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Resources from the Partnership's March 1-2 US-Africa Forum: Scaling Up Agricultural Development in Africa
The Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa convened its third annual US-Africa Forum on Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa on March 1-2, 2011, in Washington, DC. The Forum, an annual gathering of senior US and African policymakers, business and NGO leaders, and practitioners, featured a number of keynote speakers as well as focused break-out sessions.
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Breakout Session Materials and Presentations
Plenary Session Presentations
March 1
Plenary Panel: Learning While Doing
- Cindy Clapp-Wincek, PCHPA: Learning While Doing Panel Introduction
- Ruth Levine, USAID/PPL: USAID Evaluation Policy: Application to Feed the Future
- Melissa Lambert, IFPRI: Monitoring CAADP Implementation
March 2
Plenary Panel: Learning While Doing: Using Local Evidence and Analysis to Strengthen Collaborative Decision-Making
- Ousmane Badiane, IFPRI: Creating the Conditions for Evidence-Based Policy Planning and Implementation: The CAADP Model
- Florence Etta, AfrEA: Learning by doing? African Development Evaluation Capacity for generating Local Evidence and Analysis for Decision Making
- Samia Zekaria Gutu, CSAE: Learning While Doing: Using Local Evidence and Analysis to Strengthen Collaborative Decision Making
Lunch Panel: Integrating Agriculture and Nutrition Approaches: Research and Business Perspectives
- Rajul Pandya-Lorch, IFPRI: Reflections and Key Themes: IFPRI 2020 Vision International Conference, 10–12 February 2011
- Jan Low, International Potato Center: Sweet Potato for Profit and Health Initiative: Enhancing the Lives of 10 Million African Households by 2020
- Daniel Hazman, Wal-Mart: Wal-Mart's Commitment to Food and Agriculture
Breakout Session Reports
- Area 2: Building Capacity through Development of Smallholder Producers' Organizations (Paul Guenette, ACDI/VOCA)
- Area 3: Private Investment and Public-Private Partnerships (Mima Nedelcovych, Schaffer Global Group/PCHPA)
- Area 4: Higher Education and Workforce Development (Daniel Karanja, PCHPA)
Breakout Sessions Materials and Presentations
Area 2: Building Capacity through Development of Smallholder Producers’ Organizations
Area 3: Private Investment and Public-Private Partnerships
Area 4: Higher Education and Workforce Development
General Background Materials
U.S. Government Agricultural Assistance Policy
- Feed the Future Guide
- FTF FY2010 Country/Regional Implementation Plans
- Overview of FTF Results Framework
- Chart of Summary of FTF Indicators
- USG Quadrennial Diplomacy & Development Review
- Expanding Commitments to Food Security & Agricultural Development: U.S. Assistance to African Agriculture, 2008-2009
CAADP
- CAADP Country Compacts and Investment Plans
- “Implementing CAADP for Africa’s Food Security needs: A progress report on selected activities” – July 2010
- “Accelerating CAADP Country Implementation”
- CAADP Pillar I Framework: “Land and Water Management”
- CAADP Pillar II Framework: “Market Access”
- CAADP Framework for African Food Security (Pillar III: “Food Supply and Hunger”)
- CAADP Framework for Africa’s Agricultural Productivity (Pillar IV: “Agricultural Research”)
Monitoring & Evaluation
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"PCHPA Policy Brief #13: M&E+ Primer for Increasing Food Security," Clapp-Wincek, C., February, 2011
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"PCHPA Policy Brief #12: Working Smarter, Being Accountable, and Measuring Results," The Partnership, February, 2011
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"USAID Evaluation Policy," USAID, January, 2011
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Omilola, B., M. Yade, J. Karugia, and P. Chilonda. "Monitoring and Assessing Targets of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and the First Millennium Development Goal (MDG) in Africa." ReSAKSS Working Paper No. 31. 2010
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Omilola, B. and Lambert, M., 2010. "Weathering the Storm: Agricultural Development, Investment, and Poverty in Africa Following the Recent Food Price Crisis." ReSAKSS-Africa Wide Annual Trends and Outlook Report 2009
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"Comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Report for the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)," presented by Babatunde Omilola at the 6th CAADP Partnership Platform. Birchwood Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa. April 21-23, 2010
