Since 2006, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has provided policy research and capacity strengthening support to guide the planning and implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).
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As part of IFPRI’s support to CAADP, the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) was established in 2006 to provide policy-relevant analysis, data, and tools necessary to support the formulation and implementation of evi
This chapter summarizes the primary results from the impact evaluation and two rounds of process evaluation described above that have been previously published in journal articles (van den Bold et al. 2015; Olney et al.
Focusing the 2015 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) on nutrition will contribute to a broader understanding of the role and importance of nutrition in achieving international, continental, and national economic growth targets through agricul
Supporting multisectoral action: Capacity and nutrition leadership challenges facing Africa
The aim of this chapter is to present a forward-looking analysis of need for MSN systems and the required three main capacity areas (technical, managerial, and leadership) for effective MSN action to bring about the desired nutrition outcomes for
In the era of the Sustainable Development Goals, the world faces many seemingly intractable problems. Malnutrition should not be one of them.
The current AU policy environment supports efforts by African countries to address malnutrition and can be a rallying point for different interventions at the continental, REC, and country levels.
Over the past decade, there has been increasing recognition that the quantity of food alone guarantees neither food security nor adequate nutrition as measured by metrics such as hunger, malnutrition, and stunting.
Achieving a nutrition revolution for Africa: The road to healthier diets and optimal nutrition
Focusing the 2015 ATOR on nutrition will contribute to a broader understanding of the critical role of nutrition in achieving international, continental, and national economic growth targets
The food and agriculture sector is pivotal not only to addressing undernutrition but also to containing and preventing the spread of diet-related noncommunicable disease.
The challenges, opportunities, and lessons learned in evidence-informed decision making in Africa
This chapter explores how evidence-informed decision making related to nutrition can be enhanced in Africa.
Over the past 15 years, conventional breeding efforts have resulted in varieties of several staple food crops with significant levels of the three micronutrients whose deficiency can be most limiting to humans: zinc, iron, and vitamin A.
Malnutrition in all its forms—undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight—is robbing Africa of much-needed productivity and growth potential.
Economic development and nutrition transition in Ghana: Taking stock of food consumption patterns and trends
Along with high economic growth over a period of somewhat more than the past three decades, poverty, household food insecurity, and undernutrition have substantially declined in Ghana.
The current global evidence base regarding the nutritional impacts of nutrition-sensitive programs, including popular ones such as social safety nets and agriculture development programs, is generally limited due to poor targeting, design, and imp
The revised CAADP Results Framework has 40 indicators for tracking progress across three levels.
In 2011, in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Democratic Republic of Congo’s government launched the Food Production, Processing, and Marketing project—which aimed to raise incomes and improve f
Factors affecting performance of agricultural extension
Highlighting achievements by IFPRI and its partners in support of the CAADP implementation agenda
2014 saw important developments with potentially wide repercussions in individual countries and regions