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ProjectSupport to SADC for Finalization and Operationalization of SADC Agricultural Development Fund - TCP/SFS/3803 2025
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No results found.Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region, where the sector provides livelihoods for nearly 61 percent of the region’s 284 million people (2012). In 2014, SADC member states approved the SADC Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP), which defines shared objectives and measures to guide, promote and support actions at regional and national level in the agriculture sector of the SADC member states with the aim of contributing to regional integration and the attainment of the SADC Common Agenda. The overall objective of the RAP was to contribute to sustainable agricultural growth and socioeconomic development. The SADC RAP was planned to be implemented in phases, with each phase comprising a Regional Agricultural Investment Plan (RAIP). The first-phase RAIP (2017-2022) was endorsed by the SADC Council in March 2017. The successful implementation of the RAIP included the operationalization of an Agricultural Development Fund (ADF). FAO supported the Planning and Coordination Agency of the African Union Development Agency’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) to develop guidelines and a digital platform with the aim of promoting instruments designed to support appropriate agricultural policies and investments in the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). -
ProjectSupport to Domesticating the SADC [Southern Africa Development Community] Regional Agriculture Investment Plan (RAIP) and Regional Agricultural Development Fund by Member States (Eswatini, Namibia and Zimbabwe) - TCP/SFS/3704 2022
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No results found.In the Southern Africa Development Community, agriculture provides livelihoods for a majority of the region’s population It is central to poverty reduction, economic growth and food and nutrition security As such, in 2014 SADC Member States approved the SADC Regional Agricultural Policy ( which defined common objectives and measures to guide, promote and support national and regional actions to contribute to the achievement of the common agenda, as well as regional integration The RAP foresees a Regional Agricultural Investment Plan ( for each phase of the implementation plan However, institutions in the Member States face challenges with respect to the integration of regional protocols in their national systems The success of the RAIP depends on the uptake of various measures, support is needed to create the necessary institutional mechanisms for its implementation As such, FAO was requested to provide support on the customization of the RAIP and the SADC Regional Agriculture Development Fund ( in Eswatini Namibia and Zimbabwe The aim of the project was to facilitate the domestication of the RAIP, which is expected to further support increased private investment in the agriculture and food sectors, as well as associated sectors in these three countries. -
Policy briefPromoting sustainable aquaculture for food security and economic development 2022
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No results found.In the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region, it is estimated that around 100 million people eat fish and other aquatic foods (molluscs, crustacea) regularly. Aquatic foods are generally the most affordable source of dietary animal protein containing essential fatty acids and micronutrients, and are therefore of overwhelming importance for food and nutrition security, particularly for poorer segments of the population, and for sustaining livelihoods and driving economic development. However, per capita consumption of aquatic foods in SADC (2015) at 11.3 kg/yr is 79 percent lower than the global average of 20.2 kg/yr; moreover, the high consumption rates in some of the island and coastal states mask the very low consumption rates of around 5 kg/capita/yr in the rest of the region. With rapid population growth, the gap between supply and demand of aquatic foods in most SADC countries continues to increase. Taking only fish into account, it is predicted that SADC Member States will collectively have a supply deficit by the mid-2020s of around 570 000 MT per year.
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