What's on this page?
On this page you can find out what Pillar 1 is and what work is being done in this area.
Pillar 1 aims to extend the area under sustainable land management and reliable water control systems.
What's happening in CAADP Pillar 1?
What is Pillar 1?
Work in PIllar 1 includes:
- The vision and framework;
- Partnerships for sustainable land and water management;
- Mobilisation of US$150 million, leveraging US$1 billion, and
- CAADP country roundtables.
What progress has been made so far?
TerrAfrica: Under Pillar 1, the TerrAfrica Initiative has mobilised US$1 billion for investment in country programmes for sustainable land and water management through the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Strategic Investment Programme. The design of country programmes and disbursement of funds is already under way. Visit the TerrAfrica site here. [http://www.terrafrica.org/]
Conservation agriculture: In 2008 the Norwegian Government committed US$4 million in response to high food prices with a special focus on conservation agriculture. This was used in a joint NEPAD-FAO programme (2008-10) to scale up the adoption of conservation agriculture in Southern Africa.
Water and irrigation: Under Pillar 1 NEPAD coordinates, aligns and manages knowledge initiatives across the continent. An initiative to address regional constraints to scaling up investments in irrigation development was launched. Here NEPAD focused on ensuring that regional resource mobilisation directly supports country CAADP processes.
Who is leading Pillar 1?
Lead technical agencies:
University of Zambia
Dr Elijah Phiri,
Email: ephiri@unza.zm [1], soil@unza.zm [2]
Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
Email: CILSS@fasonet.bf [3]
Pillar 1 NEPAD contact person:
Mr Martin Bwalya
Email: bwalyam@nepad.org [4]
Pillar 1 documents
Pillar 1 documents can be found here [5].
