CAADP

Evidence on key policies for African agricultural growth
AGRODEP Author
Badiane, Ousmane
Authors
Xinshen Diao, Adam Kennedy, Ousmane Badiane, Frances Cossar, Paul Dorosh, Olivier Ecker, Hosaena Ghebru Hagos, Derek Headey, Athur Mabiso, Tsitsi Makombe, Mehrab Malek, and Emily Schmidt
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute
Publication date
kathryn.kincheloe 19 Feb, 2013 11:25
Location
https://www.ifpri.org/publication/evidence-key-policies-african-agricultural-growth
Source / Citation
Diao, X., A. Kennedy, O. Badiane, F. Cossar, P. Dorosh, O. Ecker, H. G. Hagos, D. Headey, A. Mabiso, T. Makombe, M. Malek, and E. Schmidt. "Evidence on key policies for African agricultural growth" IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 01242, February 2013.

It is widely agreed that reducing poverty in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) depends largely on stimulating growth in agriculture. To this end, heads of state in Africa rallied to form the pan-African Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) with the goal of raising investments and improving strategy implementation. However, while implementing an agricultural agenda under the CAADP framework, more and more countries have realized that increasing public investment in agriculture alone is not enough.

Trends and spatial patterns in agricultural productivity in Africa, 1961-2010

Authors
Samuel Benin, Alejandro Nin Pratt, Stanley Wood, Zhe Guo
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Publication date
Location
https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/127142

The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) provides an agriculture-led integrated framework of development priorities aimed at reducing poverty and increasing food security by achieving an average of 6 percent agricultural growth rate every year.

Agricultural growth and investment options for poverty reduction in Rwanda

Authors
Diao, Xinshen; Fan, Shenggen; Kanyarukiga, Sam; Yu, Bingxin
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Publication date
Location
https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/5867
Source / Citation
Diao, Xinshen; Fan, Shenggen; Kanyarukiga, Sam; and Yu, Bingxin. 2010. Agricultural growth and investment options for poverty reduction in Rwanda. IFPRI Research Monograph. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.
Country
Rwanda
Related Data Set
Rwanda Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) 2006

Agricultural development strategies that are put forward by individual African countries delineate priorities for actions to enhance agricultural and overall development. Understanding alternative agricultural growth options and their linkages with poverty reduction and prioritizing agricultural investments are the two key components of an agricultural development strategy.

Monitoring and Assessing Targets of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and the First Millennium Development Goal (MDG) in Africa

Authors
Omilola, B., M. Yade, J. Karugia, and P. Chilonda.
Publisher
Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS)
Publication date
Location
https://www.resakss.org/index.php?pdf=45168
Source / Citation
Omilola, B., M. Yade, J. Karugia, and P. Chilonda. "Monitoring and Assessing Targets of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and the First Millennium Development Goal (MDG) in Africa."  ReSAKSS Working Paper No. 31. 2010.

The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) is an Africa-wide network of regional nodes supporting the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Africa-based centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), to facilitate the implement

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