1. Agricultural Policy Practice Index (APPI)
Tool for Country Self-assessment and Capacity Strengthening in Policy Implementation

2. About the APPI
Is the Agricultural policy practice Index
Done under the Strengthening Agricultural Policy Practice in Africa (SAPPA) Project
Piloted in Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique and Burkina Faso

3. About the APPI Addresses formulation + implementation simultaneously
Policy a social contract between government and its citizens
Policy instruments include: policy documents/statements, pronouncements, legislation, regulations and institutional modalities
Requires institutional capacity and effectiveness to coordinate, advocate, formulate, promulgate, implement, follow up, review and continually update

4. Crop and livestock improvement
Crop improvement; Livestock improvement; Horticulture; Farm Mechanization; Soil health; Markets and pricing and Value addition
Sustainable natural resources management
Land rights and governance; Water management; Climate Smart agriculture; Ecosystem services
Rural finance and investment
Public investment into agriculture; Private sector investment into agriculture; Agricultural finance and insurance
Food Security and regional integration
Food And Nutrition Policy; Inter And Intra-Regional Trade; Regional integration
Systemic institutional capacities
Strategy & planning; Sector coordination $ leadership; Public and NSA participation, collaboration and partnerships; R&D, Learning and knowledge support systems

5. Typology of Policy Practice

6. Evolution of the APPI Tool
Score
Typology 1
Policy exists and is well implemented 2
Policy exists but is poorly implemented 3
Policy exists but is not implemented 4
Policy exists but is excessive 5
Policy exists but is economically flawed 6
Policy out of date 7
Policy ambiguous 8
Policy is missing
Content Score (10)
Process Score (10)

7. Crop and livestock improvement
Crop improvement; Livestock improvement; Horticulture; Farm Mechanization; Soil health; Markets and pricing (Farm Mechanization) and Value addition
Sustainable natural resources management
Land rights and governance; Water management; Climate Smart agriculture; Ecosystem services
Rural finance and investment
Public investment into agriculture; Private sector investment into agriculture; Agricultural finance and insurance
Food Security and regional integration
Food And Nutrition Policy; Inter And Intra-Regional Trade; Regional integration
Systemic institutional capacities
Strategy & planning; Sector coordination $ leadership; Public and NSA participation, collaboration and partnerships; R&D, Learning and knowledge support systems
DIMENSION SCORING FOR POLICY FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION
SCORE
(1 – 5)
WEIGHT %
MAIN JUSTIFICATION FOR SCORE
1.1 Policy and Legislative Framework
Problem and causality analysis, clarity and relevance of policy objectives 10
Technical and economic soundness 20
Soundness of legal and regulatory framework
Score for policy and legislative framework 50
1.2 Policy Formulation Processes
Breadth and depth of consultation, participation, advocacy, validation 25
Compliance with regional/international statutes and declarations
Guarantees and provisions for implementation and oversight 15
Score for policy formulation processes
Overall score for Policy Formulation
100

8. APPI AND TYPOLOGY