To implement the Regional Agricultural Policy, RAAF's work is built around 9 major thematic areas:
- Resilience, food, and nutrition security.
- Agricultural productivity and competitiveness.
- Livestock and pastoralism.
- Fisheries and Aquaculture.
- Environment, forests and conservation.
- Pest and pesticide management.
- Climate change and agroecology.
- Youth employability.
- Capacity building.