This paper uses panel data on 25 African countries from 2001 to 2014 and a country and year fixed-effects model to estimate the impacts of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), an agriculture-led integrated framework of development priorities in Africa, on government agricultural expenditure, official development assistance (ODA) for agriculture, and land and labor productivity. Instrumental variables and Heckman correction (inverse mills ratio) are used to address potential endogeneity and selection bias, respectively.

This capacity needs assessment is the brainchild of the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

This report presents findings from the capacity needs assessment for Zimbabwe. The capacity needs assessment aimed to facilitate the development of a country-specific capacity-strengthening strategy to meet strategic analysis and knowledge management support systems objectives of the country Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) process.

AGRF 2018, Kigali, Rwanda

Wednesday, 5 September

ReSAKSS Side Event: 11:30-13:00; Room: MH2

Strengthening Local Capacities to Support the Design of Evidence-based Malabo Compliant NAIPs

Organizer: Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Contact Person : Tsitsi Makombe, Email : t.makombe@cgiar.org

The University of Ibadan hosted the 2nd Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation In Africa on May 14-15. The symposium was co-organized with Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and the International Climate Change Information Programme (ICCIP) in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Malawi is proving that an inclusive and participatory agriculture joint sector review (JSR) is instrumental for mutual accountability and guiding agricultural policy reforms in the country. Its JSR provides opportunities for all key stakeholders to debate agricultural policies and advocate for improvements, which in some cases have led to concrete policy changes.

African Union led initiatives have been shaping policy debates and driving research agendas towards the transformation of African agriculture for the last two decades. Continent-wide policies have set a clear vision for African agriculture and now the frontrunners are being recognised.

I’m just off an overnight plane from East Africa, and while I’m not a Marvel fan, it was refreshing to see a theme dominated by Africans in the ‘Black Panther’ movie last night. Could Africa be helping itself towards the seemingly equitable prosperity of the fictional African country of Wakanda?

Progress with implementation of CAADP in Lesotho: Despite Lesotho signing the CAADP Compact in 2013, finalization of the National Agriculture Investment Plan (NAIP) is still in
progress, while subsequent processes (technical review and business meeting) are yet to be conducted. A SAKSS node to facilitate monitoring and evaluation, and provide a platform