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Enabling Policy and Investments for Agricultural Transformation in Africa - TCP/RAF/3712

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 10

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) One of the persistent constraints for the development of agricultural investment projects in Africa is the shortage of national and regional technical capacity for undertaking project preparation, supervision and results based management ( The African Development Bank AfDB is increasingly unable to meet demands for technical assistance and capacity development from regional member countries, particularly transition states in Central Africa, to support the preparation and implementation of investment projects The AfDB’s Committee on Operations and Development Effectiveness ( and a 2018 independent evaluation highlighted the specific constraints found with respect to the quality at entry, effectiveness and efficiency of project preparation and appraisal, which included i the quality of project design and feasibility studies ii) inadequacy of resources devoted to project preparation in terms of time and skill sets ;;( heavy workloads of operations staff throughout the project preparation ecosystem iv) truncation of preparation time to expedite approval from the Board of Directors of the AfDB and ( poor project design and management capacity in some regional member countries This Technical Cooperation Programme ( project was therefore designed to contribute to the development of quality investment projects in agrifood systems by leveraging FAO’s technical assistance to i improve the quality at entry of investment operations ;;( accelerate delivery and speed of project preparation,preparation,( support implementation to increase the development impact of operations and ensure strong portfolio performance ( strengthen learning, knowledge and advisory services in regional member countries ;;( boost investment pipelines in the region and raise more business for the Bank and ( mobilize resources for investment support and technical assistance The project built upon a supplementary cooperation agreement signed in 2018 by the AfDB and FAO to establish a strategic alliance for ending hunger and malnutrition and creating wealth and prosperity in Africa This agreement included a commitment by AfDB and FAO to set up the FAO AfDB Collaborative Programme (AF CP) for supporting the agricultural transformation agenda in Africa This project also aimed to provide part of the co financing envisaged in the AF CP agreement by tapping into FAO’s considerable expertise to assist in project preparation and other deliverables.

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