Post-LMP Engagement: Lessons from
ReSAKSS Support to CAADP
Planning Meeting for POLICIES (Policy Options for Livestock
Investment, Capacity Improvement, and Equitable Solutions)
Dakar, Senegal, 15-17 January 2020
Joseph Karugia
ILRI/ReSAKSS

About ReSAKSS
• Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support
System (ReSAKSS)
• Information and knowledge management system
• Initiative of AUC and NPCA (AU-DA) - established in 2006
• Partners with RECs, CG Centres (IFPRI, ILRI, IITA, IWMI)

ReSAKSS Organization
 1 Africa-wide and 3
regional nodes:
o IFPRI: ReSAKSS-AW
o ILRI: ReSAKSS-ECA
o IITA: ReSAKSS-WA
o IWMI: ReSAKSS-SA
 Key partners
o AUC
o NPCA
o RECs (COMESA,
ECOWAS, SADC)
 Funding
o USAID, DfID, SIDA,
B&M Gates
Foundation, IFAD,
Netherlands

ReSAKSS…
• Supports evidence and outcome-based planning and
implementation of agricultural-sector policies and
strategies – under CAADP
• Provides analytical and knowledge support to RECs,
national governments, donors, and other agriculture
sector stakeholders
• Policy-relevant analysis, data, and tools
– Improve policy making
– Fill knowledge gaps
– Promote dialogue, and
– Facilitate the benchmarking and review processes under CAADP

How does ReSAKSS Work?
• Four Key areas:
Strategic Analysis
– Policy analysis, investment priorities, appraisal and preparation of NAIPs,
topical issues, etc
Knowledge Management and Communication
– ReSAKSS website (resakss.org) - track and monitor CAADP goals and
targets
– e-Atlas (eatlas.resakss.org) - track and monitor disaggregated data
– Agricultural investments (aginvestafrica.org) - tracking interventions in
agriculture and rural development
Monitoring and Evaluation of the Agriculture Sector
– ATOR, Mutual accountability, JSRs, Biennial Review, learning, impact
assessment,
Capacity Building
– Targeted training programs,
– Establishment of country SAKSS

ReSAKSS website

E-Atlas website

Establishment of Country SAKSS
Mutual
Accountability
Data and Knowledge
Management
Local Analytical
Network for Data and
Strategic Analysis
Universities
Statistics offices
Planning units
Agricultural research
centers
Other think tanks
FBOs and CSOs
External partners
Data & knowledge capturing
Data & knowledge access/sharing
Data & Knowledge management
Communications and outreach
Knowledge Demand Knowledge Supply
Capacity Strengthening
Policy consultation
Performance review
Inclusive dialogue/planning
Mutual learning
Framework for Evidence-based planning and implementation

Lessons?
• Importance of an anchor framework such as CAADP – but also at national
level (should this be LMP? Better to align to the NAIP process – already
sufficient political goodwill and others such as AU-IBAR already working on
the same issues
• Foresight analysis – scenarios should reflectg national aspirations and regional and
global commitments
• Link to national planning and budgeting process – linked to the above
• Establish a knowledge brokerage mechanism
• Capacity needs assessment
• Needs of knowledge users
• Knowledge generators align their work to meet those needs
• Knowledge management – website, knowledge products, etc
• Data, tools, analysis (targeted to topical issues that arise as implementation
progresses)

Lessons?
• Harness, build and utilize local analytical capacity –
organize, coordinate, capacity build
• Post-LMP support - should be one of the investment
areas to ensure sustainability: to focus on
• M&E
• Mutual accountability – progress review, learning, etc
• Policy dialogue platforms - communication
• Capacity building

THANK YOU
www.resakss.org