Tackling rural poverty, together

The Platform invites its members to comment on the present draft of the study 'Formulating and Implementing SWAps in ARD' until September 7th. The final report is expected for mid-October.

The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development commissioned the present study to examine the formulation and implementation experience of sector-approaches in A&RD and to identify any key lessons for improving the way in which development assistance is currently supporting SWAps or A&RD more generally. This synthesis report prepared by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) brings together material from seven country studies three of them in-depth field based investigations (Tanzania, Mozambique and Nicaragua) and four lighter-touch desk-based reviews (Uganda, Cambodia, Vietnam and Ghana).

Regarding the upcoming CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting in Addis September 25-28: Under the leadership of the AUC, some important agreements were taken to organize the event, namely the establishment of two Task Forces: one to establish a joint Evaluation Framework with AUC, NEPAD, APF Secretariat and development partners, the other on Terms of Reference for the CAADP PP.

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A near final version of the World Development Report 2008 (WDR) Agriculture for Development is now online and can be viewed at: The World Bank WDR web page. The final version of the WDR will be launched on 19 October 2007.

A collection of short statements from participants of the Second European Rural Forum.

Ranging from Africa to Europe, from multilateral to civil society and from international to local and collected during the Second European Forum on Sustainable Rural Development, on June 18-21, 2007.

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Your views are wanted on advance copies of soon-to-be-released World Bank studies.

A fresh look at 'Providing Financial Services in Rural Areas'; a report on 'Food Safety and Agricultural Health Management in CIS Countries' and the study 'From Agriculture to Nutrition'.

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Platform facilitates the formulation of minimum standards for ARD programmes

During the First European Forum on Rural Development Cooperation which was held in Montpellier in September 2002, participants called for a Code of Conduct for donors supporting agriculture and rural development programmes (ARD) in order to ensure improved coordination and more effective outputs of these programmes.

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FARA and donors join forces in advancing CAADP’s pillar 4

The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) – being the apex organisation for coordinating agricultural research and development in Africa – has been recently asked by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) to be the technical arm to advance the objectives of pillar 4 of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme CAADP (see box at right for more information on CAADP Pillar 4).

FARA is now joining forces with a wide range of development partners in the soon-to-be-created FARA Development Partner Group.

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Translating the CAADP agenda from document status to real actions and decisions ‘on the ground‘

On March 29-31, the first National Compact of the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) was signed in Kigali, Rwanda, by the Rwandan Ministries of Agriculture and Finance, the Africa Union, COMESA and national development partner representatives.

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