The 50×2030 Global Data Conference 2021 will provide concrete examples on the use of survey data to address development challenges, inform policies and programs and provide solutions for investments. It will offer the opportunity to establish new networks of decision-makers facing similar challenges around the world and will offer a number of learning and capacity building opportunities. In particular, the conference will provide:

By TSITSI MAKOMBE and CHEIKH TRAORE

BY TSITSI MAKOMBE

Endorsed in 2003 by African heads of state and government, the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) is a continentwide framework for accelerating growth and progress toward poverty reduction and food and nutrition security through an agricultureled growth strategy. Beginning in 2006, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) hosted and incubated three programs that provide policy research and capacitystrengthening support to guide the planning and implementation of CAADP. The three programs migrated to AKADEMIYA2063 in July 2020.

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC), convened the 2019 ReSAKSS Annual Conference to promote review and dialogue on the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) implementation agenda. In this video, participants from IFPRI, ReSAKSS and other stakeholders share their reflections about the conference and the ReSAKSS.

“Challenges in carrying out successful Biennial Review surmountable”- Greenwell Matchaya (ReSAKSS- The Regional Strategic Analysis And Knowledge Support System)

Only four countries out of fifty in Africa have met the proposed threshold of the second CAADP Biennial Review Report, though thirty-six have ‘tremendously improved’ from the 2017/2018 report. The threshold of the 2018/2019 report was 6.6 out of 10.