Role of NEPAD-CAADP in increasing investment in agriculture NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency.

Role of NEPAD-CAADP in increasing investment in

agriculture

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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

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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

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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

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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

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• 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

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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

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Ghana’s CAADP Compact Investment Plan 2009 - 2015

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Thank you

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