why alignment is critical for caadp in sustaining the momentum

Why Alignment is critical for CAADP in Sustaining the Momentum Mandi Rukuni Presented at the Inoformation Sharing Workshop on the development of a Science Agenda for Agriculture in Africa with inputs for CAADP-CGIAR alignment Ballsbridge Hotel, Mezzanine Suite, Upper Level Dublin, Irelan April 13, 2013

Continuity and change…

• Building on success of the first decade • Alignment on failures of the first decade • The most significant success of CAADP has been the alignment

of the technical process with the political process

The African Context

• African economies on a sustained growth path • Yet Africa still: food insecure; low agric

productivity; low rural incomes • Urbanization: 50% urban by 2035 • Youthful population: (40% under age 23) • Is CAADP providing the instrument to respond

to these challenges and opportunities?

Challenges/Opportunities facing CAADP

What stakeholders have told us in the “Sustaining CAADP Momentum” consultative process: •too much focus on the issue of public financing •too much focus on the supply side and not on making markets work •weak inter-ministerial and inter-sectoral coordination

Challenges/Opportunities facing CAADP

What stakeholders have told us in the “Sustaining CAADP Momentum” consultative process: •consistent and coherent African vision, agenda and positions •risk of bureaucratization = talks no action on concrete concerns of agriculture •multiplicity of initiatives

CAADP implementation & achievements

• Agriculture is back to the political and policy agenda • Political commitment to increased budgets

• Mobilised stakeholders around a common agenda • Promoted regional integration and coordination • MDTF support to capacities of AU institutions


• Evidence-based & peer-reviewed agricultural plans

• Point of departure for governments in their engagement with domestic international private investors

• CAADP now firmly branded as African idea and has

massive political currency

* 30 Country Compacts

Over 40 Countries

actively engaging

* 24 country Business meetings

* 27 National Investment Plans

1 regional compact & Investment Plan (ECOWAS)


CAADP failures in 1st Decade

• CAADP raised high expectations of mobilization new resources • Confined itself to investment plans and created a financial

dependency to which only donors could respond

• African financial institutions (AfDB, regional development banks, and private investors) hardly involved

• Not much focus on Institutional capacity; policy reform

Alignment implications of 1st decade failures

• African countries need to regain leadership of the process by: • Promoting economic policy instruments at relatively modest cost • Mobilise domestic resources and reduce dependence on donors • Policy instrument implementation and institutional changes

• New thrust for CAADP should not lead countries to repeat planning processes: • focus on programme implementation, institutional arrangement,

and policy tools designing and negotiations; including some PEA

So what does this mean for the Science Agenda and CGIAR Alignment?

• Renewing commitment to research and technology services through inclusive and consultative processes

• Delivery of RESULTS and IMPACT through

IMPLEMENTATION and EXECUTION • Opportunity for bold action in face of changing

global/local factors • Aligning Science Agenda and CAADP/CGIAR Agendas to

the African political process

Sustaining the CAADP Momentum

Wealth Creation

Job Opportunities and Food Security

Economic Growth Resilience Impact

Outcomes

Strategic Thrust

Strengthening & aligning Institutions,

Policies & Leadership

Knowledge & Knowledge

Support

Financing & Investments in

Agriculture

Land and Water

Research& Knowledge

Food & Nutrition Security

Markets, Private Sector

CAADP Pillars

Sustaining the CAADP Momentum

Wealth Creation

Job Opportunities and Food Security

Economic Growth Resilience Impact

Outcomes

Strategic Thrust

Strengthening & aligning Institutions,

Policies & Leadership

Knowledge &

Knowledge Support

Financing & Investments in

Agriculture

Land and Water

Research& Knowledge

Food & Nutrition Security

Markets, Private Sector

CAADP Pillars

CAADP’s Strategic Thrust on Knowledge & Knowledge Support

Knowledge and knowledge support for public and business stakeholders, including farmer and

commodity associations

Knowledge, Information

and Skills (KIS)

Agriculture Science Agenda

Agriculture Education and

Training

ICT in Agricultural

Transformation

Bold Actions Needed • Africa and CAADP should develop a master-plan for: • Reducing dependence on food aid • Advancing into new breadbasket for the world

• The plan should lay out the transition from a “resource” to an “efficiency/innovation” driven economy

• Africans better utilise natural resources to leverage

know-how, technology, markets, jobs and capital to develop and modernise agriculture and economy.

CAADP is a transformation Agenda:

• Agriculture-led social and economic transformation • Change and transformation in agriculture must start from

within the continent and its people • It has to start with smallholder farmers, households and

communities • Enhancing opportunities for women

CAADP is a transformation Agenda:

• Youth (60% of population) and workforce development • Africa needs to develop enforceable policies and guidelines

that promote responsible and inclusive development • Adoption of climate-smart and sustainable agriculture both in

terms of addressing the impact of climate and demographic change today and also into the future.

CAADP is a transformation Agenda: • Africa has now to strengthen its institutions to deliver results by

re-building the culture of getting things done • And the culture of solving problems as they arise in trying to

achieve major gaols.

• Institutional and policy effectiveness are a result of learning by doing-- commitment to action and implementation

• Accompanied by commitment to learning from experiences, and investing lessons into upgrading systems and procedures.

CAADP is a transformation Agenda: A Change Theory

• Transformation is about PEOPLE • Transformation is about LEADERSHIP • Transformation is a KNOWLEDGE agenda • KNOWLEDGE is about LEARNING (not information transfer) • LEARNING happens only at the point of ACTION • Science is therefore a LEARNING agenda for all • SCIENCE therefore should contribute to how PEOPLE LEARN

for themselves to help themselves

CONCLUSIONS

• Alignment is about continuity and change • The Science Agenda for Agriculture in Africa is now firmly on

the AU/NEPAD strategic path • But the demands are all the way across the value-chain and

across the diversity of stakeholders • Science should place more emphasis on sustainable

intensification

CONCLUSIONS • Institutional strengthening and policy alignment major

priorities

• Aligning technical and political energy will offer greater prospects for investment and action in research and technology

• The Science Agenda, CGIAR, and other efforts need alignment with a transformation process that is people centered

• At the end of it all Development is about People

Thank you