[Day 2] Center Presentation: ReSAKSS

Overview of ReSAKSS

CSI Annual meeting-2009

Stella Clara Massawe

ReSAKSS-ECA

Introduction - What is ReSAKSS?

Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge

Support System

Initiative of five CGIAR centers – ILRI, ICRISAT,

IFPRI, IITA, and IMWI

Information and knowledge management system

Africa-wide initiative organized in three nodes ReSAKSS-ECA based at ILRI for COMESA region; ReSAKSS-

SA based at IMWI for SADC region; and ReSAKSS-WA based

at IITA for ECOWAS region. Africa –wide coordination is by

IFPRI

Objectives of ReSAKSS?

Aim it to promote and support effective and sustainable agricultural and rural development in Africa

By providing analytical and knowledge support to RECs, governments, donors, etc in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of agricultural development strategies across Africa

Form of policy-relevant analysis, data, and tools to improve policy making, fill knowledge gaps, promote dialogue, and facilitate the benchmarking and review processes associated with development strategies

How does ReSAKSS Work?

Common agenda defined across all the three ReSAKSS nodes

Strategic analysis

Knowledge management

Capacity building

Consultative process with stakeholders driven by respective RECs – who serve as Chairs of Steering Committees

Wide range of collaborative networks of users and

suppliers of knowledge and research products

ReSAKSS & CAADP

CAADP- common framework for agricultural

development and growth for African countries

CAADP principles: Agriculture-led growth as a main

strategy to achieve the MDG goal of poverty reduction;

the pursuit of a 6% average annual sector growth rate at

the national level;

the allocation of 10% of national budgets to the

agricultural sector;

the exploitation of regional complementarities and

cooperation to boost growth;

the principals of policy efficiency, dialogue, review, and

accountability, shared by all NEPAD programs;

the principles of partnerships and alliances to include

farmers, agribusiness and civil society communities;

On-going activities – Strategic Analysis

1)Impact of non-tariff trade barriers (NTBs) in

the East African Community (EAC)

2) Assessing the impact of the Common

External Tariff (CET) in COMESA region

3) Vulnerability Analysis in Eastern Africa

4) Investment Analysis in ASARECA region

5) Responding to Food Price Crisis in ESA

Knowledge Management and M&E

1) Development of a web-based regional information and knowledge platform – data sharing, communications and outreach

2) Presentations-ASARECA, COMESA, EAC,Agri. Ministries, dev agencies,private sector etc

2) Other knowledge platforms e.g. development domain tool, data compact discs

3) Monitoring and Evaluation

a. Annual trends and outlook analysis reports

b. M&E Framework for CAADP and other regional strategies

Capacity building is cross cutting

Spatial Information

Intervention targeting –CAADP & other initiatives

Bench marking and M&E

CAADP pillars

1. Extending the area under sustainable land

management and reliable water control systems;

2. Improving rural infrastructure and trade-related

capacities for market access

3. Increasing food supply and reducing hunger;

4. Agricultural research, technology dissemination

and adoption; and

5. Critical areas that cut across the above four

pillars. (additional)

Various indicators for each pillar-spatial analysis and information useful here

Fertiliser Intensity in COMESA is low

Proportion of children under 5 with moderate and severe malnutrition -1996-2005

Sub national

level productivity

vary across the

countrySource: Crop Monitoring and Early Warning

Unit: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security

Maize Productivity (tonnes/ha) in Tanzania

2002/2001

Percentage of the population requiring food aid between November, 2006 and February, 2007.

Conclusions

How you would want to use: ReSAKSS network of policy makers, policy analysts, and other stakeholders in RECs, governments, donors, farmers’ organizations, business federations, national, regional and international organizations, etc to get your messages across. (Dissemination of already existing outputs )

Collaborative activities and synthesis and briefs of your work, to distill messages for the policy making community.

ReSAKSS website: www.ReSAKSS.org & presentations

Collaborative Analysis-to respond to policy questions-value addition not repetition

THANK YOU

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