On Friday 7 October, ECDPM will brief EU policymakers and representatives from African and European civil society and think tanks on their latest piece of research on EU support to adaptation in African agriculture.
Speakers in the briefing include Ambassador Seyni Nafo, ECDPM director Carl Michiels and Hanne Knaepen. (only invited participants)
ResourceECDPM (2022) Supporting adaptation in African agriculture a policy shift since the EU green deal? # 21 p.
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AgrInvest project (20221-2022)
Through this project, ECDPM is working with local governments, farmers, financial intermediaries and others engaged in food systems in four African countries – Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya and Niger – to develop approaches for unlocking private investment for more sustainable agri-food practices such as more diversified production, better management, and less loss and waste in the supply chains.
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This paper questions whether the Green Deal and Global Europe, the EU’s instrument for neighbourhood, development and international cooperation, have led to increased political support for climate change adaptation for agriculture to the benefit of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Or is the EU repackaging what already existed? Answering this complex question means looking at potential shifts in four areas related to EU development, cooperation and finance: (1) narrative as expressed in recent policies and strategies towards Africa and the new programming documents; (2) financing modalities and instruments; (3) partnerships with EU members states, the private sector and development finance institutes; and, (4) implementation of projects in the period 2021-2022.
This paper ends with ten recommendations on how to increase the much-needed support for adaptation in Africa’s agricultural sector and facilitate a change of direction from finance, policy and practical perspective, ahead of the mid-term review of EU projects in 2024.
AgrInvest project (20221-2022)
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