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Agricultural Policy-Making in Sub Saharan Africa: CAADP Progress in Kenya
Author(s): Betty,Kibaara;Raphael,Gitau;Simon,Kimenju;James,Nyoro;Michael,Bruntrup;Roukayatou,Zimmermann
Introduction
In the past few years, agriculture has regained prominence on the African policy agenda. A novel
aspect in this respect is the increased importance attached to regional and continental levels to
foster agricultural development. At the core of this initiative is the New Economic Partnership
for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), which is an integrated socio-economic development
framework for Africa. NEPAD is designed to address the current challenges facing the African
continent such as the escalating poverty levels, underdevelopment and the continued
marginalisation of Africa. It is a new vision pursuing Africa’s renewal which is spearheaded by
African leaders.
The primary objectives of NEPAD are: to eradicate poverty; place African countries, both
individually and collectively, on a path of sustainable growth and development; halt the
marginalization of Africa in the globalization process and enhance its full and beneficial
integration into the global economy; and accelerate the empowerment of women (NEPAD,
2003). The priority sectors for policy reforms and increased investments are: agriculture, human
development, information and communications, infrastructure, energy, transport, water and
sanitation, and the environment. Two initiatives of NEPAD, the African Peer Review
Mechanism (APRM) and the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme
(CAADP), are the most important pan-African initiatives concerning agricultural policies and
institutions in Sub-Sahara Africa, with CAADP for the agricultural sector policies.
To foster agricultural development, NEPAD launched CAADP. The objective of CAADP is to
help African countries reach a higher path of economic growth through agriculturally-led
development which eliminates hunger, reduces poverty and food insecurity, and enables
expansion of exports. It is an approach, rather than actual programmes, to be integrated into
national efforts to promote agricultural sector growth and economic development. The common
framework is reflected in a set of key principles and targets defined by the Heads of State and
Government. The CAADP initiative takes a continent-wide view, but builds on national and
regional plans for the development of agriculture. It is a manifestation of African commitment to
address issues of growth in the agricultural sector, rural development and food security and has
been instrumental in bringing agriculture back to the centre stage of economic development and
poverty alleviation.
Kenya is one of the African countries that bought in the CAADP process. CAADP is supposed to
provide a framework for agriculture development and integrate into the national policy making
process. The overall objective of this study is therefore to understand the extent to which
CAADP could be integrated to utilize key drivers of positive change. Specific objectives of the
study are;
(i) Assess the extent to which the current domestic policies incorporate the key aspects of
CAADP and the extent to which it may have influenced local processes and frameworks;
and
(ii) Identify and assess how the CAADP process can be more integrated with national policy
processes, with particular attention to the information needs of policy-making.
Language: English
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