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ProjectFactsheetEnabling Policy and Investments for Agricultural Transformation in Africa - TCP/RAF/3712 2022
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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. -
PresentationPresentationAFCAS 28: Leveraging data and statistics for agrifood systems transformation in Africa. Using data for agricultural and rural policies and decision-making process: what needs to be done?
African Commission on Agricultural Statistics. 28th session, 4-8 December 2023
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2022This year’s report should dispel any lingering doubts that the world is moving backwards in its efforts to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms. We are now only eight years away from 2030, but the distance to reach many of the SDG 2 targets is growing wider each year. There are indeed efforts to make progress towards SDG 2, yet they are proving insufficient in the face of a more challenging and uncertain context. The intensification of the major drivers behind recent food insecurity and malnutrition trends (i.e. conflict, climate extremes and economic shocks) combined with the high cost of nutritious foods and growing inequalities will continue to challenge food security and nutrition. This will be the case until agrifood systems are transformed, become more resilient and are delivering lower cost nutritious foods and affordable healthy diets for all, sustainably and inclusively. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookFood loss analysis: causes and solutions – The Republic of Uganda. Beans, maize, and sunflower studies 2019
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No results found.This report illustrates the food loss assessment studies undertaken along the maize, sunflower and beans supply chains in Uganda in 2015-16 and 2016-17. They aimed to identify the critical loss points in the selected supply chains, the key stages at which food losses occur, why they occur, the extent and impact of food losses and the economic, social and environmental implications of the food losses. Furthermore, these studies also evaluated the feasibility of potential interventions to reduce food losses and waste. -
Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023
Urbanization, agrifood systems transformation and healthy diets across the rural–urban continuum
2023This report provides an update on global progress towards the targets of ending hunger (SDG Target 2.1) and all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2) and estimates on the number of people who are unable to afford a healthy diet. Since its 2017 edition, this report has repeatedly highlighted that the intensification and interaction of conflict, climate extremes and economic slowdowns and downturns, combined with highly unaffordable nutritious foods and growing inequality, are pushing us off track to meet the SDG 2 targets. However, other important megatrends must also be factored into the analysis to fully understand the challenges and opportunities for meeting the SDG 2 targets. One such megatrend, and the focus of this year’s report, is urbanization. New evidence shows that food purchases in some countries are no longer high only among urban households but also among rural households. Consumption of highly processed foods is also increasing in peri-urban and rural areas of some countries. These changes are affecting people’s food security and nutrition in ways that differ depending on where they live across the rural–urban continuum. This timely and relevant theme is aligned with the United Nations General Assembly-endorsed New Urban Agenda, and the report provides recommendations on the policies, investments and actions needed to address the challenges of agrifood systems transformation under urbanization and to enable opportunities for ensuring access to affordable healthy diets for everyone.