The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development

Programme (CAADP)

Ian Mashingaidzepolicy@fanrpan.org

www.fanrpan.org

Background

The CAADP provides a strategic framework, agreed upon by African Heads of State in Maputo in 2003 (the Maputo Declaration), aimed at increasing national budget expenditure on agriculture to at least 10 percent, and ensuring agriculture growth of at least 6 percent per year, thereby enabling income growth and wealth creation sufficient to cut poverty in half by 2015.

The four pillars of the CAADP

Sustainable land and water management

Building trade and marketing infrastructure

Increase food and nutrition security

Promote research in agriculture, extension and training for adoption and dissemination of new technologies

 

What is a CAADP Compact?

CAADP Compacts are high-level agreements between governments, regional representatives and development partners for a focused implementation of CAADP within the respective countries or regions.

CAADP Compacts detail programmes and projects that address national priorities which the various stakeholders can invest in

What Compacts should do….

Compacts should define actions, commitments, partnerships and alliances by and between the different stakeholders

Compacts should guide: o country policy and investment responseso planning of development assistance; o public/private partnerships to raise and sustain

the necessary investments required

Developing national CAADP Compacts

The development of National CAADP Compacts is a participatory and inclusive process involving all stakeholders, both state and non-state

Analytical work is carried out at national level to inform and assist with the identification of binding constraints, priority strategies, and interventions to address them

CAADP Focal Persons

In most countries, the process is coordinated by ministries responsible for agriculture and livestock

CAADP focal person is appointed

The CAADP focal persons play key roles in driving the national CAADP processes, e.g. linking the technical teams to other relevant stakeholders

Stages for CAADP implementation

1. Government buy-in: This entails explaining the CAADP process and benefits to the key decision makers in government and getting their support

2. Focal point appointed: Appointing a CAADP focal person in the Ministry of Agriculture

3. CAADP Launch: An official and public announcement of the launch of CAADP in the country, with all the stakeholders present, including media

CAADP implementation

continued….4. Country Team Appointed: Appointing

members of the Country Team from a wide spectrum of stakeholders including private sector, CSOs, researchers / academia, government officials, media, farmers organisations

5. Experts engaged: Engage local or regional experts to conduct a gap analysis and put facts to statements, especially the key priority areas, as they prepare the country compact

6. Draft report submitted: Submit to stakeholders for comments

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7. Country Team discusses report

8. Final report is prepared

9. Stakeholder validation workshop: Allow the stakeholders to comment and endorse their approval

10. Compact is signed: This is a big event where all stakeholders are invited to witness the signing ceremony

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11. Investment plan developed: Develop investment plan to address the key priority areas that will result in increased agriculture productivity. Some countries call it the development strategic investment plan (DSIP). This is key for clarity and national focus.

12. Technical review: This is for reviewing the investment plan and putting figures and dollars to the plans. Normally countries request for the assistance of experts such as economists etc to cost the plan.

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13. Business meeting: Private sector, development partners and other stakeholders are invited to discuss the fully costed investment plan

COMESA Agriculture Strategy

The Compact will serve as a trans-boundary implementation policy for the CAADP framework in the region.

The COMESA treaty stipulates an overall cooperative strategy for Member States. Broadly these strategies include:

a harmonization of agricultural policy across the region; working toward regional food security – replacing imports

with local production; and, increasing agricultural productivity.

Improved regional food security

To accomplish the overall goal of improved regional food security and the three targets, the COMESA Agriculture Strategy includes the following three strategic areas for interventions:

Facilitate efficient agriculture markets

Accelerate adoption of new technology

Promote an enabling agric. policy environment

1. Facilitate efficient agriculture markets

The highest priority thrusts include improving market infrastructure, market information systems, and increasing institutional capacity.

A cluster system approach will be taken to maximize both production and marketing support for the sector.

Financing mechanisms that support agriculture will also be developed.

2. Accelerate adoption of new technology

Enhancing productivity through new technologies and provision of adequate inputs will be an important strategic step.

Certain challenges will be addressed as part of this step, including limited access to seed and fertilizer, climate change effects, limited crop diversification, etc.

An increase in funding for research and development specifically focused on the agriculture sector will be promoted.

Research and Development priority areas will include bio-safety and disease control along with promoting adoption of modern technologies.

3. Promote an enabling agric. policy environment

Member States will seek to harmonize both policies and regulations around agriculture.

Working from a cooperative platform will allow freer trade among Member States, minimizing surplus-supply in some areas while deficit markets exist in other areas.

High priority actions include those which respond to rising food prices, removal of tariff and non-tariff barriers which have often been a hindrance to inter-regional trade and efforts to mitigate food supply shortages.

Use of CAADP as a strategic tool

Since most COMESA Member States have developed strategic plans for the agriculture sector which pre-date the CAADP, these plans should be reviewed and CAADP priorities are taken into consideration.

CAADP UPDATE IN AFRICA

Country status:

Ethiopia - Signed Compact, Stocktaking Document

Rwanda - Signed Compact, Investment Plans, Stocktaking Documents, Background Documents

Liberia - Signed Compact, Investment Plans, Stocktaking Documents, Technical Review Reports

Sierra Leone - Signed Compact, Stocktaking Documents, Technical Review Reports

Ghana - Signed Compact, Investment Plans, Stocktaking Documents, Technical Review Reports

Mali - Signed Compact, Investment Plans, Stocktaking Documents

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Niger - Signed Compact, Investment Plans, Stocktaking Documents

Togo - Signed Compact, Investment Plans, Stocktaking Documents

Burundi - Signed Compact, Stocktaking Document

Nigeria - Signed Compact, Technical Review Reports

Cape Verde - Signed Compact

Burkina Faso - Signed Compact, Investment Plans, Stocktaking Documents

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Benin - Investment Plans, Stocktaking Documents, Post Compact Preliminary Comments

Senegal - Signed Compact, Investment Plans, Stocktaking Documents

Gambia - Investment Plans, Stocktaking Documents, Technical Review Reports, Post Compact Preliminary Comments

Cote d'Ivoire - Signed Compact  

Uganda - Signed Compact, Investment Plans, Stocktaking Documents

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Swaziland - Draft Compact

Malawi - Signed Compact, Investment Plans

Tanzania - Investment Plans, Stocktaking Documents, Post Compact Road Map

Kenya - Signed Compact, Investment Plans

Econ. Com of Cent. African States

Angola Burundi

Cameroon Central African Republic

Chad Congo (Brazzaville)

DRC Equatorial Guinea

Gabon Rwanda

Sao Tome & Principe

SADC

Angola Botswana

DRC Lesotho

Madagascar Malawi

Mauritius Mozambique

Seychelles South Africa

Swaziland Tanzania

Zambia Zimbabwe

COMESA

Djibouti Malawi ZimbabweEritrea

Seychelles Comoros Libya Sudan

Zambia Madagascar Rwanda Egypt

Kenya Burundi Uganda Mauritius

Ethiopia DRC Swaziland

ECOWAS

Benin Senegal Burkina Faso

Sierra LeoneCabo Verde Togo

Cote D’Ivoire Gambia Ghana

Guinea Guinea Bissau Liberia

Mali Niger Nigeria