Pillar 4: Agricultural Reasearch

What's on this page?

On this page you can found out what Pillar 4 is, what work is being done in this area and what progress has been made.

What is Pillar 4?

Pillar 4 aims to improve agricultural research and systems in order to disseminate appropriate new technologies. Pillar 4 also works closely with partners such as DFID UK's Research into Use (RIU) programme to boost the support available to help farmers to adopt such new options.

What progress has been made so far in CAADP Pillar 4?

The adoption of the Framework for African Agricultural Productivity, prepared under the leadership of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, has allowed a broad group of development partners to start scaling up support to science and technology programmes at the regional and national levels.

This support includes funding for the sub-regional research organisations such as the Conseil pour la Recherche Agricoles en Afrique in West Africa and the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa, as well as national programmes in Ghana, Mali, Senegal and Kenya. The launching of the Research Into Use Programme by the UK is also a major activity under this pillar.

What is the Partners in Support of CAADP initiative?

Another important aspect of Pillar 4's work is that it ties in strongly with the DFID UK Research Into Use (RIU) Programme. Specifically, RIU focuses on ensuring that research results are put into use in the field, and on outscaling and upscaling workable options that can improve farmers' lives.

The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA, which leads Pillar 4) and the CAADP Secretariat, have worked to develop strong links with RIU.

Research Into Use has reciprocated, by strongly supporting both FARA and CAADP in return - by funding events, providing training, and (through links with the RIU Communications Component led by Dr Wyn Richards), helping CAADP to develop the key partnerships for its work.

Who is leading Pillar 4?

Lead technical agency:
- Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
Dr Monty Jones
Email: mjones@fara-africa.org, http://www.fara-africa.org

Pillar 4 NEPAD contact person:

Dr Sloans Chimatiro
Email: sloansc@nepad.org

Pillar 4 documents

Pillar 4 documents can be found here.