ReSAKSS-SA organized a regional methodology workshop on October 23 in Pretoria, South Africa, titled “Strengthening Capacity for Strategic Agricultural Policy and Investment Planning and Implementation in the SADC Region: The CAADP and SADC RISDP M&E Data Presentation and

USAID has held regional workshops to inform programming for the US Government’s Feed the Future initiative in Eastern and Southern Africa. The workshop for West Africa is planned for November. The workshop for Eastern Africa was held in Kampala, Uganda during October 15-19, 2012. On the third day of the workshop, Joseph Karugia made a presentation on ReSAKSS capacity building activities and establishment of country SAKSS Nodes. The last two days of the workshop, Oct. 18-19 were dedicated to policy discussions on three priority areas, with presentation from IFPRI/ReSAKSS team:

Organized by ReSAKSS-SA and IWMI, a regional methodology workshop on Strengthening Capacity for Strategic Agricultural Policy and Investment Planning and Implementation in the SADC Region was held on August 22 in Pretoria, South Africa.

The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa (ReSAKSS-SA) in collaboration with the AfricaLead Project, ReSAKSS Africa Wide and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) held a workshop on Strengthening Capacity for Strategic Agricultural Policy and Investment Planning and Implementation in the SADC

A training workshop titled “Strengthening Capacity for Strategic Agricultural Policy and Investment Planning and Implementation in Africa” was held in Nairobi on June 25th -26th, 2012. This workshop was co-organized by the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Eastern and Central Africa (ReSAKSS-ECA) and Africa Lead.

Participants at the ReSAKSS-ECA steering committee meeting held on 12 June 2012.

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Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Eastern and Central Africa (ReSAKSS-ECA), on the 11^th June, 2012, held a regional workshop under the theme, “Strategic Analysis to Inform Agricultural Policy”.

An inception workshop for a new research project entitled, “Promoting Participatory and Evidence-Based Agricultural Policy Processes in Africa (PEBAP)”, was held in Dakar, Senegal on 30 May to 1 June 2012.  Funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the project is being jointly implemented by IFPRI and the Universities of Kiel and Hohenheim, in collaboration with lo

Africa, especially Sub-Saharan Africa, has experienced moderate agricultural productivity growth since mid-1980s, but a sustainable agricultural growth in Africa will require more policies and investments in agricultural research and development at regional and country levels.