Who’s Who in the CAADP process? — Important stakeholders
African Institutions and Organisations
Both the African Union (AU) and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) are tasked with stimulating, coordinating and monitoring the implementation of Africa’s agricultural agenda.
For information on CAADP Focal Points of each country and organisation please see our list of CAADP contacts (access for registered users only)
- African Union (AU)
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The task of the AU is mainly focusing on policy formulation in areas of continental relevance, policy harmonisation, monitoring of national policy undertakings, stimulating implementation of AU-level decisions and fostering of regional networks and partnerships.
AU Commission specialised agencies:
Under the head of AU the African Union Commission (AUC) comprises six specialised technical agencies dealing with livestock diseases, semi-arid grain research and highland agriculture (incl. forestry) which work on the implementation of specific aspects of Africa’s agricultural agenda. Those are:
- Semi Arid Food Grain Research and Development (SAFGRAD), located in Ouagadougou;
- Inter-African Phytosanitary Council (IAPSC), located in Yaoundé;
- Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (IBAR), located in Nairobi;
- Pan-African Veterinary Vaccine Centre (PANVAC), located in Debre Zeit;
- Fouta Djallon Highland Integrated Regional Programme Coordination Office, located in Conakry;
- Pan-African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign (PATTEC), located in Addis Ababa
 www.africa-union.org
- New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)
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The NEPAD Secretariat is the technical arm in the CAADP process.
NEPAD shall provide technical guidance and work closely with RECs to stimulate the implementation of CAADP principles at national and regional levels.
www.nepad.org
- Regional Economic Communities (RECs)
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RECs are responsible for the implementation of the CAADP principles at the regional level (for further details, please refer to CAADP implementation).
- National Ministries
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The national ministries of Agriculture and Economics are responsible for the CAADP in-country implementation (for further details, please refer to CAADP implementation).
Development Partners
- African Development Bank (AfDB)
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One of the Bank’s major areas of focus in the agriculture sector is the promotion of access to rural infrastructure services, especially in water management and irrigation and the development of community-based integrated schemes, mainly oriented towards enhanced food security. In addition, there is need to expand access to financial services for small scale rural farmers.
The Bank Group will pay particular attention to national and regional projects and initiatives aimed at enhancing food production and food security in Africa, while providing support to private sector-led agribusiness schemes and agricultural produce marketing projects.
In support of its assistance in the agriculture and rural development sector, the Bank Group will continue to leverage its partnerships with institutions such as the World Bank, IFAD, BADEA, OPEC Fund for co-financing and the FAO for project preparation and policy dialogue.
 The AfDB and NEPAD-CAADP: building a lasting partnership for agricultural development in Africa
www.afdb.org
- European Union (EU)
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Focal areas for AU-EU cooperation on agricultural development are based on the main identified challenges to agriculture in Africa, on the African priorities, as reflected in CAADP, as well as on the EU policy focus on the sustainable intensification of production, competitiveness, risk management and research:
- Agriculture in Development Strategies
- Sector Governance
- Research, Knowledge Systems and Dissemination
- Trade Facilitation, emphasising Quality Assurance and Improvement
- Natural Resource Management: Land, Fisheries, Forestry
- Livestock Disease Control
- Risk Management
In the European Consensus, and in line with the Paris Declaration, the EU has committed to promote donor coordination, including by using common implementation mechanisms.
European Commission Communication: Advancing African Agriculture. Proposal for continental and regional level cooperation on agricultural development in Africa
europa.eu
- German Federal Ministry for Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
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BMZ contributed through the German Development Institute (DIE/GDI) to agricultural research particularly at the national level. Key lessons have been that it is not enough to provide good research information, but it is rather decisive how the information is channelled into the political discussion process, to allow policy makers to appropriate such initiative, and to form powerful alliances. Further research projects are ongoing.
Agricultural Policies in Sub Saharan Africa: Understanding and improving participatory policy processes in APRM and CAADP. A Research Proposal by GDI and IFPRI
www.bmz.de
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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IFRPI has been a major contributor in achieving a turn for agriculture to re-emerge as a key issue for economic growth and poverty alleviation in Sub-Sahara Africa with research showing the role of agricultural productivity, marketing, and sector growth, especially in the food staples, in contributing to poverty reduction and food security. Further research projects are ongoing.
A Collaborative Reasearch and Capacity building Program between NEPAD and IFPRI to inform and track the Implementation of CAADP
www.ifpri.org
- TerrAfrica
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The recent multi-donor supported programme forms an important implementation initiative in support of CAADP pillar 1 on land and water management.
www.terrafrica.org
- UK Department for International Development (DFID)
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DFID, together with SIDA and USAID, holds the leadership for consultations between the NEPAD Secretariat, IFPRI, and several development partners to support the CAADP implementation process through research programmes.
Together with the World Bank, DFID developed a public expenditure review programme.
As part of the outcome of the Pretoria Retreat on CAADP implementation in October of this year, development partners, including DFID, committed to providing assistance to strengthen the capacities of Regional Economic Communities (RECs) to enable them to successfully carry out their responsibilities of coordinating the CAADP implementation process.
DFID Pan Africa Agenda, 2006
www.dfid.gov.uk
- US Agency for International Development (USAID)
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USAID committed itself to collectively work with other Development Partners to improve economic governance, increase foreign and domestic investment, and improve aid effectiveness by aligning its policies and programmes around integrated and strategic CAADP objectives. Further objectives are to secure real commitments against pledges made by African leaders to increase their own budgets for agriculture, align their investments with CAADP, and implement key reforms and policies to enable the sector to play its role in reducing poverty.
Four areas of main activity have been defined for 2007
- Enhance/Strengthen the Economic Governance (institutional capacity and policy environment) for CAADP
- Expand Agricultural Trade, Increase Agribusiness Investment, and Improve Linkages Between Current Infrastructure and Agriculture Development Plans
- Reduce Chronic Food Insecurity by Increasing the Reliability and Effectiveness of Regional Food Markets to Meet the Food Needs of Vulnerable Populations
- Increase the use productivity enhancing agricultural inputs through commercial delivery systems.
USAID CAADP 2007 Priority Actions related to the G-8 Development Agenda
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