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The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) is an Africa-wide network established in 2006 to provide policy-relevant analysis, data, and tools for the assessment of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and African Union's joint Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and other regional agricultural development programmes in Africa.

Overview

ReSAKSS was established to meet the need for evidence-based information and analysis for Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)[1] . ReSAKSS operates as a multi-country network of collaborating partners that provide access to open data sources, analysis, and research tools and evidence for informing agricultural and poverty-reduction strategies.

Organization

ReSAKSS is organized around four nodes of operation: ReSAKSS Africa Wide (ReSAKSS-AW) is hosted at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC, US, ReSAKSS East and Central Africa (ReSAKSS-ECA) is hosted at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, Kenya, ReSAKSS Southern Africa (ReSAKSS-SA) is hosted at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Pretoria, South Africa and ReSAKSS West Africa (ReSAKSS-WA) is hosted at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, Nigeria.

ReSAKSS is governed by Steering Committees that are chaired by the African Union Commission (AUC) and AU-NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA) at the Africa-wide level and by Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) for ReSAKSS-ECA, ReSAKSS-WA and ReSAKSS-SA, respectively. The Steering Committees, whose members include representatives of the different CAADP stakeholders at the respective levels, provide political and strategic guidance to ReSAKSS.

It has received funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Activities and outputs

The key activities and outputs of ReSAKSS include: a web-based tool that features visual description of African countries’ performance in key agricultural development indicators[2] ; ReSAKSS flagship products, Annual Trends and Outlook Reports (ATORs)[3], monitor progress at all levels (continental, regional and country) toward achievement of the CAADP benchmark targets, based on a monitoring and evaluating (M&E) framework[4] [5] and other publications include a working paper and an issue brief series that analyzes key growth and poverty reduction issues in Africa[6] [7] (ReSAKSS data was cited by policymakers in G8 Camp David Accountability Report[8]); assisted with the growth and investment analysis for the country CAADP compacts and technical reviews of the national agricultural investment plans during the CAADP country roundtable processes [9]; provided technical assistance to establish country SAKSS nodes; trained or facilitated training of several researchers, policy analysts, and development professionals on data collection and different topics related to agricultural policy analysis[10] [11] [12] .

References

  1. ^ "CAADP and ReSAKSS". Global Donor Platform for Rural Development.
  2. ^ "New Interactive ReSAKSS Website Tracks Progress in African Agricultural Development". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.
  3. ^ "The 2010 ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report". RUFORUM.
  4. ^ "Comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Report for the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)" (PDF). OECD.
  5. ^ "Putting Principles into Action: A US-Africa Forum on Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa" (PDF). Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa.
  6. ^ "ReSAKSS Working Paper No.15: Assessing Potential Welfare Impacts on Agriculture of a Regional Free Trade Agreement in Southern Africa" (PDF). USAID.
  7. ^ "Policy Brief: Agricultural growth trends in Southern Africa" (PDF). FANRPAN.
  8. ^ "Camp David Accountability Report" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Trends and outlook report on key agriculture and rural development indicators in Tanzania" (PDF). Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, The United Republic of Tanzania.
  10. ^ "Africa-wide Conference to Discuss Strategies to Boost Agricultural Development" (PDF). International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG).
  11. ^ "FAC at the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System's first conference". Future Agricultures.
  12. ^ "Africa-wide Conference to Discuss Strategies to Boost Agricultural Development". FARA Secretariat.
  1. ReSAKSS Website
  2. ReSAKSS Blog
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