Ethiopia signed their country CAADP compact during the CAADP Roundtable meetings on August 26 through 28, 2009 in Adama town, Ethiopia. This signing made Ethiopia the third country in the COMESA region to sign its CAADP compact.

CAADP is a program of NEPAD

On July 29th and 30th 2009, Togo completed the signing of the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) country compact, becoming the first West African country to do so.

The Government of Burundi signed the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) country compact on August 24th, 2009. The signing was conducted during the Country’s roundtable meeting with the President of Burundi, His Excellency, Pierre Nkurunziza as guest of honor.

Burundi is the second COMESA country to sign its CAADP compact, following Rwanda’s signing in 2007.

Togo is set to become the first West African country to hold a CAADP Roundtable , which will culminate into the signing of the country’s CAADP Compact.

On July 10, 2009, world leaders at the G8 summit in Italy issued a statement agreeing to increase efforts at fighting hunger on a global scale. The governments agreed to partner with vulnerable countries and regions to help them develop and implement their own food security strategies and increase commitments of financial and technical assistance.

As part of its series on world hunger, the WFP announced a new series which will focus on the role of functioning food markets in reducing hunger.

This volume analyses the workings of markets in order to identify the sources of market failures in addressing hunger and malnutrition, and to highlight the ways in which they can be improved. The report sets out the ways in which policy formulation and program design can build on the strengths of markets to prevent possible negative effects, important reading for all those involved in the fight against world hunger.

The interactive ReSAKSS website was featured in the Danida DevForum on July 23. The forum provides news and updates related to development and is managed by the Danish development cooperation.

Read the article here.

A new blog has been created to provide regularly-updated information on the ReSAKSS Africa Wide Conference. The blog is at http://resakssconference2009.wordpress.com and will provide logistical information, the conference program, and proceedings following the event.

ReSAKSS will host a discussion group on “Informing African Agricultural Development, Planning and Policy” focusing on the requirements for a well-coordinated comprehensive effort to support the revitalization of national agricultural policy systems to transform African agriculture.

The ReSAKSS Africa Wide conference, “Agriculture-led Development for Africa: Exploring New Opportunities and Strategic Alternatives to Inform African Agricultural Development, Planning and Policy” will be held at the UNECA Conference Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia November 23-24, 2009.