Transcript Developments in RIPA II

DEVELOPMENTS IN RIPA II
Presented by
Mphumuzi Sukati
Agricultural Economist
Amber Hotel: Kenya
29 March 2016
Background
• CAADP is a continental framework established by the
African Union (AU) in 2003.
• Aims to improve food and nutrition security, agricultural
development, market access and increase resilience of
African farmers.
• African Heads of State reaffirmed their commitment to the
CAADP framework at the AU Summit in Malabo in June
2014, with adoption of ‘Malabo Declaration on Accelerated
Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared
Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods.’
• COMESA is part of the process and aims to exploite
regional complementarities and cooperation opportunities
to achieve Malabo Targets.
Malabo Declaration and CAADP Process
Recommitment to the principles and values of the CAADP
process
Commitment to enhancing investment and finance in
agriculture
Commitment to ending hunger in Africa by 2025
Commitment to halving poverty by the year 2025 through
inclusive agricultural growth and transformation
Commitment to boosting intra-African Trade in
agricultural commodities and services
Commitment to enhancing resilience of livelihoods and
production systems to climate variability and other related
risks and
Commitment to mutual accountability to action and
results
CAADP PILLARS
SUSTAINABLE
LAND AND
WATER
MANAGEMENT
Improved rural
Increased food
infrastructure
& nutrition
and trade-related
security,
capacities for
reduced hunger
market access
& improved
responses to
food crises
Improved agric
research,
technology
dissemination,
and adoption
CAADP Companion Document : Fisheries, Forestry and Livestock
Cross-cutting Issues: Capacity building, HIV/AIDS, Gender, Policy
climate change etc.
STAGES IN CAADP IMPLEMENTATION
Official launch of
CAADP
Stocktaking for
evidence-based
planning process
Formulating and
Signature of the
CAADP Compact
• Sensitization of stakeholders &
official endorsement of the
CAADP process by MS
• Stocktaking, analysis of
growth options, future
opportunities based on real
data (prospects in
investments, growth &
poverty)
• Common agreement and
commitment on vision and strategy
by all national (state and non-state)
regional & int’l actors
To Support Country CAADP Process, a
regional COMPACT has been developed
HOW?
– Policy dialogue on Tripartite with
SADC & EAC
– Consultations with regional
partners including CSOs, private
sector, farmer organizations, etc;
– Dialogue with Development
Partners.
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Results
Draft Policy and Investment Framework &
draft COMESA Regional Compact agreed
upon at the June 2013 country, regional &
partners stakeholders meeting
Priority Areas of the Policy and Investment
Framework developed
Validation Workshop for Compact in
September, 2013
Official Signature – 14 November, 2014, DRC
III. PRIORITY AREAS OF THE COMESA REGIONAL COMPACT
• Priority Area 1: Agricultural production and
productivity with a focus on staple food crops,
livestock produce, fisheries and forest produce.
• Priority Area 2: Removing barriers to
agricultural trade and linking farmers to markets
with a focus on corridors (corridor
development).
• Priority Area 3: Reducing social and economic
vulnerability and enhancing resilience and food
and nutrition security.
CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES:
• Priority Area 4a: Gender and age
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mainstreaming.
Priority Area 4b: Human and institutional
capacity development and
strengthening.
Priority Area 4c: Information and
knowledge management.
CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES (Cont.):
• Priority Area 4d: Climate change.
• Priority Area 4e: Resource mobilization
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to complement national efforts.
Priority Area 4f: Improved coordination.
The first programme to be designed,
the Regional Investment Programme
in Agriculture - Priority Area 2 (RIPAII),
specifically
focuses
on
interventions to further remove
barriers to agricultural trade and
better link farmers to markets and
regional value chains.
INTERVENTIONS FOR PRIORITY
AREA II
1. Improve state of infrastructure along agricultural
trade corridors.
2. Promote regional public-private-partnerships and
regional value chain development by organizing SMEs,
capacity building and institutional development.
3. Promote improved market information systems
and systems for aggregation of smallholders’
production at the borders and for their better
integration in regional markets and commodity value
chains
INTERVENTIONS FOR PRIORITY AREA II (Cont.)
4. Improve the policy and regulatory environment for
trade and transport.
5.Strengthen and harmonize financial systems for
agriculture at the national and regional levels.
‘Promote regional public-private-partnerships
and regional value chain development’
Through three Sub-Programmes:
A) Regional Value Chain Development
Platforms (Milk, Cassava, Maize, Pulses)
B) Information System for Market
Development
C) Cross Sector Interventions
A. Regional Value Chain
Development
Platforms
Promote regional
public-privatepartnerships and
regional value chain
development
B. Information System
for Market
Development
C. Cross Sector
Interventions
Sub-Programme A: Regional Value
Chain Development Platforms
• Aim: Support the development and
integration of strategic agro-food value
chains within the sub-regions of COMESA
• How: By facilitating cooperation among
public
and
private
stakeholders;
improving information flows; knowledge
transfer, addressing SPS and TBTs etc.
Sub-Programme B: Information System for
Marketing and Trade
The overarching objective of ISMT is to improve systems for the
aggregation of smallholder farmers’ output at national borders
and to integrate these farmers better into regional markets and
value chains through:
scaling up of training and knowledge dissemination in the
region to boost the marketing and trading capabilities of
smallholder farmers and other agro-food value chain
actors.
 creating transparent, fair and enabling business
environment for smallholder farmers and other agro-food
value chain actors.
Sub-Programme C: Cross-Sector Interventions
• Aim: To support the sub-programmes A and B
through infrastructure development; policy
frameworks and access to finance
CURRENT WORK
• Developing other three value chain
platforms (country consultations,
validation workshops, write ups etc)
• Developing the Sub-programme B:
Information System for Marketing and
Trade)
• Developing the Sub-programme C: crosssector interventions
• Development of other Programmes for
other priorities
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