At the Malabo Montpellier Panel’s event on "Mechanization and Transformation of Agricultural Value Chains in Africa" held on April 16, 2019 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, in Dakar Senegal, Dr Ousmane Badiane, Africa Director of IFPRI and Co-chair of the Malabo Montpellier Panel discussed the importance of learning from Positive Change for policy innovation in Africa's Agricultural Sector.

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Fostering Policy Innovation
in Africa’s Agricultural Sector
Ousmane Badiane
Co‐chair, MaMo Panel of Experts

2. OUTLINE
MAMO POLICY INNOVATION SUPPORT
Approach and Scope
Learning from Positive Change
ROLE OF MALABO MONTPELLIER PANEL AND FORUM
Understanding Positive Change
Evidence and Dialogue for Policy Innovation
THE SEARCH FOR LESSONS AND BEST PRACTICES
Finding where Progress is taking place
Identifying Critical Success Factors

3. MAMO APPROACH TO POLICY INNOVATION
Policy innovation from top, Permanent Secretary and above, is more likely:
‐ to be adopted and faster
‐ to be implemented and at scale
‐ and hence to be transformative
Drivers of policy innovation from the top
‐ Failed experiments costlier, financially and politically
‐ Policy change usually gradual vs need for transformative scale
‐ Peer learning and imitation accelerates pace of innovation

4. MAMO APPROACH TO POLICY INNOVATION
Policy innovation from top, Permanent Secretary and above, is more likely:
‐ to be adopted and faster
‐ to be implemented and at scale
‐ and hence to be transformative
Drivers of policy innovation from the top
‐ Failed experiments costlier, financially and politically
‐ Policy change usually gradual vs need for transformative scale
‐ Peer learning and imitation accelerates pace of innovation

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Learning from Positive Change
Evidence and dialogue for policy innovation

6. Annual Agricultural
Expenditure
Ag. Gross Domestic
Product
LEARNING FROM POSITIVE CHANGE
Where there is progress, there are lessons to be learnt
+86%
+63%

7. Share of Population
under Poverty Line
Level of Malnutrition*
*) % malnourished population; under‐5 stunted and wasted
‐36%
‐20%
‐43%
LEARNING FROM POSITIVE CHANGE
Where there is progress, there are lessons to be learnt

8. Source: Oehmke, J. 2017
LEARNING FROM POSITIVE CHANGE
Where there is progress, there are lessons to be learnt
Rate of Growth 1996‐2015
Africa performed better than BRICs and world average
Agricultural Value Added Food Production National Income
SSA BRIC WORLD

9. 400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025
Actual and 2000s trend for the future
1960‐1977 growth path
3.2% annual growth
rate
7.0% annual
growth rate
to catch up
$700
$1,200
$1,900
Source: Badiane et al (2015).
!!!! At current pace of growth
It would take decades to make up for the lost ground
THE IMPERATIVE TO LEARN
Need to make up for lost decades of slow growth and decline

10. Agricultural GDP Growth Rates
1990s 2010s
More countries are growing
faster than ever
Some countries must be doing
certain things right and better
Progress is uneven and
challenges are still formidable
Opportunities to replicate and scale up
successful policies and interventions
OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN

11. 1. Find out where there is progress
2. Understand what works, how and why
3. Draw lessons to enhance and replicate positive
change
1. Create a space for dialogue, exchange and mutual learning
2. Engage decision makers at ministerial level
3. Disseminate and encourage adoption of best practices in
policy and program design and implementation
ROLES OF THE MAMO PANEL AND FORUM
Evidence and dialogue for policy innovation

12. 1. Find out where there is progress
2. Understand what works, how and why
3. Draw lessons to enhance and replicate positive
change
1. Create a space for dialogue, exchange and mutual learning
2. Engage decision makers at ministerial level
3. Disseminate and encourage adoption of best practices in
policy and program design and implementation
ROLES OF THE MAMO PANEL AND FORUM
Evidence and dialogue for policy innovation

13. Debisi Araba Tom Arnold Ousmane Badiane Noble Banadda Patrick Caron Sir Gordon Conway
Gebisa Ejeta Karim El Aynaoui Ashok Gulati Sheryl Hendriks Muhammadou Kah Agnes Kalibata
Wanjiru
Kamau‐Rutenberg
Ishmael Sunga Rhoda Peace
Tumusiime
Joachim von Braun
Co‐ chairs
Ousmane Badiane Joachim von Braun
MEMBERS OF THE MAMO PANEL OF EXPERTS

14. The Right Honorable Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima
Vice President
Republic of Malawi
His Excellency Abdoulaye Bio‐Tchané
Minister of State in Charge of Planning and Development
Republic of Benin

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SEARCH FOR LESSONS AND BEST PRACTICES: NUTRTION AND MECHANIZATION POLICIES
40HP tractor‐equivalent Output in constant $2005
Which countries have made most progress?
What did they do?
How did it work?
Why did it work?
Change in GHI: 2000‐2016

16. Political Leadership
Institutional infrastructure
Policy and Program Interventions
POLICY INNOVATION IN NUTRITION AND MECHANIZATION
Key Actions by Successful Countries at Three Levels
Malabo Montpellier Panel. 2019. Smart Value Chains: Harnessing Digital Technology for Africa’s Agriculture. (June 2019)
Malabo Montpellier Panel. 2018. Water‐wise: Smart Irrigation Strategies for Africa. Dakar.
Malabo Montpellier Panel. 2018. Mechanized: Transforming Africa’s Agriculture Value Chains. Dakar.
Malabo Montpellier Panel. 2017. Nourished: How Africa Can Build a Future Free From Hunger and Malnutrition. Dakar.
FIND OUT MORE

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