and is also linked to the 2014 UN Year of Family Farming. Under the overall forum theme of Family Farming, the detailed content of the forum is directly linked to the AU Year of Agriculture and Food Security.