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Role of NEPAD-CAADP in increasing investment in
agriculture
NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
Agriculture Engine of Growth in Africa
DEVELOPMENT REGION
% OF PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY
% REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF POOR IN RELATION TO A 1% INCREASE IN CROP YIELD
EAST ASIA 15 0.48
SOUTH ASIA 40 0.48
AFRICA 46 0.72
LATIN AMERICA
16 0.10
A 1% increase in staple crop yield can lift 2 million people out of poverty in Africa (Thirtle et al. 2003)
NEPAD Agency’s Advocacy Roles• A CAADP framework - 4 pillars
– University of Zambia and CILSS, supported by the TerrAfrica Partnership, jointly coordinated development of the Pillar 1 Framework
– Conference of Ministers of Agriculture in West and Central Africa (CMA/WCA) on the Pillar II framework;
– University of KwaZulu Natal and CILSS on Pillar III framework; – FARA on the Pillar IV Framework.
• RECs & SROs mobilized in support of Regional Investment Plans in Agriculture
NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
Advocacy Roles – pillar lead institutions
• Provide technical assistance to countries to help them for successful incorporation of pillar frameworks into agric investment plans
• develop clear mechanisms with which to understand and respond to country information-knowledge needs in CAADP implementation
• Identify and develop practical and systemic arrangements to nurture and sustain capacity and expertise based on and linked to existing Knowledge Centres
NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
Advocacy Roles – implement policy
• NEPAD Agency has been advocating for full implementation of Maputo Declaration– Increased public expenditure (10% of budget)
• Involvement of private investors • Coordination in Development Partners’ actions• Greater involvement of the Civil Society• CAADP Compacts signed in 20 of SSA countries
NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
Link to COMPACT status http://www.nepad-caadp.net/library-country-status-updates.php
• Ethiopia • Rwanda • Liberia • Sierra Leone • Ghana • Mali • Niger • Togo • Burundi • Nigeria
NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
• Cape Verde • Burkina Faso • Benin • Senegal • Gambia • Cote d'Ivoire• Uganda • Swaziland • Malawi • Tanzania• ECOWAP Regional Compact
NEPAD’s Strategic Alliance with AGRA
• 4 ‘pilot’ countries with investment plans linked to NEPAD’s CAADP: – Tanzania – CAADP Compact signed July 2010– Ghana – CAADP Compact signed Oct. 2009– Mali - CAADP Compact signed Oct. 2009– Mozambique – CAADP Compact in process
NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
Countries’ Compact Investments Plans • Founded on evidence-based analysis; inclusive consultations
which identified national priorities, intervention areas to serve as growth options
• Enabling the countries determine own priorities via an inclusiveness process
• Providing for innovative home-grown solutions – countries in charge of own development
• Linked to in-depth, objective scrutiny of best implementation arrangements with associated institutional capacity, policy environment as well as technical competencies and capacity
NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
Ghana’s CAADP Compact Investment Plan 2009 - 2015
NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
Priority Investment Areas for Ghana’s Medium Term Agriculture Sector Investment Plan (METASIP)
Total Budget (US$) (2009-2015)
Food Security and Emergency Preparedness 2,374,300,000
Promoting commodity development 414,600,000
Increased competitiveness markets integration 96,900,000
Sustainable management of land and water 24,700,000
Science & technology applied in food and agriculture 92,200,000
Enhanced institutional coordination 106,700,000
Totals 3,109,400,000
Investment Plans - Advance Africa’s Bread Basket Strategy
• Marshalling resources in areas of Africa ripe for agricultural growth, and doing so in ways that benefit smallholder farmers
• Rapidly improving farmers' access to good seeds, fertilizers, and soil and water management in high potential areas
• Strengthening agro-dealer networks and farmer organizations to increase access to affordable quality seeds and fertilizers
• Improving farmers' knowledge of integrated soil fertility management;
• Strengthening farmers' opportunities to add value via agro-processing and access to affordable financing from commercial banks
NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
NEPAD/CAADP Trust Funds
• Trust Funds managed by the World Bank created– CAADP/World Bank Trust Funds for NEPAD-wide
activities– FARA/World Bank Trust Fund– ASARECA/World Bank Trust Fund– CORAF/WECARD/World Bank Trust Fund
• NEPAD is endorsing CG-mega programs
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World Bank Supported Agricultural Productivity Programs
Technology generation• WAAPP – West Africa Agricultural Productivity
Program• EAAPP – East Africa Agricultural Productivity
Program• CAAPP – Central Africa Agricultural Productivity
Program
NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
Challenges• Develop innovative financing which guides public financing
– leverage and rally private investments
• Provide appropriate incentives – infrastructure, insurance, tax breaks …
• Deploy development aid flow to stimulate private financing• Reduce fragmented nature of markets in Africa
– increase international trading prospectives
• Accelerate realization of regional integration policies• Increase donor assistance in agric and related areas
– honor pledged assistance – Gleneagles
• Climate change issue
NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
Summary• Advocacy roles towards development partners; and
to African Heads of states• Mobilization of Partners for CAADP Compact• SROs roles and Roles with RECs in the
implementation of CAADP; of Continental organizations such as FARA, CILSS, CMAOAC, Kwazulu Nathau, etc.
• Strategic alliances with private foundations initiatives – AGRA
• Trust-funds; and Creation of Productivity Programs
NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
Thank you
NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
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