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The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Quarterly Report July to September 2007 Report

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Table of Contents

LIST OF ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................................................ 4 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 5

1.1 ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT............................................................................................................ 7 2 THE CAADP AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY AGENDA......................... 8

2.1 EXTENDING THE AREA UNDER SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT AND WATER RELIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS............................................................................................................................................................. 8 OBJECTIVES FOR THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW ..................................................................................................... 8

2.1.1 NEPAD Sustainable Land Management framework ....................................................................... 8 2.1.2 Sustainable Land Management and Climate change ...................................................................... 9 2.1.3 NEPAD Water and Irrigation Program ........................................................................................ 10

2.2 CHALLENGES, LESSONS LEARNT AND WAY FORWARD ........................................................................ 10 3 THE CAADP AGRICULTURE MARKETS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ............................. 11

OBJECTIVES FOR THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW ................................................................................................... 11 3.1 DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAADP PILLAR 2 FRAMEWORK .................................................................... 11

3.1.1 Progress on CAADP Pillar 2 Framework..................................................................................... 11 3.2 COLLABORATION WITH AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION ON THE ABUJA FERTILIZERS DECLARATION.. 11 3.3 IMPORTER CREDIT GUARANTEE SCHEME (UNADA).......................................................................... 12 3.4 CHALLENGES, LESSONS LEARNT AND WAY FORWARD....................................................................... 12

4 NEPAD FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION PROGRAMME ....................................................... 13 4.1 PILLAR 3: FRAMEWORK FOR AFRICAN FOOD SECURITY ..................................................................... 13

4.1.1 Development of Pillar 3 Framework............................................................................................. 13 4.1.2 The Africa Ten Year Strategy (ATYS) for the reduction of Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies ..... 13 4.1.1 National Food Fortification Programmes..................................................................................... 14 4.1.2 Global Horticulture Initiative (GlobalHort) for food security, nutrition and health .................... 14 4.1.3 Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) ................................................................... 14 4.1.4 Networking and Collaboration...................................................................................................... 14

4.2 CHALLENGES, LESSONS LEARNT AND WAY FORWARD....................................................................... 15 5 CAADP RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATION PROGRAMME ........................................................ 16

5.1 THE FRAMEWORK OF AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY (FAAP) .......................................... 16 5.1.1 Coordination and facilitation on FAAP implementation............................................................... 16 5.1.2 FAAP engagement and implementation at country level .............................................................. 16

5.2 CHALLENGES, LESSONS LEARNT AND WAY FORWARD....................................................................... 17 6 THE CAADP FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES.......................................................................................... 18

6.1 THE CAADP FERTILIZER PROGRAMME.............................................................................................. 18 6.1.1 Programme Objectives.................................................................................................................. 18 6.1.2 Objectives for the period under review ......................................................................................... 18 6.1.3 Progress on the CAADP Fertilizer Programme............................................................................ 18

6.1.3.1 Follow-up support on implementation of the Abuja Declaration on Fertilizers ......................... 18 i. Monitoring and Evaluation of Progress in the Implementation of the Abuja Declaration on Fertilizers................................................................................................................................................................. 18 ii. Establishment of the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) .................................................. 19 Iii. Regional Procurement of fertilisers........................................................................................................... 19

6.1.4 Challenges, Lessons learnt and Way Forward.............................................................................. 20 6.2 THE NEPAD FISH PROGRAMME......................................................................................................... 21

6.2.1 Progress on the NEPAD Fish Programme.................................................................................... 21 6.2.1.1 The NEPADFISH-Department of Agriculture in South Africa Collaboration............................. 21 6.2.1.2 The NEPADFISH-Mozambique collaboration............................................................................... 21 6.2.1.3 Launch of the Regional Programme on Fisheries and HIV/AIDS .............................................. 21 6.2.1.4 Fisheries and aquaculture research............................................................................................... 22


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6.2.1.5 Zambia National Fisheries Policy ................................................................................................... 22 6.2.1.6 Challenges, Lessons learnt and Way forward .............................................................................. 22

7 OVERALL COORDINATION AND CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES...................................................... 23 7.1 THE AUC-NEPAP-RECS COORDINATION AND ALIGNMENT MEETING .............................................. 23 7.2 COUNTRY CAADP IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES ............................................................................. 23 7.3 RESOURCE MOBILIZATION .................................................................................................................. 23

7.3.1 Mobilization of resources for investment support to country CAADP programmes ..................... 23 8 CONCLUSION.......................................................................................................................................... 26


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List of Acronyms AfDB Africa Development Bank AFDFM African Fertilizer Development Financing Mechanism ASARECA Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern & Central

Africa AUC Africa Union commission CAADP Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme CILSS Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the SAHEL CMA / WCA Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of West and Central Africa COMESA Common Market for East and Southern Africa CSIF Country Sustainable Land Management Investment Framework ECA Economic Commission for Africa ECAS East and Central African States ECOWAP Agricultural Policy of the Economic Community of West Africa ECOWAS Economic Community for West African States FAO Food and Agricultural Organisation FARA Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa GEF Global Environmental Facility ICRAF International Centre for Research in Agro forestry NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development PDMAS Agricultural Markets and Agro-business Development Project PIFs Project Identification Forms PP Partnership Platform PSAOP-2 Agricultural Services and Producer Organizations Project 2 RECs Regional Economic Commissions SADC Southern Africa Development Community SIP Strategic Investment Programme SLM Sustainable Land Management SROs Sub-Regional Organisations UNADA Uganda National Agro-Dealers Association UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification UNDP United Nations Development Programme WB-IDA World Bank International Development Association s WWF World Wildlife Fund


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1 Introduction This CAADP Report for the 3rd quarter of 2007 (July – September) is being presented against the backdrop of positive news, in general, on Africa’s economic performance, and in particular in the agriculture sector. Africa is experiencing remarkable economic growth over the last 10 years at an average annual rate of 5%. Available data also demonstrates that there has been a steady increase in the levels of per capita food production over the same period. The numbers of countries that have achieved the CAADP growth target of 6% has doubled since 2003. About a dozen countries grew at annual rates of 5% or more between 2003 and 2005, which is very close to the targeted CAADP goal of 6%. At least nine countries achieved or exceeded that target: Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Congo Rep, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, and Senegal. Other countries, including Rwanda, Benin, Ghana, and Uganda, were close to the 6% mark. Overally, the number of countries that have reached or exceeded the 6% CAADP growth target for agriculture has gone up from 5 to 11 since 2003. These positive trends are clearly a welcome development to NEPAD and the CAADP agenda, which is undoubtedly beginning to provide additional impetus in accelerating agriculture growth in Africa. Governance and institutional arrangements for supporting the CAADP implementation: During the period under review, the AUC, NEPAD Secretariat and the RECs moved further in streamlining and strengthening the relationships and interactions/collaborations among the core African Union (AU) institutions, namely the AU Commission, the NEPAD Secretariat and the Regional Economic Communities (RECs). The AUC-NEPAD-RECs meeting that took place in Addis Ababa from the 26th to 27th September 2007 is a milestone in consolidating a coherent thrust in delivering on the CAADP implementation, especially with regard to providing relevant coordination and facilitatory support to the country level CAADP roundtables and implementation processes. The meeting made key progress in delineating core responsibilities for the three institutions (AUC, NEPAD and RECs) within an overall framework for joint and collective commitment and responsibility in stimulating, facilitating and coordinating CAADP implementation at country and regional levels. Alignment of development partners in supporting the CAADP Agenda: The quarter also recorded growing interest among the development partners at both bilateral and multilateral levels to embrace the CAADP agenda as Africa’s key framework in pursuing the agriculture and rural development agenda. This interest includes expressed commitment by AGRA (See AGRA 2007 Conference, Oslo, Norway) to set up a trust fund in support of agriculture in Africa. World Bank is also pursuing a multilateral Trust Fund to specially support the operationalisation and implementation of the CAADP agenda. This was one of the key outputs of the CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting (28-29th Sept. 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). The Meeting underlined joint African and Development Partners’ commitments to (i) fast track technical and financial support to identified CAADP interventions and signed compacts at REC and country levels, (ii) implementation of specific CAADP pillar interventions, (iii) facilitate/support dialogue around review processes to track progress in implementation and fulfilling of commitments by all involved. NEPAD Secretariat will, in the next Quarter, continue to engage the concerned institutions in accelerating the setting up and operationalisation of the proposed Trust Fund.


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Key processes/documents, which have come to light during the review period on the part of the development partners outlining growing support to agriculture and CAADP, include:

a) World Bank Development Report expected to be formally launched in October 2007 b) EC paper on Advancing African Agriculture c) DfID supported Research-Into-Use Programme & the African Enterprise Challenge

Fund, and d) the US Initiative to End Hunger in Africa

Development of the CAADP Pillar Frameworks and engagement into the country roundtable processes (Pillars 1, 2 and 3): Special effort was also, in the period under review, dedicated to development of the CAADP Pillar frameworks. Pillar 1 has consolidated the main Sustainable Land Management (SLM) framework developed within the NEPAD-TerrAfrica process with FAO technical leadership. Two lead institutions, namely CILSS, based in Ouagadougou and the University of Zambia, Lusaka, have been identified as technical leaders in consolidating and validating the CAADP Pillar 1 framework. This process, expected to get into full implementation in the next quarter also involves integrating and strengthening the Water components into the SLM framework. With support from World Bank, NEPAD is expected to engage a Specialist to support the SLM unit on this aspect. Pillar 2: The Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of West and Central Africa (CMAWCA) has taken leadership and during the review period collaborated with NEPAD on stakeholder consultations in the development of the Pillar 2 framework. Pillar 3: NEPAD, in liaison with the African Center for Food Security (ACFS) of University of KwaZulu Natal engaged stakeholders on validation of the Pillar framework with the process expected to be finalized in the coming Quarter. Support to and through the RECs on the country CAADP roundtables: With special attention and focus on accelerating the country CAADP roundtables processes, NEPAD Secretariat continued in its facilitatory, technical backstopping and brokering roles. Specifically Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia and Malawi were engaged during the period. Strengthening of the NEPAD Secretariat’s roles and responsibilities in the SLM NEPAD-TerrAfrica agenda: The TerrAfrica Executive Committee meeting (9th Sept 2007) endorsed a plan to strengthen the NEPAD Secretariat in taking over from World Bank the overall functions of coordinating the activities of the TerrAfrica partnership. This is being pursued as part of the core functions of CAADP within the Pillar 1 agenda. In terms of assessing the overall cumulative trends and impact of the Unit’s contributions to the Agricultural Agenda, in general, and on the CAADP implementation process, the following is noted: 1. Leadership and ownership of CAADP by lead regional economic communities (RECs)

and their member states: Lead RECs have taken ownership and leadership of the CAADP agenda and are spearheading the implementation processes in their member states. A growing number of their member states are engaging and adapting the CAADP framework into their own strategies and efforts to address real socio-economic growth


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with sustainable impact on poverty reduction and food and nutrition security. The review period recorded marked support to countries on aspects such as stocktaking, analytical and diagnostic studies.

2. At the close of the review period, more than a dozen countries were reported to be

formally pursuing the CAADP round table process. Three of these, under COMESA, are expected to sign their CAADP Compact during the next Quarter. The RECs also received support in backstopping the country processes from the Regional Strategy Analysis and Knowledge Support Systems (ReSAKSS) especially on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and information/knowledge management and diagnostic analysis.

3. The NEPAD Agriculture Unit has pursued engagement with the private sector through the

(i) work on development of the Pillar 2 framework and (ii) mobilization of investment resources through aspects such as public-private partnerships and business-to-business alliances.

1.1 Organization of the report The Report is organized around four main chapters. Chapter 2, “The CAADP – Enhancing Agriculture Production and Productivity” provides progress on activities under the CAADP Pillar 1 and on the two main CAADP flagship programmes, i.e. fertilizers and Aquaculture. Chapter 3 covers progress on Pillars 2 and chapter 4 on Pillar 3. Chapter 5 and 6 covers cross cutting issues and overall resource mobilisation, respectively. Chapter 7 provides the conclusion with an indication of key lessons from the Quarter and main thrust of activities in the next Quarter.


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2 The CAADP Agriculture Production and Productivity agenda

2.1 Extending the Area under Sustainable Land Management and Water Reliable Control Systems

Objectives for the period under review The following were the key objectives and benchmarks for the July to September 2007 Quarter:

o After the approval of the SIP (June 2007) support targeted countries to develop and submit the Programme Identification Forms (PIFs) by the 31st September Dateline.

o Finalise the concept note on the process for the validation of the CAADP Pillar 1 framework and commission the process

o Backstop alignment and harmonization in the CAADP country roundtables of the SLM process and CAADP Pillar 1 engagement in a number of countries especially Uganda, Malawi, Kenya, Ethiopia, Lesotho and Zambia.

o Support mainstreaming of SLM agenda and strengthening of related capacities at the RECs and ensure modalities and roles/responsibilities in the collaboration between NEPAD Secretariat and the RECs and defined and agreed.

2.1.1 NEPAD Sustainable Land Management framework The following were the main activities and achievements under CAADP Pillar 1 during the reporting Period. i) Support to country level engagement on SLM: After the endorsement of the

Strategic Investment Program (SIP) by the GEF Council in June 2007, focus in NEPAD-CAADP engagement under Pillar 1on sustainable land and water management has in the review period sharply shifted towards supporting country engagements with focus on those expected to benefit from this round of the SIP funds. About 28 countries and 3 regional programmes are expected to directly benefit under the SIP.

In liaison with the TerrAfrica partners and the RECs, NEPAD actively and directly engaged at country level providing technical backstopping on SLM and supporting development of partnerships and institutional arrangements for development and implementation of agricultural programmes within the CAADP framework. Countries specifically addressed during the review period were Malawi, Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria, Lesotho and South Africa. Specific NEPAD input included support in aligning the TerrAfrica SLM thrust as Pillar 1 in the CAADP roundtable process.

The above countries as all the 28 programmes/countries included under the 2007-10 SIP financing have since submitted to the GEF Secretariat the required Programme Identification Form (PIF) following the 30th September date limit. Also submitted is a PIF for a US $ 5 million programme which under NEPAD will support capacity


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building of African institutions for implementation of SLM programmes and the M&E and knowledge management thrust. In mainstreaming support to RECs and country institutions, especially in implementation of the CAADP roundtables, the NEPAD Secretariat jointly with concerned institutions developed Aide Memoires, which have stipulated specific areas for collaborating, and issues needing attention in accelerating the CAADP implementation processes. During the reporting period four Aide Memoires were signed, bringing the total to five with the one developed with the Government and stakeholders of Malawi and one with COMESA during the last Quarter. The Aide Memoires developed in the review period were with Uganda, ECOWAS and Lesotho.

ii) Progress on development of Pillar 1 framework: The following was

accomplished under this aspect:

a) A draft framework (SLM Vision and CSIF) around the SLM agenda, developed under FAO’s technical leadership and embracing the submissions from the consultation process and an expert review exercise which was all part of the process to develop the SIP, is now ready and will in the next Quarter be the main basis for an extensive refinement and validation process embracing activities aimed at technical peer/expert review, political and institutional internalization and buy-in

b) Identification and nomination of SLM Lead Institutions was finalized with the

decision to go with a consortium of Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the SAHEL (CILSS), based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia. NEPAD is engaging the two institutions to bring them fully on board in technically leading the consolidation of the CAADP Pillar 1 framework.

c) Integrating and strengthening the “agriculture water” components in the CAADP

Pillar 1 (currently a draft, which has been largely developed around the SLM agenda): NEPAD had during the review period finalized a grant agreement under the World Bank Development Grant Facility (DGF) to support the Agricultural water components as integral to the SLM agenda within the CAADP Pillar 1 framework. Under this support, NEPAD is expected to hire a consultant expert on Agriculture Water expected to enhance capacities in the Pillar 1 agenda.

iii) Moving the core functions in coordinating the TerrAfrica partnership joint

collaborations: A meeting of the TerrAfrica Executive Committee held on the 9th of September 2007 and chaired by NEPAD endorsed a plan to progressively transfer the functions and responsibilities to coordinate operations of the TerrAfrica partnership from the World Bank to NEPAD. World Bank and NEPAD were charged to liaise and develop/agree on a process and timeline for the transfer.

2.1.2 Sustainable Land Management and Climate change NEPAD through activities under Pillar 1 was involved in the Climate Change issues around two aspects: i. The COMESA-NEPAD Working Group on Climate, Agriculture, Forestry and Land

Use: The Working Group inaugural meeting was hosted by the AUC in Addis Ababa


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on the 24th September 2007. It was attended by most the core stakeholders (NEPAD, COMESA, WWF, AUC, Uganda) except FARNPAN and defined an operational framework and road map to operationalise the functioning of the Working Group. A full report on the outputs of the meeting is available.

ii. The NEPAD Side meeting on SLM and Climate Change: NEPAD in liaison with

NORAD co-organised a special side event in the margins of the 2007 Africa Green Revolution Conference (27th to 31st August 2007) in Oslo, Norway. The side meeting, which was well attended, concluded on a number of steps to advance a joint engagement on climate change issues. Among the agreed aspects was on developing a joint programme for an African knowledge and information platform on climate change. NEPAD is expected to develop the initial concept note based on the outputs of the meeting. Norway and Denmark were the countries noted as most interested in supporting the idea.

2.1.3 NEPAD Water and Irrigation Program During the Quarter, NEPAD operationalised World Bank DGF support on Agriculture Water. This includes activities to support country level engagement on the CAADP roundtables where water is identified as a critical entry point. The work plan to operationalise this component was developed and discussed with key stakeholders. Also agreed and processed during the Quarter was the engagement of a consultant to enhance the capacities of Pillar 1 with focus on agriculture water.The consultant is expected to be on board in early October.

2.2 Challenges, lessons learnt and way forward i. Fragmentation in implementation arrangements at country level makes coordination

difficult, especially also that CAADP, GEF/UNCCD focal point persons are normally different persons and usually in different Ministries. This only goes to emphasize the need for interventions/support on development of mutual partnerships and modalities for inter-sectoral, inter-disciplinary and even inter-ministerial collaboration.

ii. There is a need to rally government and local Private sector investment support on

implementation of SLM scaling up programmes. Particular attention and effort is required in stimulating the country based development partners to align their support to and through the CAADP Pillar 1 engagement.

iii. Further work is needed to translate the conceptualised inter-pillar linkages into actual

operational synergies and complementarities.


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3 The CAADP Agriculture Markets Development Programme

Objectives for the period under review The following were the objectives for the third quarter of July to September 2007

o Participate in the Expert Reference Group for CAADP Pillar 2 and contribute to the development of the CAADP Pillar 2 framework document (on-going)

3.1 Development of the CAADP Pillar 2 Framework

3.1.1 Progress on CAADP Pillar 2 Framework a) The ERG held two technical meetings in Dakar. During the first meeting the Expert

Reference Group openly considered and debated a wide range of issues related to African agribusiness development; discussed in detail the 5 areas of Pillar 2; reached a consensus on the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats vis-à-vis the successful implementation of the five areas of Pillar 2; provided guidance for the finalization of the terms of reference for short term consultants.

b) Short term consultants will be engaged to fully develop the 5 areas of the Pillar 2

framework document: Area A: Regional and International trade; Area B: Infrastructure and market access; Area C: Supply chain development and financing; Area D: Strengthening of farmer organizations and trade associations; Area E: Benchmarking, monitoring and evaluation of Pillar 2 progress.

c) During the second meeting Expert Reference Group members focused on the following:

a) success stories in Africa and abroad and how to build on these successes; b) identifying tools for action; c) the role of African governments, the regional economic communities and investment partners; d) considered some early actions for implementation; and e) discussed areas in which the work of the consultants could be strengthened. The outcome of the second meeting was the CAADP Pillar 2 Framework Draft Zero.

d) CMA/WCA continued with consultation missions to engage on the progress in developing

CAADP Pillar 2 framework. Missions during the quarter included: i) July 2007: Africa Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) meeting in Accra; ii) August 2007: ECOWAS meeting on the implementation of CAADP in Cotonou; iii) Presentation at the African Green Revolution Conference, Oslo, September 2007.

3.2 Collaboration with African Union Commission on the Abuja Fertilizers Declaration

a) Two meetings were organized jointly by the AUC and NEPAD as part of the CAADP

Partnership Platform (PP). The first meeting was to review progress on CAADP Implementation and was held between the African Union Commission (AUC), NEPAD,


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the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Pillar Lead Institutions during September 25-26, 2007. The second meeting was the CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting, which was held during September 27-28, 2007 and as attended by all of the above stakeholders plus the development partners.

b) During the first meeting, the AMDP gave a presentation titled, “Implementation of the

Abuja Declaration on Fertilizers for an African Green Revolution: Second Semi-Annual Progress Report, June 2006 to June 2007”.

c) The AUC has decided that NEPAD will give a progress report on the implementation of

the Abuja Declaration on Fertilizers to the AU/FAO Conference of African Ministers of Agriculture, which will be held in Nairobi, Kenya March 2008.

d) The AMDP and DREA will carry out joint missions to the RECs to: a) Brief them on

progress in the implementation of the Abuja Declaration on Fertilizers; b) Bring them up to date regarding the establishment of the AFFM; c) Agree of how NEPAD can assist them with regards to the implementation of their regional fertilizer strategies; d) Solicit their support for the implementation of the Abuja Declaration on Fertilizers at the country level. The intention is to visit IGAD, EAC, SADC, and possibly ECOWAS before the end of the year.

3.3 Importer Credit Guarantee Scheme (UNADA) A process has been put in motion to assist Uganda National Agro-Dealers’ Association (UNADA) to establish a credit guarantee fund to enable some of its wholesalers to procure fertilizer directly from Kenya and distribute it regionally. The Rockefeller Foundation has indicated that it will provide the credit guarantee fund. Standard Chartered Bank has expressed interest in providing credit to the wholesalers. A proposal is close to being finalized for submission to development partners. If this initiative is successful it can be replicated in other countries. This initiative is in support of the implementation of Summit Resolution number 7, which calls for the establishment of national financing facilities to support importers and distributors of fertilizers and other agricultural inputs.

3.4 Challenges, Lessons learnt and Way Forward i. The Framework Draft 1 has been finalized. It was circulated to the Expert Reference

Group members for their feedback. The draft framework document was submitted for validation at the CAADP African Partnership Forum meeting held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on September 27-28, 2007

ii. The third Expert Reference Group meeting will be held the week of November 12, 2007

to reflect on and follow-up on the comments from Addis.


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4 NEPAD Food Security and Nutrition Programme Objectives for the period under review The following are the objectives of the programme for the period under review: Continue working on the Food Security Framework for Africa (FAFS) for presentation to

the AU, RECs and partners in September in Addis With the Africa working group, flesh out the Africa Ten Year Strategy for the reduction of

vitamin and mineral deficiencies Prepare for the regional Home Grown School Feeding meeting to be held in Accra,

Ghana in early October Continue to make inputs into the Global Horticulture Initiative activities on fruits and

vegetables Participate in and provide technical backstopping in regional forums and international

symposiums – e.g. Nutrition and HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Child Nutrition, Gates/HarvestPlus Nutrition convening etc.

4.1 Pillar 3: Framework for African Food Security

4.1.1 Development of Pillar 3 Framework The Expert Reference Group (ERG), under the overall leadership of AU and NEPAD, the African Centre for Food Security (ACFS) at the University of KwaZulu Natal and the Comite Permanent Inter Etats de Lutte Contre la Secheresse au Sahel (CILSS) continued working on the draft Framework for African Food Security (FAFS). The main thrust of the work during the period under review focused on incorporating comments received from stakeholders. The revised draft FAFS was then presented to the AU for their comments and to the Development Partners at the AUC/NEPAD/RECS and CAADP PP meeting in Addis Ababa in September 2007. It is envisaged that the final FAFS document will be ready by November 2007 and the finalized document will be at the AU in January 2008 for consideration and endorsement by the Heads of State in March 2008. Meanwhile, the FAFS will form part of the CAADP consultative processes at REC and country level during the national roundtables to develop compacts with priority food and security and nutrition projects.

4.1.2 The Africa Ten Year Strategy (ATYS) for the reduction of Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) extended its support for 6 months, from September 1 until end of February 2008 to the Food and Nutrition Security Advisor position. The main objective of this support extension is to ensure a successful fleshing out and completion of the ATYS to be tabled alongside the FAFS to the AU in 2008 and chart implementation. Work on the ATYS is ongoing with the Africa working group and other partners.


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4.1.1 National Food Fortification Programmes Most progress on National Food Fortification Programmes was, under this review period, recorded in Uganda, Ghana and Zambia. The Uganda food fortification proposal was approved by GAIN and the programme is expected to start in the next quarter. The Ghana national programme to fortify wheat flower and edible oil with vitamin A, B vitamins, folate and iron started. All major millers and oil refineries are participating and fortifying these commodities at commercial scale. Ghana plans to officially launch this Programme on the 3rd October 2007. In Zambia, NEPAD supported the country in addressing technical difficulties the country has been experiencing in the national maize-meal fortification programme.

4.1.2 Global Horticulture Initiative (GlobalHort) for food security, nutrition and health

With the completion and endorsement of the GlobalHort strategy and setting up of the GlobalHort headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania and the installation of key staff, the period under review focussed mainly on identifying “early action” projects that can be implemented in a number of countries. Building capacity especially of extension workers at country level is one activity identified and expected to commerce in a number of countries during the coming Quarter.

4.1.3 Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) The concept note for the Regional Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) meeting to be held in Accra, Ghana on October 4-5 was finalized. This will be a first meeting of this kind bringing together about 10 countries with an objective of sharing lessons on starting up HGSFP and taking them to scale.

4.1.4 Networking and Collaboration USAID and the government of Botswana organized a regional 3 day symposium on HIV/AIDS, Nutrition and Food Security in Kasane, Botswana. This was attended by a cross sectoral mix of experts in agriculture, health, nutrition and economic development from about 7 SADC countries. The objective was to report on progress on the implementation of programmes and develop strategies for strengthening these. The NEPAD nutrition advisor presented a paper. The advisor participated in and presented a paper on ‘The commitment by NEPAD and AU to improving maternal and child nutrition in Africa’ at the International Baby Food Action Network consultation in Maputo, Mozambique. At the invitation of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and HarvestPlus, NEPAD participated at an agriculture and nutrition forum in Seattle, Washington, USA. The objective


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of the nutrition convening was to explore ways to foster linkages between agricultural research, nutrition and health. This two-day forum was attended by key development partners and experts in related fields.

4.2 Challenges, Lessons learnt and Way Forward The Food Security and Nutrition Section (Pillar 3) in NEPAD Secretariat is critically constrained in capacity and financial resources. The current extension for the only Specialist in the Section ends early 2008. This puts a strain on effectiveness coordination and facilitation functions NEPAD has to play in many programmes including stimulating and monitoring implementation of decisions of the Abuja Food Security Summit. It is critical that the position(s) for Food and Nutrition be formally included in the core NEPAD establishment and to mobilize resources for project implementation


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5 CAADP Research and dissemination Programme Objectives for the period under review The following are the objectives of the programme for the period under review: Support to enhance linkages and collaboration between NEPAD Secretariat and FARA in

the implementation of the CAADP research and dissemination agenda (CAADP Pillar 4) – FAAP

Facilitate inter-pillar linkages between Pillar 4 and the other CAADP Pillars Support alignment and internalisation of the FAAP by Sub-regional Research

Organisations (SROs) and other national and regional agricultural research establishments

Facilitate and coordination FAAP implementation at country level and integration into the CAADP country roundtables

5.1 The Framework of African Agricultural Productivity (FAAP)

5.1.1 Coordination and facilitation on FAAP implementation NEPAD Secretariat in liaison with the Forum for Agriculture Research (FARA) continued during the Quarter to stimulate and facilitate adoption of the Framework of African Agricultural Productivity (FAAP), by country and regional research institutions. NEPAD Secretariat has in the period under review engaged with a number of countries including Malawi and Uganda in supporting them with relevant information to enable them advance on embracing the FAAP in their country CAADP roundtables.

5.1.2 FAAP engagement and implementation at country level i. Research-into-Use (RIU) support to CAADP: During the period July to October 2007,

the RIU began implementation of programmes in five countries in Africa – Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Tanzania – by developing strategies and programmes with key stakeholders in each of these countries in support of CAADP processes.

The first of these is Rwanda where a draft strategy, which aims to support implementation of issues identified in the Rwanda CAADP Compact, has been presented to national institutions for approval. The main focus of the RIU Programme in Rwanda will be to strengthen the knowledge economy (particularly on the “demand” side) for new research-based knowledge and to strengthen those organisations and enterprises able to provide intermediary services between the suppliers of research-based knowledge and those that need to use it.

The designed Rwanda RIU strategy and programme reflects key CAADP principles including alignment to and supporting agricultural “innovation coalition” involving the public and private sectors and community based participants including research organisations, farmer innovators and related organisations providing “intermediary services”.


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Rwanda’s RIU Programme document is expected to be endorsed by all key stakeholders and ready for implementation within the coming Quarter, i.e. by the end of 2007. During the next Quarter, development of the national RIU programmes will also be underway in Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tanzania. In other regional initiatives, the RIU has, during the period under review:

commissioned pan-African and sub-regional (East, West, Southern African) network

mapping and policy window analyses in order to identify champion and advocacy opportunities for CAADP and RIU principles of adopting a ‘business unusual’ approach to agriculture, expanded partnerships across a variety of public and private sector actors and scaling out national agricultural successes more widely across the continent.

Instigated a scoping study on the possible under-utilisation of parliamentarians in

development, consulting widely with a variety of actors currently involved in parliamentary capacity-strengthening activities. RIU is pursuing earlier work in this regard by AWEPA and CAADP to investigate investment in a capacity-building programme for African parliamentarians to enable them to support CAADP implementation on the ground. RIU interest is likely to lie in a pilot within one or more of their focal countries of, or a targeted intervention at a regional level. In this regard, RIU also attended the AWEPA ‘Parliamentary and Private Sector Dialogue on Economic Development and Agriculture in East Africa and the Great Lakes Region’ conference in Nairobi in September 2007 and contributed to the strengthening of the draft ‘Framework for Parliamentary Action on CAADP’.

supported the CAADP objective of stimulating and broadening the practice of

mutual learning and the adoption of best practices as well as promoting partnerships and alliances to facilitate the alignment of development efforts by national governments and development partners throughout the Continent, by investigating support to learning alliances in both innovation systems thinking and in scaling out agricultural successes across a variety of partners including researchers, foundations, policymakers, NGOs and others. Possible joint advocacy activities are also being investigated and the international NGO Concern Worldwide has recently expressed an interest in starting a worldwide campaign on support to CAADP.

Continued dialogue with other important development partners including the RECs,

RESAKSS, Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) and other bilateral and multilateral development agencies for purposes of harmonisation of activities and information-sharing regarding support to CAADP.

5.2 Challenges, Lessons learnt and Way Forward Pillar 4 continued to make remarkable progress on the agriculture research agenda. Key issues and challenges remain around the need to facilitate increased and rapid adoption of the FAAP especially by the national research organisations. The advancement of FAAP also raises urgent need to integrate the FAAP as a research and dissemination framework into the country and regional CAADP roundtables.


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6 The CAADP Flagship Programmes

6.1 The CAADP Fertilizer Programme

6.1.1 Programme Objectives

o Mobilize technical and financial resources and provide coordination support to facilitate the implementation of country and regional fertilizer strategies.

o Align fertilizer strategies with the Sustainable Land Management Initiative o Establish a mechanism to monitor and evaluate responses to the implementation of

the Abuja Declaration on Fertilizer for the African Green Revolution o Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Abuja Declaration on Fertilizer for the

African Green Revolution and report to African Heads of State bi-annually o Liaise with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to establish the Africa Fertilizer

Development Mechanism and inform countries and regional economic communities (RECs) with regards to how to access these resources

o Ensure that actions and initiatives to increase the use and supply of fertilizers are incorporated in the CAADP country Compacts

6.1.2 Objectives for the period under review

o Finalise the second progress report on the implementation of the Abuja Declaration on Fertiliser for the African Green Revolution and submit it to the AUC by October 30

o Liaise with the AfDB regarding the establishment of the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (on-going)

o Finalize and submit the UNADA proposal for a credit guarantee fund (target date is November 30th, 2007)

o Support COMESA in its establishment of a regional procurement initiative (on-going) o Collaborate with countries and RECs to ensure that the fertilizer agenda is

incorporated in the CAADP country Compacts (on-going)

6.1.3 Progress on the CAADP Fertilizer Programme

6.1.3.1 Follow-up support on implementation of the Abuja Declaration on Fertilizers

i. Monitoring and Evaluation of Progress in the Implementation of the Abuja Declaration on Fertilizers

a) A monitoring and evaluation tool was developed by NEPAD with technical assistance

from IFDC, and reviewed by the AfDB and AUC. It included successful outcomes and indicators for each resolution against which progress can be assessed. The instrument was sent to the 53 countries and seven RECs in May 2007. Twenty countries and five RECs had returned completed questionnaires to NEPAD by August 31st 2007.

b) The completed questionnaires were used to compile the second progress report, which was finalized and submitted to the AUC on October 9th, 2007.


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ii. Establishment of the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) Resolution 11 of the “The Abuja Declaration on Fertilizer for an African Green Revolution” states that “the African Development Bank, with the support of the Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union Commission, is called to establish, by 2007, an African Fertilizer Development Financing Mechanism (AFDFM) that will meet the financing requirements of the various actions agreed upon by the Summit”. Progress to date: a) Preparation of relevant documents: The AfDB drafted a framework document for the

establishment and hosting of the African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism, and a legal instrument for the establishment of the African Fertilizer Development Financing Fund, which shall be constituted with resources mobilized from donors, for fertilizer production, distribution, procurement and use in Africa.

b) Next Steps: The AfDB has sent the final copy of the Framework Paper and Legal

Instrument for the establishment of the AFFM to AUC and NEPAD for comments. Both documents have been exhaustively reviewed at the AfDB taking into account the recommendations of the meeting of partners held in Tunis on May 2nd, 2007. In accordance with prevailing Bank regulations, the final documents will be considered by the Bank’s Board of Directors on October 24, 2007 and subsequently submitted for approval to the Board of Governors. A formal Stakeholders’ and Partners’ Pledging Conference will be organized thereafter. The Mechanism is expected to be effective by January 2008.

Iii. Regional Procurement of fertilisers SADC and COMESA developed a joint regional fertilizer strategy for the Africa Fertilizer Summit. Two of the priority actions identified are regional fertilizer procurement and regional fertilizer production. Following the conclusion of the Summit, SADC and COMESA agreed that the COMESA would spearhead the regional procurement component while SADC would concentrate on regional fertilizer production. Therefore, SADC’s involvement in regional fertilizer procurement will be through the initiatives led by COMESA which will involve a number of SADC Member States. Progress to date: a) The COMESA regional meeting on agricultural inputs, covering harmonization of seed

regulations and regional fertilizer procurement, took place in Lilongwe, Malawi on August 20-21, 2007. It was held in the context of CAADP’s targets and as a follow up to the Africa Fertilizer Summit of June 2006. A key objective was to engage private and public agricultural input stakeholders to agree on the strategy for the joint procurement of fertilizer in the region. The two key outcomes were: 1) the establishment of a Regional Joint Procurement Working Committee for Fertilizers. Members include representatives from the public and private sector including farmer associations and financial institutions, and NEPAD; 2) On September 6, 2007; COMESA met with financial institutions and agreed to implement the pilot program for regional fertilizer procurement of fertilizers. The initial focus will be a cluster of three pilot countries: Zambia and Malawi, and Tanzania. It was agreed to implement the program with full guarantees immediately. A follow up meeting with the Regional Procurement Committee is scheduled for October 2007 to update the Committee and agree on next steps.


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6.1.4 Challenges, Lessons learnt and Way Forward a) Only 20 countries and 5 RECs returned completed questionnaires to NEPAD. None of

the RECs from North Africa responded and only three of the 20 countries were from Francophone Africa. This was mainly because despite our best efforts, it proved impossible to make contact with these countries and RECs via telephone or email, and in cases where contact was made cooperation was not forthcoming. There is a strong need to change the strategy used to contact North Africa and the Francophone countries.

b) Timely response from the countries and RECs who did send in completed

questionnaires was difficult. It took 3 months to receive the completed questionnaires from the respondents. This is partly a reflection of the insufficient capacity (mainly staff) at the Ministries of Agriculture and RECs. This implies that unless capacity is strengthened, the 6-month reporting period stipulated by the Heads of State is unrealistic.

c) Finalization of the UNADA proposal has yet to take place primarily due to the need for

UNADA to consult with its members before making final decisions, and this process is prolonged due to the poor nature of communication in Uganda.

d) There is a strong need to increase the response level to the questionnaires and in

particular to reach out and engage North Africa and the Francophone countries. To this end, the AUC and NEPAD are embarking on a series of missions to the RECs to be completed between October 2007 and January 2008. The purpose will be to: i) Give a brief on progress in the implementation of the Abuja Declaration on Fertilizers for their region; ii) Provide them with the Second Progress Report on the Implementation of the Abuja Declaration on Fertilizers for an African Green Revolution; iii) Inform them that we are preparing a progress report for the AU/FAO Minister of Agriculture Meetings to be held in Nairobi March 2008 and we would like to have something substantial to report for each region. Therefore, we can ask what their priority action(s) is and how we can assist them to make some tangible progress by Feb 2008.

e) Regarding incorporation of the fertilizer agenda in the CAADP country compacts, a

lesson learnt from the Rwanda experience is that the critical entry point is during the CAADP implementation process (stocktaking of current policies and programs; analysis of impact; and identification of policy and investment gaps) while the compact and its accompanying technical documents are being developed rather than at the CAADP Roundtable since at this juncture the possibility for contributing to the compact in a meaningful way is minimal. Accordingly: i) A country support tool to guide the incorporation of the Abuja Declaration on Fertilizers into the Country Compacts will be developed for the countries; ii) Support missions will be undertaken to countries undergoing the CAADP implementation process to share the tool and ensure that the country’s priorities vis-à-vis the fertilizer agenda are incorporated in its CAADP Compact.


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6.2 The NEPAD Fish Programme Programme Objectives The objectives of the NEPAD Fish Program are as follows:

o to improve the management of natural fish stocks; o to develop aquaculture production; and o To enhance fish trade in domestic, regional and global markets.

Objectives for the period under review The following were the objectives for the third quarter of July to September 2007.

o To strengthen the capacity of regional and national levels research, technology transfer and policy development

6.2.1 Progress on the NEPAD Fish Programme

6.2.1.1 The NEPADFISH-Department of Agriculture in South Africa Collaboration The Department of Agriculture (DoA) in South Africa and the WorldFish Centre have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding in aquaculture. The MOU is being concluded within the framework of NEPAD Implementation Plan for South Africa (NISSA). Concluding talks were held between the Deputy Director General of the Department of Agriculture (DoA) and the Director General for the WorldFish Centre in Pretoria on 28th September 2007.

6.2.1.2 The NEPADFISH-Mozambique collaboration NEPAD and Mozambique agreed on a joint Action Plan on Fisheries and aquaculture. NEPAD FISH and NEPAD Science and Technology agreed on a joint fisheries and aquaculture with the Ministry of Fisheries in Mozambique. The program aims at deepening awareness and understanding of opportunities and constraints in the context of NEPAD FISH, SANBio and national policy implementation. Seven priory projects were agreed upon as requiring joint implementation and follow-up. These included review of on-going NEPAD Science and Technology programmes to encompass marine fisheries and biodiversity and the need to deepen involvement of the Ministry of Fisheries in regional fisheries and aquaculture development programmes. The meeting was attended by officials from the Ministry of Fisheries; University of Eduardo Mondlane University; NEPAD FISH, NEPAD Science and Technology, SANBio, WorldFish Centre and African Wildlife Foundation. The meeting was held in Maputo, Mozambique on 27 and 28th August 2007. The Joint Action Plan has since been endorsed by the Minister of Fisheries in Mozambique.

6.2.1.3 Launch of the Regional Programme on Fisheries and HIV/AIDS The WorldFish Center opened a new office in Lusaka, Zambia on 26 September. On the same day, Regional Program on “Fisheries and HIV/AIDS in Africa” was launched. The guest of honor at both functions was the Deputy Minister of Agriculture in the Republic of Zambia, Honourable Albert Mulonga, M.P. The Chief Executive Officer of NEPAD was represented by the Senior Fisheries Advisor, Dr. Sloans Chimatiro. The HIV/AIDS program is being funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), and the Ambassador of Sweden to Zambia also attended the function. The program has national components in eight


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countries in Southern, Eastern, Central and West Africa. The WorldFish Center’s office in Zambia will also serve as a regional coordination office for the Center’s programs in support of the NEPAD FISH, COMESA, SADC and the Forum for Agriculture Research in Africa (FARA). The WorldFish Center is an official technical partner to NEPAD in the sector of fisheries and aquaculture.

6.2.1.4 Fisheries and aquaculture research

NEPAD FISH, WorldFish Centre and ASARECA agreed to commence the programme development for fisheries and aquaculture research. On 13 September, an agreement was reached between NEPAD FISH and its partners (WorldFish Centre) to work together with ASARECA to start developing the fisheries and aquaculture research programmes under the new portfolio of Livestock and Fisheries. This follows the endorsement of fisheries and aquaculture research by FARA and its sub-regional organizations (SROs). Further discussions will be held in December when the new programme manager at ASARECA is in place; in the meantime, drafts will be prepared and shared via e-mail.

6.2.1.5 Zambia National Fisheries Policy

The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative has started the preparation of National Fisheries Policy. With the support of WorldFish Centre, NEPAD FISH is providing technical back-stopping to the Department of Fisheries in Zambia to develop a National Fisheries Policy. During the meeting of the Drafting Committee held on 27 September in Lusaka, the Position Paper for the policy was discussed. A draft policy is expected to be ready by March 2008.

6.2.1.6 Challenges, Lessons learnt and Way forward a) There was no strong link with AU’s new section on fisheries b) The major lessons learnt are:

i. The impact of CAADP through NEPAD Action Plan on Fisheries will best be achieved by anchoring its activities through the national fisheries institutions (e.g. DoA-South Africa, Department of Fisheries Zambia; Ministry of fisheries Mozambique).

ii. More focus should be targeted on FARA’s SROs in terms of research support.


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7 Overall Coordination and Cross-cutting Issues

7.1 The AUC-NEPAP-RECs Coordination and alignment Meeting One of the key highlights of the Quarter under review was the 2nd AUC-NEPAD-RECs Liaison and coordination meeting on CAADP implementation. The meeting was hosted by the AUC in Addis Ababa (26th -27th Sept 2007) and officiated by the Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner, H.E. Madam Rosebud Kurwijila. It was attended by the RECs, NEPAD Secretariat team led by the Agricultural Advisor, Prof. Richard Mkandawire and the AUC DREA team led by Director, Dr. Babagana. The meeting was an important landmark in further streamlining and strengthening issues around Governance and institutional arrangements for support the CAADP implementation among the core AU institutions (the AUC, NEPAD Secretariat and the RECs). The meeting moved further in consolidating a coherent thrust in delivering on the CAADP implementation, especially with regard to providing relevant coordination and facilitatory support to the country level CAADP roundtables and implementation processes. The meeting made key progress in delineating core responsibilities for the three institutions (AUC, NEPAD and RECs) within an overall framework for joint and collective commitment and responsibility in stimulating, facilitating and coordinating CAADP implementation at country and regional levels. A joint end-of-meeting communiqué is available.

7.2 Country CAADP Implementation Processes NEPAD continued to provide support to the RECs in the implementation of the CAADP roundtables. The last quarter saw engagement with the ECOWAS secretariat, which is pursuing the CAADP agenda through the Agricultural Policy of the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAP) and have already developed a work programme on support for implementation of CAADP in the region. Support is also being given to COMESA who are coordinating the CAADP roundtables in the region. Plans towards signing the CAADP compact are now at and advanced stage in Uganda, Zambia and Malawi.

7.3 Resource mobilization

7.3.1 Mobilization of resources for investment support to country CAADP programmes

i. OFID Funds: NEPAD Secretariat, with FAO support, has secured OFID agreement to

fund Bankable Investment Project Profiles or other CAADP related priority projects in 6 countries. OFID funds are highly concessionary with a grace period of five years and thereafter 2% interest rate is charged per year. Invitations were sent to Namibia, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zambia, Rwanda, Egypt and Burkina Faso to participate in the OFID fund. Since this is a loan, these countries were requested to submit a letter from


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their Ministries of Finance. The Ministries of Finance in Zambia, Mozambique, and Rwanda have already endorsed OFID funding. Swaziland and Egypt have also expressed interest and are in the process of obtaining letters from their Ministries of Finance. The countries that have endorsed OFID funding will be given OFID ($10000) and FAO ($5000) grants to assist in preparing feasibility studies. It is expected that all feasibility studies will be completed by 30th December, 2007. Thereafter, OFID loan processing procedures will commence.

ii. IFAD Funding: Many ECCAS member countries face high levels of Food insecurity. In

order to address this problem, NEPAD Secretariat has reached agreement with IFAD to fund full chain-value production of cassava and NERICA in countries where there is reasonable stability. NEPAD is also exploring the possibility of facilitating targeted emergency interventions in ECCAS member countries still experiencing instabilities.

iii. FAO Funding: NEPAD Secretariat and FAO have signed a technical assistance project

worth US$428,000. The project is intended to fill a critical capacity gap in the NEPAD Agriculture Unit in implementing the AU decisions by preparing relevant technical documents, organizing country level resource mobilization meetings, and conducting advocacy work to mobilize concrete commitments internationally and continentally in support of the CAADP agenda.

iv. Progress in Allocation of 10% public expenditure to agriculture development in line

with 2003 AU Summit Maputo Declaration: The AUC and NEPAD Secretariat, with support from the World Bank and FAO, are monitoring compliance with this landmark decision. There are decreasing numbers of countries with less than 5% and increasing numbers of countries with 5% to 10% and more than 10% but the rates of change remain rather low. Based on the available data, most countries will not attain at least 10% national expenditure allocation to agriculture development by 2008. The distribution of country compliance is as follows:

10% or more: Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Cape Verde 5% to less than 10%: Sudan, Lesotho, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Equatorial

Guinea, Benin, Tunisia, Mozambique, Madagascar, Guinea, The Gambia, and Ghana

Less than 5%: Liberia, Gabon, Egypt, Congo DR, Burundi, Sierra Leone, Botswana, Mauritius, Cameroon, Algeria, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Nigeria

The AUC and NEPAD Secretariat are taking measures to increase the number of countries responding to the questionnaire and to improve the quality of data. Agriculture development is the responsibility of African Governments and donors could only supplement the local investments. The deadline for compliance with 2003 AU Maputo decision is 2008 and therefore, The NEPAD secretariat will be following up with national governments that have not submitted the required data and will also continue with its advocacy role in calling on national governments to comply with the Maputo decision.

v. Leveraging on the GEF SIP support to investment programmes on scaling up SLM

practices: The US $150 million commitment from the GEF to support investment programmes on scaling up SLM practices in SSA comes under a 1:4 co-financing ratio. In this sense as the GEF Council endorsed the SIP proposal, the SLM Lead Agencies had already committed in excess of US $ 1 billion in leveraged funds for the SLM programmes at country and regional level.


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However, NEPAD and TerrAfrica engagement at country level is also pursuing increased financing support from country bilateral arrangements. In most countries in country bilateral arrangements have recognized and getting to support SLM related programmes through the TerrAfrica-NEPAD/Pillar 1 thrust. The following is noted in terms of resources leveraged from in-country bilateral programmes: a) Ethiopia: US $150 million under the World Bank International Development

Association (WB-IDA) support and over US $ 70 million from other bilateral partners (GTZ, Norway, etc…) already support the SLM national platform

b) Uganda: US $ 50 million under WB-IDA support c) Senegal: US $ 55 million under WB-IDA support through Senegal’s Agricultural

Services and Producer Organizations Project 2 (PSAOP-2) and Agricultural Markets and Agro-business Development Project PDMAS)

d) Malawi: Total of US $ 55 million under WB-IDA support through an Agriculture and an Irrigation and rural development project

e) Kenya: US $ 50 – WB-IDA support f) Ghana: Total of about US $ 90 million expected from a number of WB-IDA

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8 Conclusion The NEPAD Secretariat continued to strengthen its engagement at both regional and country level especially with regard to coordination and facilitation of the CAADP implementation agenda. There is, at all levels, growing appreciation of the NEPAD Secretariat value addition especially in facilitating strategic thinking, brokering and enhancing coalition building and strengthening of inter-sectoral, inter-ministerial partnerships. The interest and commitment among the core AU institutions (AUC, NEPAD and the RECs) to ensure a common, coherent and aligned collaborations in supporting CAADP implementation including growing clarity on roles and responsibilities among the three institutions is a welcome development and clearly contributing to the efficiency and effectiveness of the Au institutions in supporting the NEPAD development agenda. As the countries pick up on accelerating adoption and implementation of agriculture and rural development programmes, some key issues that require concerted effort include: - mobilisation/attracting of resources into agriculture including investment support. This

including attracting increased government financing as part of the countries 10% commitment in the 2003 Maputo Declaration. NEPAD Secretariat will need to liaise and jointly with regional and country players engage development partners and the local and international private sector including the Foundations in galvanising more investment resources into agriculture.

- Inter-pillar alignment and their engagement and use in the country roundtable

processes - One, Country Compact has been signed since (i.e. Rwanda). NEPAD in liaison with the

RECs should stimulate and support acceleration of the CAADP implementation at country level. The aim should be to have at least five more countries signing the country compacts by the end of 2007. It is, here, important to recognise and embrace the lessons from the Rwanda process and compact.

- NEPAD Secretariat should also engage with especially ECOWAS to advance more

rapidly the national level CAADP implementation processes. However, as per the lessons from Rwanda, it is recognised that due time and processes are simply essential, e.g. for coalition building and should be allowed as such.

NEPAD Secretariat recognises that implementation of the CAADP agenda will vary from country to country, region to region, i.e. situations will come to bear on the form and rate at which the CAADP principles are adapted. NEPAD Secretariat is convinced that the processes underway in the implementation of the CAADP agenda will bring the agricultural sector to bear on the continent’s growth agenda and specifically on attaining set targets on food security and poverty alleviation.

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