FoodSecurity

Over the years, expatriate consultants and academics have played a large part in agricultural policy analysis and strategic investment planning in Africa. As a result, opportunities for Africans to gain valuable experience have been lost.

The policy environment is the key to progress in agricultural development and poverty alleviation. This is why the CAADP is focusing on improving agricultural policy processes, including promoting the engagement of key stakeholders.

Rwanda was the first country to adopt the CAADP process, having signed the CAADP Compact in 2007. The revised Plan for the Strategic Transformation of Agriculture (PSTA II), developed with CAADP support.

Even before Ghana signed its CAADP Compact in October 2009, it was working with CAADP on reviewing and revising its 2002 Food and Agricultural Sector Development Policy (FASDEP).

Ethiopia signed a CAADP Compact in September 2009 and, with the support of experts engaged through CAADP, immediately set about preparing its Policy and Investment Framework – a roadmap for Ethiopia's agriculture and rural development over the next decade.