THE AFRICA AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME (CAADP)
In
Advancing African Agriculture
Martin Bwalya
Lead Specialist, Lead Sustainable Land Management
NEPAD Secretariat, Midrand, South Africa
bwalya.martin@gmail.com
http://www.nepad.org

CAADP
In
Advancing African
Agriculture
Re-cap on the CAADP Status on Where to ??
- Motivation Implementation
Aligning CAADP and the
- What is new (CAADP value)different levels
- At
AAA

CAADP – in advancing African Agriculture
This is about addressing issues of:
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 food security,
 poverty alleviation/income generation and
 equally important is laying basis for a sustainable
growth agenda
Learnt our lessons
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 frustration of no/limited development progress
 recognition of potentials and opportunities
 Advancing Africa Agriculture
 the motivation (than ever before)
 continent’s development/socio-economic growth driven
by levels of productivity on its natural resource base;
(sustainable productivity)

CAADP – Advancing African Agriculture….
What is different/new in CAADP
Driven by a collective desire and vision/determination to
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move the development agenda:
- Political will
- Own local commitment
- Shift in “mind set” on development
Not very much about resources/monies
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- local institutional reforms and capacity strengthening
- partnerships and collaboration; inclusiveness
- internalisation and ownership at all levels
Underlining framework – identifying opportunities with
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potential for best return on investment / highest possibility for
impact (the 6% growth target)

CAADP – Advancing African Agriculture….
Where are we with implementation
2004/5 …….
2002 - 2004:
 Implementation Capacities
 Buy-in,
 Investments/Financing
 Endorsement;
“Grounded” impact /results
 Internalisation
 Partnerships

CAADP – Advancing African Agriculture….
Where are we with implementation
Governance and institutional arrangements
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- Alignment and harmonization among the AU institutions
(AUC, NEPAD, RECs)
- Roles and responsibilities
- mechanisms for dialogue and information sharing
Development of pillar frameworks (around the four
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CAADP Pillars)
Country level implementation:
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- Regional compacts
- Country Roundtables
- Engagement on SLWM (NEPAD-TerrAfrica Pillar 1)
- Public expenditure reviews

CAADP – Advancing African Agriculture ….
Aligning the CAADP and the AAA
 Linkages/interdependences: Africa’s development thrust has
to take on/respond to global and international trends
 Acknowledging the interest and commitment of the EC to
support Africa’s development through NEPAD/CAADP
 Urge EC (AAA) continued engagement with relevant
institutions on, among others:
 Enhancing productivity with due regard for
environmental resilience (land and water degradation;
climate change; collective responsibility on natural
resource use/peer review)
Institutional capacity building; partnership and

empowerment of local/rural social/civic systems

CAADP – Advancing African Agriculture ….
Aligning the CAADP and the AAA
 Policy reforms – supportive to the new development
agenda, e.g. greater market access for up-coming
entrepreneurs/farmers; attracting/strengthening
agriculture related private sector
 Capacitating of regional institutions (RECs) – as lead
institutions on the development front
 Grounded Monitoring and Evaluation – the peer review
and collective responsibility/accountability; knowledge
and information support
 Support to the country roundtable and financing of
resulting investment programmes / compacts

Thank You
………….
Merci