Institutional processes and agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa

Institutional processes and agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa James Tefft Economist Agricultural Development Economics Division, FAO Brussels Briefing on EC Communication on Advancing African Agriculture 17 October 2007

• Challenge: establishing effective processes and institutional mechanisms needed to achieve desired results • We may know what to do to reduce hunger and poverty but we often do not know how to go to scale • Dynamic learning

Examples of Institutional challenges • Emergency/development nexus • Opportunities from decentralization and civil society involvement • Smallholders in dynamic supply chains • Improving nutritional outcomes

Regional organizations and Early Warning Systems • Provision of methodological support • Neutral instrument for validation of cereal balance sheets • Comparability of analyses • Forum for discussion and collaboration

Regional organizations and Early Warning Systems • Future role of RECs depends on member states’ – confidence in regional organizations – articulation of needs and priorities – agreement on comparative advantage and capacity needs – contributions for long-term financial sustainability

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