ADVANCING AFRICAN AGRICULTURE THROUGH
THE COMPREHENSIVE AFRICA AGRICULTURE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CAADP)
By
Dr. Ir.Angel Elias Daka,
Food Security Advisor
Email:adaka@comesa.int

FOOD INSECURITY: AFRICA’S
MAJOR PROBLEM
1. Low Agriculture productivity causing food insecurity.
2. Food insecurity affecting Over 60% of the population and
about 370 million people in COMESA at risk of starvation.
3. Food supply or production rate is lower than population
rate of increase which averages about 3%.
4. Low irrigation Development(12.6 million hectares ) vs the
high potential of 596.7 million hectares that represents
about 20% of the land area.

CAUSES OF FOOD INSECURITY
1. Unsustainable farming systems – Low productivity.
2. Under-utilization of available water resources (low
irrigation development).
3. Frequent droughts.
4. Desertification.
5. Soil erosion and soil fertility loss.
6. Loss of biodiversity and general natural resources.
7. Declining world market share due to uncompetitiveness of
African agricultural products and generally.
8. Declining commodity prices for some traditional export
crops-hence the need for diversification.

Why CAADP & Agriculture?
1. 874 million hectares of Africa’s land is considered suitable
for agricultural production.
2. 83% of this land is restricted by serious soil fertility or
other limitations
3. Land degradation affects 67% of Sub-Saharan Africa.
4. Over 80% of the African population depends on agriculture
for their livelihoods.
5. In COMESA Region, Agriculture accounts for;
- 32% of GDP within the COMESA
- provides a livelihood for about 80% of the
labour force

WHAT IS THE CAADP AGENDA?
1. To cut hunger by half by the year 2015.
2. Achieve a sustained Agriculture annual growth rate of
6% from the present dismal average of 2.5% by 2015.
3. Attain an Agricultural investment budget at 10% of
total country's annual budget by 2015.
4. Reduce food deficit member states from 15 to 5.
5. Regional compacts dev. Covering Regional priorities-
multi-country development programmes.
*This Agenda is pursued through a CAADP process in
each of the COMESA member states.

Step 1
Step8: Fund raising Step 2:
National
and implementation Stakeholder
Focal Point inclusiveness,
Partnerships
appointed
Donor conference and
and attends
Implementation meeting
CAADP
processes
launched
4. Research and
Round Table Technology
Step 7:Stakeholders conference and
3. Food security
endorsement signing of
compact
Step 3
2. Markets and
Policy guidance
trade Technical input
Steering
1. Land an d and
Step 6: Consensus Water Technical
building management
The
Committees
National
appointed
Compact
developed
and Cabinet memo
discussed discussed and
Stock taking and
approved
gap analysis Step 4: Government
Steps Leading to support and backing
Compact Round
Table and Step 5: Identify gaps
and investment
Implementation options

CAADP’S FOUR PILLARS
1. Pillar 1:Extending the area under sustainable land
management and reliable water control
systems (NEPAD/WWF/W.bank).
2. Pillar 2: Improving Rural Infrastructure and Trade
Related Capacities for Market Access (G8/EU)
6. Pillar3:Increase Food Supply, Reduce Hunger
and Improve Responses to Food Emergency
Crises(MSU/NEPAD/USAID)
9. Pillar4:Improving agriculture research
technology dissemination & adoption
(G8/ASARECA/FANRPAN)

PRIORITY COUNTRIES FOR
EARLY ACTIONS
1. Rwanda
2. Malawi
3. Zambia
4. Uganda
5. Kenya
6. Ethiopia
* By December 2007 CAADP Fully Launched in
these countries.Rwanda already launched.

CONCLUSIONS
1. CAADP –all COMESA
2. Technical stocktaking
process - at various stages in
COMESA.
3. Rwanda was the first country
to fully launch the CAADP.
4. technical stocktaking process
of respective states is at
various stages
5. Development partners in
Agriculture for Africa should
be aligned to the CAADP

Thank You