Author: Ibnou Ndiame

ReSAKSS Annual Conference / Articles posted by Ibnou Ndiame

The continent is not achieving the goals set ten years ago in Malabo. Nevertheless, there has been growth, albeit on a lower level. New guidelines for public investment in agriculture are required. Harvest in Senegal. Mechanisation in African agriculture stands at about ten percent. 65 percent of labour is performed by humans, about 25 percent by draught animals. © AfDB via Flickr   Most African countries have not reached the Malabo target of investing 10 percent of their national budgets in agriculture. But focusing only on the Malabo target disguises the fact that public investment in agriculture has nevertheless risen significantly. To make African agriculture more resilient to shocks and improve food security and agri-food systems, more public and private investment is urgently...

The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Biennial Review: An innovative accountability and reporting tool The Biennial Review (BR) process of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has underscored the need to strengthen data systems and capacities and to promote evidence-based policymaking and decision-making. As part of the mutual accountability process, every two years, African Union (AU) member states compile and report data on over 300 data parameters to assess their progress toward achieving the Malabo Declaration’s agrifood system transformation goals by 2025. The country assessments are consolidated into a continental CAADP BR report that is presented during an AU Heads of State and Government Summit at the end of each BR cycle. After four cycles, the CAADP BR has generated...

After four cycles, the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Biennial Review (BR) process has generated not only four continental BR reports, but also a large cross-country time series dataset (2014-2022). Yet, despite the growing knowledge products, uptake of the BR data and results by CAADP stakeholders for evidence-based policy and decision-making remains rather low. Why the low uptake of BR data? The challenges The low uptake of CAADP BR data can be attributed to a host of challenges ranging from limited data availability, access, awareness and capacities to low data quality and, thus, reduced reliability of the data. For example, a recent independent assessment of the CAADP BR process noted inadequate dissemination of BR results following the release of the continental report,...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QO-aErCHsY"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]2023 marks 20 years of implementing the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), which was launched with the Maputo Declaration in 2003. With CAADP, African leaders committed to promoting agricultural growth as a key catalyst of broader economic development. After the first decade of CAADP implementation, characterized by strong agricultural and economic growth across the continent, the CAADP agenda was broadened under the 2014 Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods. The Malabo Declaration reaffirmed the commitments of African heads of state to the original CAADP targets of achieving a 6 percent agricultural growth rate and a 10 percent agricultural expenditure share, while adding further commitments to be achieved by 2025 in...