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CAADP : A NEPAD VISION AND FRAMEWORK FOR THE RESTORATION OF AGRICULTURE GROWTH AND FOOD SECURITY By Richard Mkandawire MALAWI NEPAD DIALOGUE 16 TH July 2008. CAADP = Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme
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CAADP : A NEPAD VISION AND FRAMEWORK FOR THE RESTORATION OF AGRICULTURE GROWTH AND FOOD SECURITY By Richard Mkandawire MALAWI NEPAD DIALOGUE 16TH July 2008
CAADP = Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme CAADP-Collective African Continental Vision for Agriculture Adopted in 2003! Agriculture-led growth to reach MDG1 & contributing to MDG 7 Target goal of 6% annual growth rate in agricultural productivity Increased public investment (10% budget share) 2008 Year of CAADP - to collectively account on progress - meeting the 10% Maputo commitment CAADP Validation and internalisation by RECs and National governments. Deepening Regional Integration. International Commitments e.g. G8, pledges, and alignment to financing Fostering Peer Review and accountability CAADP - WHAT IT SET TO ACHIEVE?
INTERNATIONAL ALIGNMENT AND SUPPORT … • EC Advancing African Agriculture • USAID Initiative to cut hunger in Africa • World Bank Development Report • DFID (Research Into Use) • Alliance of partners to support CAADP • pillar 4-FAAP • Global Platform on rural development • JICA Support to NERICA production • SIDA, UK, NORAD USA support of RECs • TerrAfrica support on SLWM • CAADP Trust Fund at the World Bank • Pledges to the rising food prices .
Pillar Frameworks CAADP’S STRATEGIC FUNCTIONS (1) Five Strategic Functions: Companion document issues / Key sector drivers Support regional and country level players in designing and implementing high quality agricultural investment programmes Support quality CAADP implementation Managing communication and information in support M&E – Impact assessment Lessons sharing/ Learning and Peer review Partnerships linking resources to agriculture Investments Harnessing key thinking & experience – emerging knowledge/ issues
CAADP’S STRATEGIC FUNCTIONS (2) Support quality CAADP implementation • Countries embracing the NEPAD-CAADP principles such as; • consensus on long term investment and growth options; • mobilization of stakeholders and development partners at country-level for effective implementation; • groundwork for scaling up funding ; • Positioning agriculture higher on country agenda Over 10 countries actively pursuing policy and investment initiatives through the CAADP Round Table processes (Rwanda signed agreement (CAADP Compact), several expected soon; attracting new investment support)
COUNTRY LEVEL CAADP IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS Pillar 2 Pillar 1 Engagement process Evidence Based Program design & implementation Country Programes… PRSPs SWAPs… Improved Country Programmes/ Investments Country Programmes e.g. PRSPs SWAPs Building Alliances for Investment Implementation capacities, M&E, Peer Review Pillar 4 Pillar 3 Now Country Level Roundtable Process After
ENHANCED PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION • NEPAD .Technical backstopping to RECs • M&E and continental peer review mechanism • Partnership and resource mobilization • Facilitates mutual learning Growth National Govts; partners e.g. Capacity building for the CAADP Teams (ii) Organising expert input to the roundtables in-country priority setting and implementation Pillar Institutions e.g. (i) Development and capacity building for Centres of Excellency; (ii) Defining avenues for linking pillar frameworks to Roundtables AUC e.g. (i)Operationalisation of the CAADP M&E system (ii) jointly organising the Oct 2008 High profile CAADP review meeting RECs e.g. Collaboration on capacity building for Regional and country CAADP teams
SUPPORT QUALITY CAADP IMPLEMENTATION Mobilising African Expertise to Support Program Design Lead African Pillar Institutions identified P1 University of Zambia and CILSS, Agrhymet (in Niger), Morogoro University P2 Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of West and Central Africa P3 Kwa-Zulu Natal University and CILSS P4 FARA, the SROs (ASARECA, CORAF, SADC, …)
SUPPORT QUALITY CAADP IMPLEMENTATION Role of Lead African Pillar Institutions • Pillar Frameworks: • - Technical support to CAADP implementation processes on: • Quality assurance in the analysis • Guide design and implementation of investment programmes -analytical, planning and implementation tools and instruments including: • Stocktaking tools • Stakeholder analysis • Problem/gap analysis • Sector performance reviews, e.g. the PER, C:B analysis, • Institutional and human capacity assessment • M&E
RESOURCE MOBILISATION Partnerships and Coalition Building to Link Resources to Agricultural Investment Programs INVESTMENT FINANCING (i) Advocacy around 10% public expenditure financing support in 10 countries in end of 2008. NEPAD-TerrAfrica: US $150 million + US $ 1 billion in leveraged funds from partners (already 28 Project proposals submitted to GEF from (22 countries and 6 regional projects); All projects expected to be operational by June 2008 Mobilization of private sector investment into agriculture from both Africa and outside Bilateral financing support galvanised through country CAADP roundtable implementation processes; e.g. Malawi, Ethiopia, Niger, Ghana etc.
RESOURCE MOBILISATION Partnerships and Coalition Building to Link Resources to Agricultural Investment Programs OPERATIONAL FINANCING TO NEPAD AND RECs A Total of US $ 22 million provided by partners to RECs to support planning and implementation process by member countries A CAADP Trust Fund established at World Bank by a coalition of partners for future support to RECs and country teams for CAADP implementation; about US $ 20 million per year over 5 years. 11 Billion US$ pledged in support of Rising food prices Other support to NEPAD Agriculture Unit (TerrAfrica-World Bank; FAO; GAIN; World Fish Centre; IFDC)
KEEPING AGRICULTURE HIGH ON THE AGENDA Communication and Advocacy • Growing local and international interest and re-commitment to support agriculture (in pursuing food security, poverty alleviation and growth objectives): • - COMESA/ECOWAS taking leadership on CAADP • The EC initiative on Advancing Africa Agriculture (AAA) • The 2007 World Development Report on Agriculture • Sustained dialogue on agriculture in the last 3 G8 summits Engaging national and international partners to align to CAADP (AGRA, Agriculture Trust Fund, Foundations) The CAADP Partnership Platform - International forum; collective engagement/peer review and coordination of implementation of the CAADP agenda (twice a year)
National Governments are invited to align their agriculture programmes to CAADP Malawi has aligned and is in the process of preparing its Compact – appeal to the Ministry to take it to Cabinet There is a clear need for deepening value chain development and agro-industry by private sector (training, finance / credit, policy etc...) Malawi is called upon to pay attention to regionalism through implementation of common agric. policies for regional market integration Strengthen institutional capacity building & mutual learning from other countries in Africa Explore opportunities for South to South cooperation: China, India, Brazil, Japan Broaden national development partner support to CAADP 2008 - CAADP 5th Anniversary-need for affirmation for next 5 years - 13% Commitment to agriculture by Malawi not enough! WAY FORWARD
Thank YouProf. Richard Mkandawire, Head of CAADPEmail: RichardM@nepad.org Tel: + 27 11 313 3338