Guinee CAADP Brochure 5: Système National d’Analyse Stratégique et de Gestion des Connaissances (SAKSS) pour informer et guider le processus. [french]

Liberia CAADP Brochure 5: Strategic Analyses and Knowledge Support Systems to Inform and Guide the CAADP Implementation Process.

Benin CAADP Brochure 3: Options stratégiques et sources de croissance agricole, de réduction de la pauvreté et de sécurité alimentaire. [french]

Ghana CAADP Brochure 3: Strategic Options and Sources for Agricultural Growth, Poverty Reduction, and Food Security.

Nigeria CAADP Brochure 1: Review of Ongoing Agricultural Development Efforts.

Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Pillar I Framework

Guinee CAADP Brief 4: Programme de gestion intégrée des ressources naturelles. [french]

Agriculture provides the backbone of the economy in many African countries. Moreover, the majority of the rural poor depend on agriculture either directly or indirectly for their livelihoods.1 Developing agriculture specifi cally and the rural sector more broadly are key components of Africas pathway out of poverty. Yet in the last decades of the 20th century, agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) suff ered from a tragedy of political inattention and disinvestment.

Agriculture is crucial for development in Africa, as the majority of the population lives in rural areas and at least 70 percent of the workforce is engaged in agriculture. In many African countries, growth in agriculture is the most effective strategy for reducing poverty and promoting overall economic growth (Diao et al. 2007). The period covered in this report was in many ways a positive year for African agriculture.