Statement by Ousmane Badiane
Director for Africa
The Inaugural CAADP Biennial Review Report: Launch of the African Agricultural Transformation Scorecard and Recognition of Five African Countries as Best Performers
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
29 January 2018
 

In the classical sense, accountability is a process through which people entrusted with responsibilities are kept under check to carry out the tasks assigned to them. In a review of typology of accountability models, Droop et al. (2008) draw a distinction between other forms of accountability and mutual accountability. At the end of the spectrum is the Principal-Agent model. In this model, fiduciary responsibilities are left to management as an agent.

The concept of mutual accountability is rooted in Managing for Development Results (MfDR), which is a management approach that involves using performance information at all stages of the development process to make better and more effective decisions and steer development efforts toward clearly defined goals (AfCoP 2012). Mutual Accountability means that each Stakeholder takes accountability and responsibility for their actions within the framework of collective action.

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.

Dans le cadre du processus de mise en oeuvre du Programme détaillé de développement de l'Agriculture Africaine (PDDA) dont la déclinaison nationale est le PNSR, la commission de l'Union africaine (CUA) et l'Agence de planification et de coordination du NEPAD (APCN) ont adopt un Cadre de responsabilité mutuelle dictant les principes de la revue mutuelle. La revue conjointe du secteur agricole (RCSA) constitue un instrument clé de soutien  la responsabilité mutuelle.

Le présent rapport est élaboré avec l'appui technique du Système d'analyse stratégique et de gestion des connaissances (ReSAKSS) et de l'Institut international de recherche sur les politiques alimentaires (IFPRI). Il fait suite la lettre adresse par la Commission de l'Union Africaine (CUA) et le Nouveau partenariat pour le développement de lAfrique (NEPAD) aux ministères en charge de l'agriculture de sept pays africains, dont le Sénégal, et s'inscrit dans le cadre du renforcement de la responsabilitée mutuelle à travers les revues conjointes du secteur agricole (RCSA).

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.

In any sector, policy dialogue is a critical component to efficient and harmonious policymaking and implementation. A joint sector review (JSR) is an annual review of the sector to identify where challenges are preventing coherent dialogue. In Ghana, the first agriculture JSR was instituted in 2008 with the goal of reaching a common point-of-view among key sector stakeholders on important achievements in the preceding year.

Ethiopias key development objectives are poverty eradication and food security at the household level, with agriculture playing an important role in the achievement of both of these objectives. The major policy framework for doing so is the Agricultural Development-Led Industrialization (ADLI) strategy, which has been the central pillar of Ethiopias development vision since the 1990s. Agricultural sector growth in the short and medium terms is envisaged as the driver for long-term industrialization and the structural transformation of Ethiopias economy.

This report is part of the overall approach to agricultural development in Mozambique set in motion by the National Agricultural Investment Plan (NAIP) (referred to in Mozambique as the Plano Nacional de Investimento do Sector Agrrio, or PNISA). This process takes place within the context of the mutual accountability framework of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Plan (CAADP). This report is a preliminary step to successfully establish within the country the process of the joint sector review (JSR).