'Growing Africa’s Future' - presentation by Professor Monty Jones, FARA

1. Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
Growing Africa’s Future
Prof. Monty P. Jones
Executive Director, FARA
Chair, GFAR

2. Outline
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• Context: Africa’s development vision and
vision for agriculture (CAADP)
• CAADP achievements, lessons and refreshed
strategy
• Some messages for AIFSC
• About FARA
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3. Africa today …1/2
• Richly endowed but lowest human
development indicators
East Asia and Pacific South Asia
% of population Sub-Saharan Africa
below $1.25 a 100
day in 2005 PPP
• Evidence that 75
transformation is possible.
Agriculture is the initial driver (recent
50
examples include China, India, Brazil)
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1981 1990 1999 2008

4. Africa today …2/2
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• Poverty reduction has stagnated despite
robust economic growth (average of 5% GDP
growth p.a. over last decade)
• Agriculture offers highest poverty reducing
effect (2-4 times compared to other sectors)
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5. Cereal Grain Average Yield by Region (mT/Ha)
Sources of growth in
Sub-Saharan Africa agricultural output
Rest of the World
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South Asia (1961-2007)
East Asia
South East Asia
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3
2
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Source:
De Janvry and Sadoulet, 2010
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2008
Year

6. Africa’s development vision
“A prosperous continent free of conflict in which all our people
can fulfil their potential; a continent that participates effectively
in the global economy on an equal footing”
Poverty eradication, Food
security, Sustainable Economic
Development
7% annual GDP growth rate over 20 years
Improving performance of agriculture (Africa's largest
economic sector) is pivotal to realising this vision

7. Africa’sto edit Master title style
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Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Programme
(CAADP). Launched in 2003
• 6% agricultural GDP growth • Africa as next exporter of
rate attained & sustained agric. products
• Food security attained • Equitable distribution of
wealth
• Dynamic agric. markets
between nation & regions • Strategic player in
agricultural science
• Smallholder farmers
integrated in market economy • Environmentally sound
methods practiced
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8. CAADP
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Is a continental framework for:
• Improving planning processes and quality of
investment plans;
• Strengthening & aligning policies and policy design
to support agricultural development;
• Strengthening & aligning institutional capacity to
competitively deliver results and impact
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9. Example 1: Comprehensive Africa Agricultural
Development Programme (CAADP)style
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African vision: 6% annual growth in agricultural production
4 1 • Extending area 3
Land & for sustainable
Agricultural Research
land mgt & water
Increasing
Water control systems food supply
and
2 • Improving rural
Market infrastructure and
reducing
Access trade related hunger
capacities
Technology Dissemination & Adoption, and
Capacity Strengthening
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10. CAADP Achievements
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1. 40 countries have launched CAADP implementation; 30
have signed Compacts; 23 have formulated agric.
investment plans; 11 have accessed GAFSP funding
2. Improved agricultural strategies inclusively developed &
high quality investment plans based on rigorous analysis
3. Advocacy for public and private domestic investments in
agriculture
4. Improved coordination & alignment within countries and
with development partners
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11. Click to edit from CAADP
Lessons Master title style
• A continental policy framework can be effective
in advocating for transformation (e.g. in agric.)
and in achieving alignment and coordination
• After 10 yrs, CAADP is ripe for reform. It needs a
strategy for next 10 years (Sustaining CAADP
Momentum)
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Emerging issues
1. Increased population, younger, more affluent and more
urbanised
2. Increased stresses on the production environment
(nutrients, water, temperature) due to climate change
3. Financial and economic crisis: less demand for primary
commodities, less ODA
4. The BRICs
5. Deepening globalisation (ICTs)
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13. Changing African Food Systems
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Rapid Income
Urbanisation Growth
Consumption
Changing Food System
• Urban market growth
Distribution
• Shifting demand (processed Next 40 years
foods, high value foods) Packaging Private Sector
Processing
Shifting technical skill
requirements
Past 40 years
• Private sector Farming Public Sector
• Public sector

14. Sustaining CAADP Momentum
(Implementation, results and impact)
Impact Wealth Job Opportunities Economic
Resilience
Creation and Food Security Growth
Outcomes Productivity Competitiveness Regional & Global
Integration
CAADP Pillars Land and Markets, Priva Food & Nutrition Research&
Water te Sector Security Knowledge
Strengthening &
Strategic aligning
Knowledge & Financing &
Knowledge Investments in
Thrust Institutions, Policies
Support Agriculture
& Leadership

15. CAADP’s Strategic Thrust on Knowledge &
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Knowledge and knowledge support
Knowledge, Inf Agriculture ICT in Agriculture
ormation and Science Agenda Agricultural Education and
Skills (KIS) Transformation Training
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16. Messages for the AIFSCstyle
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African constituency welcomes moves by AIFSC to:
• Align to CAADP and involving African stakeholders in
formulating its strategy
• Develop a long term financial plan
• Complement existing initiatives, focusing on gaps (e.g.
post harvest and nutrition)
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• FARA supports AIFSC’s focus on adoption of priority
innovations
• Similarities between elements of the G8 New Alliance
for Food Security and Nutrition (NAFSCN) and AIFSC
• Consider setting a target of what AIFSC will achieve in
Africa after 10 years
– Example of CARD and G8 NAFSCN
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Messages Master title …3/3
• Improving resilience is becoming increasingly
important alongside improving productivity. AIFSC
may want to revisit its position on this outcome
• Capacity strengthening should consider changing food
systems and cut across the capacity pyramid
• Policy is a major factor of adoption. Often, the main
challenge is getting the recommendations considered
by policy makers
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19. Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
Apex organization for coordinating Networking Support
agricultural research & development Functions
(ARD) in Africa
1. Advocacy & Policy
Mandated by Africa Union
Commission (AUC) to serve as its 2. Access to Knowledge
technical arm on ARD and Technologies
3. Capacity
Mission:
Strengthening
Improvements in agric.
productivity, competitiveness and 4. Partnerships and
markets by strengthening Africa’s Strategic Alliances
AR&D systems
FARA integrates research, extension and
education into a holistic system

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