FAC Core Countries
The Consortium, in collaboration with partners, works on three country clusters:
Southern Africa: focusing on Malawi
Horn of Africa: focusing on Ethiopia
East Africa: focusing on Kenya
Country-level work will involve several stages and outputs, including:
- Background work: completion and production of scoping papers
- Constraints analysis: multi-site analysis to identify constraints limiting agricultural growth
- Policy process analysis: exploring how agriculture policy is treated both locally and nationally
- Scenarios workshops: collecting information & identifying different scenarios/trajectories of agricultural and livelihood change
- Disaggregated assessment: highlighting potential impacts of different institutional reform and technological intervention options & the role of agriculture in economic growth and poverty reduction,
- Identification of policy blockages and opportunities: identifying possibilities for change
- Engagement with the policy process: facilitating change
- Highlighting of emerging themes and issues: encouraging further investigation
Latest articles
FAC at the International Conference on Ethiopian Economy
July 26, 2011 / Ethiopia The just concluded 9th international conference convened by the Ethiopian Economic Association in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia brought together over 500 experts from different regions to debate on imminent issues affecting the economy of the country.
Country Co-ordination
April 27, 2010 / Kenya The country co-ordinator, John Omiti, liaised with researchers and communications officer to harmonize and schedule meetings to facilitate (i) closer linkages amongdifferent themes, (ii) share research findings and plan media briefings, (iii) hold joint round-table meetings or workshops. During the
Country Co-ordination
April 27, 2010 / West Africa The country co-ordinator, John Omiti, liaised with researchers and communications officer to harmonize and schedule meetings to facilitate (i) closer linkages amongdifferent themes, (ii) share research findings and plan media briefings, (iii) hold joint round-table meetings or workshops. During the
What is CAADP?
March 25, 2010 / Ghana The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) is the most ambitious and comprehensive agricultural reform effort ever undertaken in Africa. An initiative of the African Union (AU) and New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), it represents a fundamental shift toward
West Africa Transect Study
January 25, 2010 / West Africa The FAC West Africa transect study will investigate the relative importance of and interaction among selected technical and institutional factors in explaining the differential performance of agriculture along a transect running from southern Ghana through northern Ghana and into southern
FAC’s theme focus in Kenya
January 25, 2010 / Kenya A major focus of our work on Kenya explores in some depth alternative policy prescriptions that have been proposed and/or are being implemented for Kenyan agriculture. Note that we understand agriculture to include a range of crop-based (smallholder and commercial
Ethiopia
January 25, 2010 / Ethiopia The paradox facing agricultural policy in Ethiopia was neatly encapsulated in this statement by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, in 2000: "The agricultural sector remains our Achilles heel and source of vulnerability. … Nonetheless, we remain convinced that agricultural based development
FAC’s theme focus in Ethiopia
January 25, 2010 / Ethiopia A major focus of our work on Ethiopia explores in some depth alternative policy prescriptions that have been proposed and/or are being implemented for Ethiopian agriculture. Note that we understand agriculture to include a range of crop-based (smallholder and commercial
Nairobi hosts food security meeting
December 2, 2009 / Ghana By Lucas Barasa*Nairobi, 2nd December 2009 - A major conference to help enhance food security in Africa and share lessons on best practices entered its third day in Nairobi Wednesday.The Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) head Richard Mkandawire who
2009 CAADP Africa Forum
November 30, 2009 / Ghana The Bottom of the Pyramid: Agriculture Development for the Vulnerable.On November 30 in Nairobi, more than 160 delegates from across Africa met for the fourth CAADP Africa Forum, organized by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) from 30 November-4
Agricultural Development Issues in West Africa
October 1, 2008 / West Africa TO BE CHANGED The overall context is the alarming decline in the growth of farm output in Kenya over the last fifteen or more years. From the late 1980s the growth of agricultural production has stagnated and fallen behind population
Agricultural Development Issues in Kenya
October 1, 2008 / Kenya The overall context is the alarming decline in the growth of farm output in Kenya over the last fifteen or more years. From the late 1980s the growth of agricultural production has stagnated and fallen behind population growth. Production per