1. THE CHALLENGE AND RESPONSE
PROGRESS TOWARDS FOOD SECURITY AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN AFRICA : THE ROLE OF CAADP
THE CHALLENGE AND RESPONSE
GROWTH AND PER CAPITA INCOME STAGNATION
HIGH POVERTY AND MALNUTRITION PREVALENCE
HIGH NUMBER OF POOR, IN RURAL AREAS IN PARTICULAR
ADOPTION OF CAADP IN THE FRAMEWORK OF NEPAD AS RESPONSE
ACCELERATED IMPLEMENTATION OF CAADP

2. POVERTY AND FOOD SECURITY : CURRENT PERFORMANCE
POVERTY RATE INCREASED IN AFRICA DURING THE 1990’s
50% OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES LIKELY TO MISS THE MDGs
THE MALNUTRITION RATE IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE OF P0PULATION HAS DECREASED
BUT THE ABSOLUTE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM MALNUTRITION HAS INCREASED
THE EONCOMIC PERFORMANCE HAS IMPROVED OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS
FIVE COUNTRIES HAVE ALREADY ACHIEVED THE POVERTY MILLENNIUM GOAL; TEN OTHERS ARE ON TRACK
SO MANY COUNTRIES HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TOWARDS POVERTY REDUCTION
GDP GROWTH PER YEAR (%)
POVERTY RATE IN AFRICA (%)

3. ADDITIONNAL INCOME CREETED PER DOLLAR INCOME IN AGRICULTURE
ACHIEVING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS REQUIRES SUSTAINED AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
THE POVERTY RATE IS NEGATIVELY RELATED TO THE LEVEL OF AGRICULTURAL INCOMES
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ACHIEVING THE MDGs REQUIRES AN AGRICULTURAL GROWTH RATE OF 6%
IN ADDITION, AN INCREASE IN YIELDS OF 1% HELPS TO EXTRACT 2 MILLIONS PEOPLES FROM POVERTY IN AFRICA
EVERY $1 INCREMENTAL INCOME IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR GENERATES $1.5 TO $2.5 ADDITIONAL INCOME IN THE OTHER SECTORS
PER CAPITA PIB AGR.
ADDITIONNAL INCOME CREETED PER DOLLAR INCOME IN AGRICULTURE

4. CURRENT TRENDS COULD BE REVERSED: AN ALTERNATIVE SCENARIO
VARIABLES
INTERMEDIATE OBJECTIVES
FOR 2025 HORIZON
INCREASE IN AVERAGE YIELDS
50 % > CURRENT TRENDS
INCREASE IN LIVESTOCK NUMBERS
POPULATION
LOW UN SCENARIO
GDP GROWTH
6,5 % FOR NIGERIA
8 % FOR THE REST OF AFRICA
FEMALE ACCESS TO SECONDARY SCHOOLING
90 %
ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER
95%
FEMALE TO MALE LIFE EXPECTANCY RATIO
2 % > CURRENT TRENDS
Source: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

5. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
THE CHOICES FACING AFRICAN COUNTRIES: INCREASE THE LEVEL AND THE QUALITY OF INVESTMENTS
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 15
IRRIGATION
RURAL ROADS 39 86
CLEAN WATER 39
EDUCATION 60
CUMULATED EXPENDITURES IN BILLIONS OF US$ BY 2030

6. AGRICULTURE EXPENDITURE SHARES
REVERSING THE CURRENT TRENDS REQUIRES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MAPUTO COMMITMENT
AGRICULTURE EXPENDITURE SHARES

7. REVERSING THE CURRENT TRENDS REQUIRES THE DOUBLING
OF OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO THE SECTOR
Mill. US$
EXTERNAL FUNDING REQUIREMENT TO ACHIEVE
THE MDGs IS ESTIMATED AT US$1.7 BILL

8. THE CURRENT TRENDS CAN BE RENVERSED, BUT THIS REQUIRES :
WHAT ARE THE LESSONS
SUSTAINED AGRICULTURAL GROWTH IS A PRECONDITION TO
ACHIEVING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DESPITE THE RECENT AGRICULTURAL AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY
THE EMERGING TRENDS ARE FAR FROM BEING SUFFICIENT
THEIR CONSEQUENCES IN TERMS OF INCREASE IN POVERTY,
FOOD AND NUTRITION INSECURITY ARE INACCEPTABLE
THE CURRENT TRENDS CAN BE RENVERSED, BUT THIS REQUIRES :
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MAPUTO COMMITMENTS AND A GREATER
EFFECTIVENESS OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
THE IMPLEMEMTATION OF THE GLENEAGLES COMMITMENTS CONCERNING THE DOUBLING
OF OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN THE SECTOR
ADEQUATE PLICIES TO IMPROVE NATIONAL SECTOR COMPETITIVENESS
IN DOMESTIC, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS

9. PHILOSOPHY AND PRINCIPLES
ACCELERATING THE CAADP IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS TO REVERSE THE CURRENT TRENDS
A CONVICTION THAT AFRICA CAN PERFORM BETTER
A COMMITMENT TO BETTER PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION
A FOCUS ON RESULTS
A COMMON FRAMEWORK FOR LONG TERM ACTION
THIS IMPLIES THE NEED TO :
MOVE AWAY FROM TRIAL AND ERRORS AND ETERNAL RECOMMENCEMENT
AVOID RUSH TOWARDS QUICK ACTIONS AND SHORT TERM GAINS AT THE COST OF SERIOUS RISK OF FAILURE IN THE LONG RUN
LAY DOWN A SOLID PROCESS THAT ENSURES STEADY AND GRADUAL LONG TERM PROGRESS
PHILOSOPHY AND PRINCIPLES

10. THE OBJECTIVES AND CHALLENGE OF IMPLEMENTING THE CAADP AGENDA
CONTINENTAL LEVEL
ENSURING THE ALIGNMENT OF DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE WITH CAADP OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES
SECURING COMMITMENT BY PARTNERS TO WORK WITH NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO MEET THE REQUIRED LEVEL OF INVESTMENTS

11. THE OBJECTIVES AND CHALLENGE OF IMPLEMENTING THE CAADP AGENDA
REGIONAL LEVEL
OWNERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP OF THE CAADP IMPLEMENTATION
PROCESS BY REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES (RECs)
IDENTIFICATION OF REGIONAL PRIORITIES
ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDINATION AND GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS
AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL
BUILDING THE CAPACITIES OF RECs TO COORDINATE THE
IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS

12. THE OBJECTIVES AND CHALLENGE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION
THE PRINCIPLES OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL:
AVOID SETTING UP A NEW PROCESS AND BUILD ON ONGOING EFFORTS AT NATIONAL LEVEL
ALIGNING NATIONAL EFFORTS WITH THE CAADP GROWTH AND BUDGETARY OBJECTIVES
ADD VALUE TO NATIONAL EFFORTS WHERE NEEDED
NATIONAL LEVEL

13. PROGRES MADE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CAADP ONGOING PROGRAMMES
THE REGIONAL IRRIGATION PRORGAM IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, WITH AN INVESTMENT VOLUME OF 150 MILLIONS US DOLLARS, INVOLVING 10 SADC MEMBER COUNTRIES IS IN ADVANCED PREPARATION
UNDER THE TERRAFRICA INITIATIVE FOR SUSTANAIBLE LAND MANAGEMENT, CLOSE TO 4 MILLIONS US DOLLARS WILL BE SPENT THIS YEAR TO PREPARE A PROGRAM THAT WILL ALLOW AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO RECEIVE 50% OF GLOBAL ENVIRONEMENTAL FUND (GEF) RESOURCES, AMOUNTING TO SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION US DOLLARS
THE PAN-AFRICA RICE INITIATIVE, TARGETING THE DISSEMINATION OF NERICA VARIETIES, IS UNDER IMPLEMENTATION IN WEST AFRICA WITH A 33,5 MILLION US DOLLAR INVESTMENT.
THE MULTICOUNTRY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMME IN SOUTHERN AFRICA , IS AT AN ADVANCED STAGE OF PREPARATION, WITH A FINANCING VOLUME OF 50 MILLION US DOLLARS
THE PREPARATION OF A SIMILAR PROGRAMME FOR WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA HAS JUST STARTED
AT THE CONTINENTAL LEVEL, THE FORUM FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN AFRICA (FARA) HAS SET UP A PROGRAM OF 50 MILLION US DOLLARS BETWEEN NOW AND 2010
TWO AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ARE UNDER IMPLEMENTATION IN EASTERN AND WESTERN/CENTRAL AFRICA
AT COUNTY LEVEL, 7 MILLION US DOLLARS HAVE BEEN MOBILIZED TO ASSIST MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES IN THE PREPARATION OF NATIONAL MEDIUM TERM INVESTMENT PROGRAMMES

14. WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM CHINA?
Advancement in agriculture and fisheries technologies
Development and building of scientific capacity
Increased development assistance to Africa
High demand for food is an opportunity for private investment in agric. production
Increased trade-for-development
Targeted food emergency support