The 2013 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) contributes to the emerging debate by analyzing Africas 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. The ATOR finds that Africas share of world trade of goods and services, and specifically of agricultural goods, made a turnaround and started increasing in the 2000s.
Never before has so much attention been paid to nutrition in development dialogues and planning. The early design of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) recognized the important role nutrition plays in achieving development goals, but little thought was given to how to integrate nutrition into agriculture and related development investment plans.
As part of IFPRI’s support to CAADP, the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) was established in 2006 to provide policy-relevant analysis, data, and tools necessary to support the formulation and implementation of evidence-based agricultural-sector policies and strategies, as well as to facilitate CAADP policy dialogue, peer review, benchmarking, and mutual learning processes.
Technical Appendix Economic Development and Nutrition Transition in Ghana: Taking Stock of Food Consumption Patterns and Trends ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) 2015*, Chapter 4
The joint sector review (JSR) assessment exercise was undertaken in Tanzania from March to May 2014 to evaluate progress in Tanzania under CAADP and, in particular, progress on implementation of TAFSIP. This report was produced under the leadership of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Cooperatives (MAFC). The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) office for Eastern and Central Africa supported national collaborators to undertake the review.
The joint sector review (JSR) assessment exercise was undertaken in Tanzania from March to May 2014 to evaluate progress in Tanzania under CAADP and, in particular, progress on implementation of TAFSIP. This report was produced under the leadership of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Cooperatives (MAFC). The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) office for Eastern and Central Africa supported national collaborators to undertake the review. The assessment drew information from desk reviews, interviews with key stakeholders in the agricultural sector of Tanzania, and brainstorming and building consensus on the opportunities and challenges facing Tanzanias agricultural sector through two stakeholder workshops.
Agriculture joint sector reviews (JSRs) are key instruments for supporting mutual accountability and implementing the CAADP Results Framework. Malawi has already started conducting JSR meetings, which collectively review the effectiveness of policies and institutions in the agricultural sector as well as the extent to which they are achieving their intended results and outcomes. However, there is a need to strengthen the JSR process. This study was carried out to inform this initiative by performing a technical assessment of the existing JSR process.
Agriculture joint sector reviews (JSRs) are key instruments for supporting mutual accountability and implementing the CAADP Results Framework. Malawi has already started conducting JSR meetings, which collectively review the effectiveness of policies and institutions in the agricultural sector as well as the extent to which they are achieving their intended results and outcomes. However, there is a need to strengthen the JSR process. This study was carried out to inform this initiative by performing a technical assessment of the existing JSR process. The assessment focused on three objectives: (1) to evaluate the policy and institutional environment of the implementation of NAIPs; (2) to examine the progress made toward achieving their key target outcomes and thus create baselines for future reviews; and (3) to assess the adequacy of existing processes to effectively carry out such reviews in the future and to identify actions to remedy any weaknesses seen. Some interesting findings were obtained from this assessment.
