FAO 28th Regional Conference for Africa: CAADP implementation

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FAO 28th Regional Conference for Africa24 – 28 March 2014, Tunis (Tunisia)

State of Food and Agriculture in the Africa Region and CAADP Implementation with a

Specific Focus on Small Holder Farmers and Family Farming

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Progresses have been made but there still remains a lot to do:

“Although agriculture grew at a moderate rate, this growth has contributed to significant reductions in poverty in many African countries”

• Average GDP growth was 4.8% between 2000-10

• Compared to 2.1% in the previous decade (1990-99)

• The Ag sector annual GDP growth rates were 3.2% and

• 3.0% respectively for the two decades

Poverty rates declined marginally from 56% in 1990 to 49% in 2010, leaving 388 million in extreme poverty (more than 50% and 239 million chronically undernourished)

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2014 is at the heart of Agriculture in Africa

International Year of Family

Farming

AU year of Agricultural

and Food Security

10 years of CAADP

implementation

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10 years of CAADP implementation: Engagement in the CAADP

process

CAADP Compacts signed

Investments plans formulated

Business organised

46 countries launched CAADP process

40 countries compacts3 Regional compacts

28 National Investment Plans2 Regional Investment Plans

25 business meetings1 Regional business meting

Mobilisation of resources 15 received GAFSP funds2003-2010: 13 countries met or surpassed 10% in any single year

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In addition:

• CAADP serves as an important point of departure for governments in their engagement with domestic international private investors;

• Agriculture is linked to the political and policy agenda;• Political commitment to increased budgetary allocations;• Mobilised African stakeholders around a common agenda;• Promoted regional integration and coordination and reinforced the

capacities of continental and regional institutions.

“However, progress has not been enough to achieve CAADP target of both a 10% budget share and 6% annual growth for agriculture”

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Still more challenges to overcome and opportunities to be seized:

• High expectations of mobilization of new external resources, creating a financial dependency to which only donors could respond;

• Insufficient attention on making markets work; • Weak inter-ministerial and inter-sectoral coordination;• Non-alignment of donors programmes with CAADP national policies

and programmes and strategies; • Insufficient involvement of African financial institutions (Banks, private

equity and investment banking);• Consistent application of measures promoting regional integration.

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CAADP 2014-2023 RESULTS FRAMEWORKLevel 1 – Contribute to Africa socio-economic development

(Wealth Creation; Resilience; Improved Food and Nutrition Security)

Level 2 – Sustained Inclusive agriculture growth: agriculture growth, jobs, poverty reduction

Level 3 – Transformational Change as a result of CAADP: Conducive environments; systemic capacity

INPUT: CAADP SUPPORT, TOOLS, PROCESSES, CAPACITY BUILDING, PEER REVIEW MECHANISMS

Impact to which CAADP

contributes (indirect link)

Changes in African agriculture

resulting from the implementation

of CAADP approach are

measured at this level

2.1 Increased agriculture

production and productivity

2.2 Better functioning agriculture

markets, increased markets, access

and trade

2.3 Increased private sector

investment along the agriculture

value chain

2.4 Increased availability and

access to food and access to

productive safety nets

2.5 Improved management of

natural resources for sustainable

agriculture production

Added value of CAADP support

and interventions to

institutional transformation

and CAADP operational

effectiveness is measured at this

level

3.3 More Inclusive and

evidence based agriculture

planning and implementation

processes

3.2 More efficient / stronger

institutions

3.1 Improved and Inclusive policy design

and implementation capacity

3.4 Improved partnership

between private and

public sector

3.5 Increased public

investment in agriculture achieving

better value for money

3.6 Increased access to

quality data, information

and an informed

public

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CAADP's success will depend on:

• Strengthening policy and programme implementation capacity;• Promoting policy and regulatory measures to stimulate private investment;• Mobilising domestic resources for catalytic government investment; • Facilitating public-private partnerships; • Strengthening non-state actor involvement;• Coherent results frameworks and accountability mechanisms to achieve

impact.

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The Conference’s discussions and decisions should focus on three priority areas of action needed to accelerate agricultural transformation:

• Provide a stable, enabling environment for investment by the domestic private sector, including smallholder and family farmers;

• Invest in a home-grown science, technology and learning agenda that is responsive to the needs and goals of farmers, especially smallholder farmers and family farmers; and,

• Identify how CAADP can more effectively contribute to building systemic capacity for results-oriented action and implementation.

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Key recommendations to be considered:

• Integrate nutrition goals and nutrition-sensitive agriculture investments into agriculture sector plans;

• Increase public investments in agriculture in respect of the Maputo;• Intensify efforts to address the binding constraints to improved productivity,

incomes and food security of smallholder farms and family farmers;• Promote inclusivity and effective joint engagement of state and non state

actors at regional, national and local levels to foster accountability, transparency, performance, and competitiveness of the agri-food system and commodity value chains.

• Stronger coordination with private sector and civil society