This article is written by Sara Gustafson and originally published on Food Security Portal blog.

The 2014 Malabo Declaration reiterates African countries’ commitment toward attaining an agriculture revolution in the continent. A special commitment to “Mutual Accountability, Actions and Result” has been made to facilitate peer reviews, mutual learning and mutual accountability processes.

The 2013 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) contributes to the emerging debate by analyzing Africa’s recent trade performance and future outlook at the global and regional levels, including discussions of the mechanisms of dealing with food price volatility, the scope for increasing trans-border trade, and the potential impacts of weather-related shocks and biophysical factors on intra-regional exports.

Christopher Manyamba, who is a research officer at ReSAKSS-SA based in IWMI, has been awarded one of the four Ph.D. dissertation research fellowships on the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) by IFPRI and its partners.

Agricultural productivity in Africa has been increasing since the mid-1980s, but this represents catching up with the levels achieved in the early 1960s.

ReSAKSS is pleased to announce the inaugural Rwanda-SAKSS annual report, Trends in Key Agricultural and Rural Development Indicators in Rwanda,in tracking the country’s progress towards CAADP implementation, produced by Rwanda Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support Sy

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Godfrey Bahiigwa is joining IFPRI-WCAO as the new ReSAKSS Africa-wide Coordinator, starting September 4, 2012.

Greenwell C. Matchaya is joining us as the new ReSAKSS-SA Coordinator.

The 2007 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Malawi has been released on IFPRI website. It is an economy-wide data framework using cross-entropy estimation techniques to depict the structure of the Malawian economy in the year of 2007.

We are excited to introduce a new face to the ReSAKSS family - Michele Mbo'o-Tchouawou.