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A meeting of minds – the8 th CAADP partnershipplatform meetingNairobi saw more than 200 delegatesfrom Africa and further afield gather inMay to brainstorm ways to ‘Acceleratingthe CAADP implementation for resultsand impact’.“CAADP must move beyond its recentfocus on support for investment planning,to support countries to accelerateimplementation for impact and results,”says the Chief Executive Officer ofNEPAD and driver of the CAADP initiative,Dr Ibrahim Mayaki.What were the outcomes?NEPAD’S flagship programme on homegrownschool feeding reported goodprogress, especially in the form of increasedschool enrolment, improved school child6“Accelerateimplementationfor results” -Ibrahim Mayaki.nutrition and education, raising localfood grower’s income levels, communitywillingness and government buy-in.The number of schools embracing theprogramme is on the rise and schoolenrolment and performance has beensteadily increasing. Other successesincluded diet fortification and guidedprogramme management at school level.The programme provides an innovativemodel to address food insecurity, agriculturaldevelopment and educationalattainment. It has been identified by theMillennium Hunger Task Force as a quickwin in the fight against poverty and hunger.In 2003, African governments includedlocally-sourced school feeding programmesin their planning. That same year, NEPAD,together with the World Food Programmeand the Millennium Hunger Task Force,launched a pilot programme to link schoolfeeding to agricultural developmentthrough the purchase and use of locallyproduced food.The meeting recommended that countriesincorporate the programme into currentnational food and nutrition securityframeworks. National governments shouldcommit resources for the programme incollaboration with the private sector. Theprivate sector, especially the small holderfarmers, must be supported and given theappropriate farming technologies, educationand other inputs to produce better andprocess the commodities along the valuechain for quality, acceptability and easiermarketing.The Coalition for African Rice Developmentreported continued commitment andsupport of CAADP at country level, mainlythrough operationalising investment on theground.Noting the increasing private sector supportfor CAADP, the meeting requested theAfrican Union Commission and NEPAD toensure alignment.The agricultural science agenda for Africaand tertiary education reported the needfor a science agenda. This would engageall actors to generate, deliver and applyagricultural knowledge to enhance theimpact of investments in research anddevelopment.The meeting recognised the importantrole of the African Fertilizer and AgribusinessPartnership in the CAADPimplementation and its linkages withthe private sector and smallholder farmersin the agricultural value chain. It is amechanism to strengthen fertilizer and otherinput markets.The President of the Pan African Farmers’Forum, Ms Elisabeth Atangana notedthe increasing importance accorded toagriculture as a vehicle for economicdevelopment in Africa. She said Africa canfeed and develop itself, but only if there isgreater investment in the sector focusing onsmallholder farmers.She called for greater investment in womenand youths in agriculture, access to markets,capacity building of regional networks andfarmers’ organisations, and shared learningbetween countries.“The African Union Commission continuesto work closely with African Unionmember states, the NEPAD Planning andCoordinating Agency, regional economiccommunities, Pan African institutions andour development partners to accelerate theimplementation of CAADP.This will increase Africa’s agricultural productivity,food and nutrition security,” saysAfrican Union Commission CommissionerRhoda PeaceTumusiime.
Are non-stateactors necessaryfor CAADP to work?“Absolutely,” says Dr Lindiwe MajeleSibanda, Chief Executive Officer of theFood, Agriculture and Natural ResourcesPolicy Analysis Network (FANRPAN).“Feeding the world’s seven billion peoplecannot be tasked to governments alone.Yes, governments are responsible for theplanning and execution of food securityprogrammes, social protection interventionsto meet the needs of food insecurepopulations, and to have the foresight toknow where food needs will be in future.This foresight alone is evident in Africa’sMaputo Declaration in 2003 where thecontinent’s leaders pledged to assign tenpercent of national budgets to agricultureand to a six percent annual increaseby 2015.“However, implementation of agriculturalstrategies and action plans is doomedfor failure without the cooperation onnon-state actors. The immense role thatprivate organisations play, for example inthe development of fertilizer, seeds andagricultural implements, speaks for itself.“it is in view of this that FANRPAN, withsupport from development partners thatinclude the UK Department for InternationalDevelopment, The Deutsche Gesellschaftfür Internationale Zusammenarbeit andthe United States Agency for InternationalDevelopment, is promoting the strengtheningof civil society engagement in policyanalysis, dialogue and implementation ofthe CAADP process through advocacyengagements and multi-stakeholder policydialogues.“The support that FANRPAN enjoys fromits development partners was instrumentalin the successful campaign ‘No agriculture,no deal’ to ensure that agriculture becomesa stand-alone part of global climate changenegotiations and not an add-on.“Both the strategic and financial supportfrom these partners ensured that agriculture’scase was put on the table in Bonnand Rio+20, and is now en route to COP18later this year.“In CAADP’s nine-year existence, the role ofnon-state actors has become increasinglyevident. At every year’s annual platformscountries report on – and call for – greaterparticipation of these partners. After all,feeding nations is a combined responsibility,”says Sibanda.7
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