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.

Report of the AU Commission on the Implementation of the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods.

Assembly Decision (Assembly/AU/Decl. 1 (XXIII)) of June 2014
Presented at the 30th Assembly of the Africa Union
January 29, 2018

ReSAKSS' 2016 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) examines the contribution of CSA to meeting Malabo Declaration goals by taking stock of current knowledge on the eff ects of climate change, reviewing existing evidence of the eff ectiveness of various CSA strategies, and discussing examples of CSA-based practices and tools for developing evidence-based policies and programs. In this brief, we summarize key findings and related policy recommendations.

Agreements on this Coordination mechanism and Continental Roadmap for submitting the Inaugural Biennial Report to the AU Assembly, were reached at the Sensitization and Member States and RECs' engagement workshop organized by the African Union Commission on 21-23 September 2016 in Dakar (Senegal) to harmonize ongoing processes on rolling out the Malabo Declaration' Biennial Review.