L’Institut International de Recherche sur les Politiques Alimentaires (IFPRI) et Le Système Régional d’Analyse Stratégique et de Gestion de Connaissances (ReSAKSS) ont organisé un webinaire sur le thème : "Le Commerce Agricole Africain à l'Epreuve de la Crise Sanitaire: Présentation du Moniteur 2019 du Commerce Agricole en Afrique (AATM) 2019 et Discussion autour des Potentiels Effets de la Covid-19".
This note analyzes the trajectory of the benchmark and its implications for the effort required of countries to remain on-track or get on-track toward achieving the goals and targets of the Malabo Declaration by 2025. It also analyzes the change in the overall score obtained by different countries between the 2018 and 2020 BRs by decomposing the contribution of different indictors to the change. This helps to explain why fewer countries were on-track in the 2020 BR compared to the 2018 BR.
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.
The 2014 Malabo Declaration and recommitment to the principles of CAADP on agriculture transformation by African Heads of State and Government heightened the importance of the agriculture sector as a driver towards shared prosperity and improved livelihoods. They committed to ‘Mutual Accountability to Results and Action’, and innovatively agreed to a biennial review of agricultural progress made against the Malabo Declaration.
This Second Biennial Review Report builds on the efforts of the first round and tracks the performance of countries on each of the 47 indicators (four more than in the inaugural report) that shows the performance of the continent towards a fully transformed agricultural sector. Considerable efforts have gone into improving the quality of the data, with more countries reporting in this round, and there is an Biennial Report to the AU Assembly on implementing the June 2014 Malabo Declaration...
On May 30, 2019, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement entered into force. To trigger its implementation, the agreement needed a minimum of 22 country ratifications. The AfCFTA aims to gradually eliminate tariff and non-tariff barriers, accelerate regional and continental integration, improve customs and trade facilitation, develop regional and continental value chains, foster investment and industrialization, and ultimately, boost intra-African trade.
Samuel Benin is Deputy Division Director of IFPRI's Africa Regional Office. Ernesto Tiburcio is a Research Analyst with IFPRI's Development Strategy and Government Division.
