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This report summarizes the conclusions of a team of World Bank consultants who visited Cameroon from May 5 to 23, 2013, from July 28 to August 3, 2013, and from February 18 to 22, 2014 to lend support to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER), the Ministry of Livestock,…
This report summarizes the conclusions of a team of World Bank consultants who travelled to Lomé from May 1 through 27 and September 19 through October 7, 2011 to support the Ministère de l’Agriculture, de l’Elevage et de la Pêche (MAEP) in carrying out a basic agricultural public expenditure…
An Agriculture Public Expenditure Review (AgPER) analyzes data on public spending from both government and donor sources to assess: (i) the alignment between expenditure patterns within the agricultural sector and stated policy priorities; and (ii) the effectiveness of public spending by comparing…
The African Union has set a target to “eliminate hunger and food insecurity by 2025.” Both Agenda 2063 and the African Union Summit decision on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation have reaffirmed this commitment (African Union, 2014, 2015). Unfortunately, Africa is not currently on…
The report describes Africa’s economic growth since the mid-1990s, generated through improved macroeconomic management and governance, economic and regulatory reforms that have provided a more conducive environment for private sector development and substantially opened up economies, and a…
Accra, Ghana, April 13, 2016 - The 12th CAADP PP began on a high note with more than 300 participants attending the meeting. The AUC and NEPAD organized meeting brought together Regional Economic Communities, government ministries, farmers’ organisations, the private sector, civil society and…
Dakar, Senegal, May 3, 2016 – In order to attract domestic and international private sector investment to the agricultural sector, which represents 14 percent of the GDP and employs 50 per cent of the active population, Senegal has embarked on a journey aimed at improving the business environment.…
As currently formulated, the proposed initiatives under the NEPAD Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) focus on investment in three "pillars" that can make the earliest difference to Africa’s agricultural crisis, plus a fourth long-term pillar for research and technology.
Agriculture employs 65 % of Africa’s labour force and accounts for 32 % of the gross domestic product. Although agricultural performance has improved since 2000, agricultural growth is not sustained enough to meet the demand for food security, poverty alleviation and wealth creation.
The 12th CAADP PP meeting will focus on innovative finance and renewed partnership but also recognizes 2016 as the “Year of Human Rights with special focus on Rights for Women”. The meeting will seek to highlight how best to speed up implementation through financial innovation and partnerships to…
