• No Food Crisis Seen, But Greater Market Stability Needed, FAO, Sept 7
• Scientists Bring Hope of Better Crops, The Africa Project, Sept 10
• UN Goals to Slash Poverty, Hunger Achievable: Draft, Reuters, Sept 10

Monitoring and Assessing Targets of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and the First Millennium Development Goal (MDG) in Africa, Babatunde Omilola, Mbaye Yade, Joseph Karugia, and Pius Chilonda, July 2010

From COMESA: The President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E Mwai Kibaki on  24 July 2010, officially launched the Kenya Agricultural Sector Development Strategy and witnessed the signing of the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Program (CAADP). COMESA has been providing technical support to its Member States in view to having them sign and implement national and regional CADDP compacts.

Since its adoption in 2003, the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) has established a reputation as a framework of support for sustainable agricultural development in different countries and regions of Africa. Several African countries have now signed their CAADP compacts with the support of the ReSAKSS network. As we enter the post-CAADP compact implementation phase in many countries, it is important to streamline the areas of intervention of CAADP by making only those incremental and value-added changes to the current services provided by CAADP as are necessary.

An ECOWAP/CAADP Process business meeting on the financing of national and regional investment plans was held on June 14-17 in Dakar, Senegal.  The objectives of this meeting included enabling ECOWAS member countries to submit their agricultural investment plans and budget estimates; enabling the ECOWAS Commission to  present the regional agricultural investment plan; discussing these investment plans and developing a strategy for the mobilization of financial resources in advance of the G8/G20 meetings; and developing  common approach among stakeholders to finance member countries' investme

Farming First’s Guide to Food Security Initiatives, Farming First, June 2010

From Farming First's website: Food security is an immediate and future priority for all countries worldwide. Since the food crisis erupted in 2008, a large number of global and regional food security initiatives have been launched or strengthened in response. While these developments are welcome, improving policy and implementation coherence is essential to ensure programmes have the desired impacts.

Muskoka Accountability Report: Assessing Action and Results Against Development-Related Committments, G8, June 2010

The World Bank Africa Environment and Natural Resources Unit and the Water Resources and Watershed Management Thematic Group are hosting an online discussion and debate titled, "Watershed Management under a Changing Climate in Sub-Saharan Africa," that will run throughout June. 

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• Africa: 'Land Rush' as Threats to Food Security Intensify, allAfrica.com, May 14
• Supporting Smallholder Agriculture Can Stop Hunger, Zambian Watchdog, May 14
• East Africa: With Minimal Spending On Agriculture, EA Countries Getting Poorer, allAfrica.com, May 20

CAADP News: Delegates at the 6th CAADP Partnership Platform (PP) declared that progress in reducing poverty and hunger in African countries has been made, but that much more must be done in order to hasten the pace. In addition, signficant gains have been made in implementing CAADP, with 18 countries signing compacts as of April, 2010. The delegates agreed that the roadmap for the remainder of 2010 should focus on countries which had already signed compacts.