Prof. Monty JONES (FARA) |
In order to improve the quality and effectiveness of development cooperation with African continental and sub-regional agricultural knowledge organisations, the European Commission organized an informal stakeholders consultation which brought together representatives of African agricultural knowledge organisations, of the Development Partners, and EC/EU experts.
Dan KISAUZI & Silim Mohamed NAHDY (AFAAS) ; Paco SEREME & Harold ROY MACAULEY (CORAF) ; David NIELSON (World Bank) |
David NIELSON, Melissa BROWN, Bremala MALLI & Juergen ANTHOFER (WB) |
- share experiences of African continental and sub-regional leading organizations linked to agricultural research, advisory services, and tertiary agricultural education on how these organisations have contributed to the objectives of the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) under the Framework for African Agricultural Productivity (FAAP);
- dialogue with representatives of African continental and sub-regional organisations, Development Partners organisations, and EC/EU experts on the key lessons learnt through such processes – what worked well and less well and why;
- looking to the future, discuss how such processes might continue to be strengthened into the future and scaled up where appropriate, share views of African organisations on their future role in their mandate areas and discuss this with representatives of the Development Partners organisations and EC/EU experts.
Carolyn GLYNN & Philip CHIVERTON (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) Nicoliene OUDWATER (AgriCulture ETC Foundation) |
Aissetou Drame YAYE (ANAFE), Adipala EKWAME (RUFORUM), Ramadjita TABO & Adewale ADEKUNLE (FARA) |
- raised awareness of the value of African continental and sub-regional leading organizations linked to agricultural research, advisory services, and tertiary agricultural education in support to the objectives of CAADP;
- shared experience on key initiatives of African continental and sub-regional leading organizations linked to agricultural research, advisory services, and tertiary agricultural education to advance African agriculture;
- deepen understanding of the challenges and opportunities of African continental and sub-regional leading organizations linked to agricultural research, advisory services, and tertiary agricultural education to support the objectives of CAADP;
- recommendations made to donors and Development Partners organisations on how to increase effectiveness of their support to agricultural research, advisory services, and tertiary agricultural education in support to the objectives of CAADP.
Patrick TAWONEZVI & Mwape BWANALI (CCARDESA) |
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