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AGRODEP Working Paper Seminar
AGRODEP Working Papers present preliminary materials and research results developed by members of the AGRODEP network of economic modelers. Tackling strategic thematic areas of crucial relevance to Africa's development agenda, these studies are circulated to stimulate discussion, critical comments, and advance research. Slated for December 18 at 1 PM GMT, this session will focus on the Working Paper themed "The Economic Impacts of Climate Change in Ethiopia: A CGE Analysis," featuring a presentation of findings and an open discussion with participants.
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Global Commodity Prices Webinar: Unpacking the World Bank Commodity Markets Outlook
The World Bank and AKADEMIYA2063 are convening a webinar on December 17 to discuss the findings of the latest World Bank Commodity Markets Outlook. Released twice a year in April and October, the Commodity Markets Outlook provides a comprehensive market analysis of major commodity groups, including agriculture, energy, fertilizers, metals, and precious metals. The latest edition of the report, released on October 29, 2024, shows that commodity markets have experienced substantial volatility, in part due to shifting assessments of geopolitical risks and weak economic activity. The session will feature presentations by the authors of the report, followed by a Q&A segment with the audience.
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ReSAKSS Webinar (Nov. 28) – Insights from the 2024 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR)
AKADEMIYA2063 is convening a ReSAKSS Webinar to discuss the findings of the 16th Edition of the ATOR, themed “Advancing the Climate and Bioeconomy Agenda in Africa for Resilient and Sustainable Agrifood Systems.” Organized on the heels of the 2024 ReSAKSS Annual Conference, where state and non-state actors came together in Rabat to unveil the report, the online session will provide a platform for stakeholders to examine the evidence and policy recommendations from the publication. The November 28 session will provide an opportunity to deliberate on the key findings and policy recommendations of the report, which is a major contribution to evidence in support of climate action across Africa.
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CACCI Field Notes No. 18 – Climate Adaptation Status and Pathways in Nigeria
In this study, AKADEMIYA2063 scientists conduct an ex-ante analysis of Nigeria’s climate change and adaptation strategies to assess feasibility, achievability, and alignment with continental and global development frameworks. The authors find that mainstreaming adaptation practices in the agricultural sector will require improved prediction capabilities and a better knowledge of climate suitability for crops. Based on the predictions, crop climate suitability data will indicate suitable places to grow specific crops based on the prevailing climate. The data would help the country adapt to a changing climate instead of relying only on traditional knowledge of the crop calendar.
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Ukraine Crisis & African Economies – Global Wheat & Vegetable Oils Trade & Market Disruptions: Income & Food Security Effects for Ghana
The Russia-Ukraine war is a source of short-term and long-term market disruption, particularly in the trade of grains and vegetable oils. The disruption of the global wheat market is causing an increase in food prices in Ghana, with a detrimental effect on household income, purchasing power, and food consumption. On the other hand, because of the relatively high contribution of vegetable oils and oilseeds to Ghana’s economy, the disruption of the global vegetable oils market has positive effects on income and food consumption in Ghana. The disruption benefits Ghanaian rural farm households, as their income is expected to increase because of the substitution effect.
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Ukraine Crisis & African Economies – Exposure to Global Commodity Trade & Market Disruptions: Impacts on Growth, Poverty & Food Security in Ghana
In this study, the authors conduct two simulations: one representing business as usual (BaU) and the other representing the “Ukraine crisis” scenario. The situation in the BaU scenario is one without a crisis, and the change in the trajectory of the Ghanaian economy is based on the assumption of the World Bank’s projection of commodity prices for 2022–2024, released in October 2021. The Ukraine crisis scenario simulates market and trade disruptions caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and their effects on Ghana’s economy. Both scenarios evaluate the simulation’s effects on poverty, food security, employment, and economic growth.
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Working Paper Series – Animal Feed Policies and Feeding Practices in Ethiopia
In Working Paper #12, the authors identify development strategies to improve access to good-quality feed. Based on a review of research literature, policy documents, and key informant interviews, they examine trends and gaps related to policy, strategies, and the establishment of an enabling environment for livestock feed development in Ethiopia. The research indicates that investment in developing an adequate feed supply system for improving animal nutrition in Ethiopia would improve animal production and productivity, as well as the livelihoods, income, and food and nutritional security of livestock-producing communities.
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CACCI Field Notes No. 17 – Climate Change and Adaptation Pathways for Senegal
What additional steps can be taken to enhance the positive impacts of climate adaptation measures in Senegal & how can policymakers be guided to make the best decisions based on data? Issue #17 employs advanced economic simulation models to evaluate the impact of policies, with robust, data-driven insights to enhance the positive impacts of adaptation measures in Senegal. CACCI Field Notes are based on research conducted under the Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI). The data & analysis made available through this series provide evidence-based insights to practitioners & policymakers driving climate action across Africa.
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JUST RELEASED! 2024 ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report
The 2024 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR), titled "Advancing the Climate and Bioeconomy Agenda in Africa for Resilient and Sustainable Agrifood Systems," urges African policymakers and global partners to unite in leveraging Africa's vast renewable biological resources to drive innovation, upscaling investments in new technologies, and upskilling to drive a bioeconomy transition while adapting to climate change. Launched today in Rabat, Morocco, as the centerpiece of the ReSAKSS Annual Conference, the report examines the linkages between the two pressing agendas of climate change and the bioeconomy towards building resilient agrifood systems.
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IFAD and AKADEMIYA2063 partner to promote agrifood systems transformation across Africa
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and AKADEMIYA2063 have signed an MoU to collaborate on promoting evidence-based policymaking, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, applied to Africa's agrifood system transformation and continental agendas such as the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme. Formalized during a ceremony held on the sidelines of the Africa Food Systems (AFS) Forum in Kigali, the agreement will provide a framework for strengthening technical and institutional capacities and, in particular, the data and analytical capacities of African experts.
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JUST RELEASED — Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor 2024
The 7th edition of the Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM) examines the recent performance of African agricultural trade, focusing on the complex relationships between trade, climate change, and food security. Published by AKADEMIYA2063 and IFPRI, the 2024 AATM explores the complex links between trade and climate change, analyzing carbon emissions associated with the production and transportation of agricultural products, embedded water content in traded agricultural products, and climate stress-induced yield changes in agriculture. The authors call for policies to leverage trade in climate adaptation efforts, notably through strategic use of countries' comparative advantages.
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JUST RELEASED — Malabo Montpellier Panel Food Processing Report
The 14th Malabo Montpellier Panel report — VALUE-UP: Policy Innovations to Advance Africa's Food Processing Sector for Growth, Jobs, and Health — focuses on strategies to boost Africa's food processing sector. The report reviews the potential contribution of the emerging food processing sector to economic growth and the challenges hindering the growth and sustainability of the sector. It demonstrates a range of solutions and opportunities that can enhance the sector for economic transformation and examines successful strategies implemented by various African countries, focusing on three systematically selected countries: Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal, which have shown success and progress.
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14th Malabo Montpellier Forum – VALUE-UP: Policy Innovations to Advance Africa’s Agri-food Processing Sector for Growth, Jobs, and Health
The Malabo Montpellier Panel's forthcoming report focuses on successful approaches, institutional, policy, and technical innovations and programmatic interventions to boost the role of Africa's agri-food processing sector in the transformation of its agri-food systems. The report includes case studies on Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal, which have shown success and progress in the growth of their agri-food processing sector. The Forum will consist of a technical part drawing on the report's findings and recommendations, reflections on its lessons, and a ministerial roundtable with senior representatives from African governments, the private sector, and development partners.
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Launch of the Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor: Exploring the Climate Change and Trade Nexus
AKADEMIYA2063 and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in partnership with AGRA, are convening a hybrid event to debate and promote the findings of the Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM) 2024. As in prior editions, the seventh AATM provides improved trade statistics, uses consistent indicators to monitor trends, and provides deeper insights into Africa’s participation in global trade and the status of intra-African trade. Slated for August 29 in Kigali and online, the event will convene a diverse set of experts for a discussion on the nexus of climate change and agrifood trade in Africa.
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AKADEMIYA2063 at the 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists: ICAE 2024
Don't miss AKADEMIYA2063 at ICAE 2024 in New Delhi, India, from August 2-7, 2024. The conference, centered on "Transformation Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems," will feature AKADEMIYA2063 scientists participating in sessions on sustainable food systems transformation in Africa, changing food environments, climate change and the environment, and public spending in agriculture.
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Toward Sustainable Food Systems Transformation in Africa: Invited Panel Session at ICAE 2024
AKADEMIYA2063 is convening an invited panel session on August 3 at the 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists—ICAE 2024, in New Delhi, India. This invited panel will bring together a diverse group of leading experts to share their research and perspectives on the urgent need to transform Africa’s food systems, critical and emerging issues that must be tackled to ensure sustainable food systems on the continent and innovative approaches for realizing and accelerating the transformation across Africa.
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Food Safety in Africa: Insights from the CAADP Biennial Review Data
This policy brief assesses the current state and progress made toward strengthening food safety systems in Africa. The main objective is to shed light on the performance of food safety systems across Africa and highlight how these systems can be strengthened to improve food safety, public health, food and nutrition security, and trade in safe food within the continent and beyond. The policy options set out in the brief would bolster Africa’s food and health systems and strengthen the ability of African countries to utilize trade to achieve food security, increase economic growth and alleviate poverty.
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2021 CAADP Biennial Review (BR) Brief: Benin
This brief summarizes Benin's performance in the third BR report on the implementation of the Malabo commitments. The brief (i) assesses the country's performance during the third BR, (ii) compares Benin's performance over three BR cycles, (iii) discusses the challenges identified and the lessons learned, (iv) examines the changes in policies and strategies resulting from the reviews conducted, and (v) highlights the recommendations for actions and policy measures needed to achieve the objectives of the Malabo Declaration.
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HAMBURG SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE: Moving from Production to Value Addition: Tackling Challenges and Creating Opportunities in Africa’s Agribusiness Sector
AKADEMIYA2063, through the Malabo Montpellier Panel, in partnership with the Center for Development Research (ZEF)/University of Bonn and Welthungerhilfe, will host a panel session at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference on October 8. This session will identify investment and policy priorities to boost the performance of Africa’s agrifood sectors beyond the cultivation of raw materials towards the production of higher-value, nutritious and affordable food products, ultimately fostering competitive integration in local and global markets.
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Master Class: From Space to Development: Challenges and Opportunities for Senegal
AKADEMIYA2063 and GéoSénégal are organizing a Master Class within the framework of GéoSénégal's community activities. Dr. Racine Ly, Director of AKADEMIYA2063's Department of Data Management, Digital Products and Technology, will lead the two-hour session, which will take place at AKADEMIYA2063's regional office in Dakar and online. The session will focus on the theme "From Space to Development: Challenges and Opportunities for Senegal."
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AKADEMIYA2063 Knowledge Products

AKADEMIYA2063 is an Africa-based non-profit research organization with headquarters in Kigali, Rwanda and a regional office in Dakar, Senegal. Its mission is to provide data, policy analysis, and capacity-strengthening support to enable African countries to achieve the African Union’s Agenda 2063 goals of inclusive and sustainable development and economic prosperity. AKADEMIYA2063 conducts strategic analysis to address emerging and time-sensitive topics and to fill knowledge gaps on priority issues faced by Africa. Our research findings, AKADEMIYA2063 Knowledge Products, are published in flagship reports and other research publications to support evidence-based decision-making toward accelerating Africa’s broader development goals.

LATEST FLAGSHIP REPORTS

Advancing the climate and bioeconomy agenda in africa for resilient and sustainable agrifood...

ATOR 2024
The 2024 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) addresses the pressing question of how Africa’s...
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Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor

AATM 2024
Africa has seen an increase in food insecurity in the wake of recent global crises, including the COVID-19...
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Policy Innovations to Advance Africa’s Food Processing Sector for Growth, Jobs ...

VALUE-UP
Africa's rapid population growth, urbanization, and rising incomes have led to a growing demand for...
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Policy Innovations to Create Opportunities for Young People in Africa’s Agrifood Systems

YOUTH AHEAD
The 13th Malabo Montpellier Panel report – YOUTH AHEAD: Policy Innovations to Create Opportunities for...
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AAgWa CROP PRODUCTION FORECASTS

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Mission and Vision

AKADEMIYA2063’s overall mission is to create, across Africa and led from Rwanda, state-of-the art technical capacities to support the efforts by the Member States of the African Union to achieve the key goals of the agenda 2063 of transforming national economies to boost growth and prosperity.

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Our History

AKADEMIYA2063 was established to continue and expand the portfolio of policy research and capacity-strengthening support for the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), which was initiated and previously incubated by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). This portfolio has included three main programs: the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS), the African Growth and Development Policy (AGRODEP) Modeling Consortium, and the Malabo Montpellier Panel (MaMo Panel).

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Our Programs

ReSAKSS

The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) supports the successful implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).

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AGRODEP

The African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium is an initiative aimed at positioning African experts to take a leading role in the study of strategic development questions.

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MaMo Panel

The Malabo Montpellier Panel is a group of international agriculture and food security experts who guide policy choices that accelerate progress towards food security and improved nutrition.

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Africa Agriculture Watch

Africa Agriculture Watch (AAgWa) is a web-based platform that employs cutting-edge machine learning techniques and remotely sensed data to predict agricultural yields and production levels of several crops across Africa to support crisis management, monitoring, and mitigation efforts in local communities.

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