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KAMPALA POLICY BRIEF SERIES: WEBINAR SESSION II
Following the recent adoption of the Kampala CAADP Declaration on "Building Resilient Agrifood Systems in Africa" (2026-2035), AKADEMIYA2063 has developed the Kampala Policy Brief Series. The purpose of the policy briefs is to serve as reference documents for policy analysts and planners across AU Member States as they prepare their programs in response to the Kampala Declaration. The associated webinar series will assemble diverse high-level stakeholders to promote policy dialogue. Session #1 will discuss "Connecting Knowledge Systems and Policy Processes: Lessons for Phase Three of CAADP Implementation". 
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: COMESA
Four Biennial Reviews (BR) have been conducted—the inaugural BR in 2017, the second BR in 2019, the third BR in 2021, and the most recent BR concluded in 2023. This brief highlights the performance of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) region in BR4. The brief also analyzes policy actions COMESA Member States should take to meet their Malabo Commitments by 2025 more effectively. A key recommendation indicates that reducing hunger and malnutrition in the COMESA region by 2025 will require enhancing production and productivity by increasing the use of inputs and other technologies, reducing post-harvest losses, and allocating resources to social protection.
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World Environment Day 2025!
As voices across the globe unite to call for collective action to tackle plastic pollution, it is crucial to recall the importance of adopting sustainable practices. AKADEMIYA2063 is committed to promoting scientific evidence and policy action to drive climate action, restore ecosystems, and preserve biodiversity to achieve systemic change. Happy World Environment Day!
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Namibia
Four Biennial Reviews (BR) have been conducted—the inaugural BR in 2017, the second BR in 2019, the third BR in 2021, and the most recent BR concluded in 2023. This brief highlights Namibia’s performance in BR4 and compares this to the country’s BR1, BR2, and BR3 performance. It also discusses challenges and lessons learned during the fourth BR. A key recommendation from the analysis indicates that Namibia needs to focus more on poverty eradication through agriculture by developing inclusive PPPs for commodity value chains, increasing youth jobs in agriculture, and boosting the participation of women and other vulnerable groups in agriculture.
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Seychelles
Four Biennial Reviews (BR) have been conducted—the inaugural BR in 2017, the second BR in 2019, the third BR in 2021, and the most recent BR concluded in 2023. This brief focuses on Seychelles’ performance against the Malabo Commitments, and the necessary policy adjustments to achieve sustainable agricultural transformation by 2025. Key recommendations from the analysis indicate that Seychelles needs to enhance agricultural financing, strengthen policy and institutional frameworks, and promote climate resilience to ensure the achievement of the Malabo Declaration Commitments by 2025.
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: South Africa
Four Biennial Reviews (BR) have been conducted—the inaugural BR in 2017, the second BR in 2019, the third BR in 2021, and the most recent BR concluded in 2023. This brief focuses on South Africa’s performance against the Malabo Commitments, highlighting the challenges, lessons learned, and the necessary policy adjustments required to achieve sustainable agricultural transformation by 2025. A key recommendation from the brief indicates that to fulfill its commitment on halving poverty through agriculture, South Africa should place greater focus on growth in agricultural value-added, poverty reduction, and narrowing the gap between farmgate and wholesale prices for agricultural commodities.
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Tanzania
Four Biennial Reviews (BR) have been conducted—the inaugural BR in 2017, the second BR in 2019, the third BR in 2021, and the most recent BR concluded in 2023. This brief draws on the fourth BR (BR4) report to summarize Tanzania’s performance in fulfilling the seven Malabo Declaration Commitments, assessing the challenges faced and lessons learned. Key recommendations from the analysis indicate that ensuring the achievement of the Malabo Declaration Commitments by 2025 will require Tanzania to boost investment in agriculture, enhance agricultural productivity and food security, and strengthen climate resilience.
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Zambia
Four Biennial Reviews (BR) have been conducted—the inaugural BR in 2017, the second BR in 2019, the third BR in 2021, and the most recent BR concluded in 2023. This brief highlights Zambia’s performance in BR4 in comparison to the country’s performance in BR1, BR2, and BR3. The brief also discusses challenges and lessons learned during the fourth BR. A key recommendation from the analysis indicates that Zambia should consider increasing resources to support the key drivers of agricultural growth, including research and development, extension services, market information, irrigation for smallholder farmers, and feeder roads.
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Continental Webinar: Putting the Needs of Africa’s Farmers at the Heart of the Implementation of the Kampala CAADP Declaration
Organized by the African Union, AUDA-NEPAD, the Pan-African Farmers’ Organization, AKADEMIYA2063, Andreas Hermes Akademie, and the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), the event will convene key actors across the African agriculture and development landscape to examine how the Kampala CAADP Declaration can be effectively translated into action that prioritizes and responds to the realities faced by African farmers. Join us on Thursday, May 15, at 11:00 AM GMT.
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Kigali Research and Policy Seminar: Session I
Themed “Building Resilient Agrifood Systems in Africa: Unpacking the CAADP Agenda – From Maputo to Kampala”, this session, scheduled for May 19, will provide an overview of the latest iteration of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP 2026-2035), share key successes and challenges from 20 years of CAADP implementation, and explore avenues for effective implementation. The event will convene Rwanda’s policymakers, non-state actors, practitioners, researchers, and development partners to discuss knowledge-sharing pathways and identify actionable strategies for research to inform and support the effective implementation of the Kampala CAADP Agenda.
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Angola
Four Biennial Reviews (BR) have been conducted—the inaugural BR in 2017, the second BR in 2019, the third BR in 2021, and the most recent BR concluded in 2023. This brief assesses Angola’s performance toward meeting the Malabo Declaration commitments across the four BR cycles. A key recommendation from the analysis indicates that Angola’s performance on all commitments calls for increased funding for data generation, management, analysis, utilization, and monitoring and evaluation in the agricultural sector.
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Mauritius
Four Biennial Reviews (BR) have been conducted—the inaugural BR in 2017, the second BR in 2019, the third BR in 2021, and the most recent BR concluded in 2023. This brief focuses on Mauritius’s performance toward meeting the Malabo Declaration commitments. The authors recommend that Mauritius increase the share of its national budget to the agricultural sector from the current low levels of under 2 percent to the 10 percent target.
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Mozambique
Four Biennial Reviews (BR) have been conducted—the inaugural BR in 2017, the second BR in 2019, the third BR in 2021, and the most recent BR concluded in 2023. This brief assesses the BR4 findings for Mozambique. The analysis emphasizes that the country should increase public expenditure on agriculture, prioritize investments in public goods, and place less emphasis on market-distorted forms of support.
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Global Solutions Summit - Think20 Session: Future-proofing food security for resilient societies
Global food systems are under increasing pressure from various challenges, including shifting governance priorities and a reduction in traditional Official Development Assistance (ODA). Against this backdrop, on May 5, the Global Solutions Initiative and AKADEMIYA2063 are organizing a panel discussion under the framework of the Global Solutions Summit. The session will gather distinguished experts from think tanks, research organizations, governance, business, and civil society to discuss policy options to safeguard food security, improve nutrition, and tackle the systemic barriers undermining progress in SDGs 1, 2, and 10.
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Kampala Policy Brief Series – Issue No. 1
AKADEMIYA2063's Kampala CAADP Series aims to provide a policy deployment package to support the domestication and implementation of the Kampala CAADP Agenda. AKADEMIYA2063's offering includes workstreams covering diagnostics, policy briefs, power briefs, as well as webinars, to serve as a reference toolbox for policy analysts and planners across African Union Member States as they prepare their programs in response to the Kampala CAADP Declaration. Brief #1 revisits relevant evidence to highlight progress in CAADP implementation, discussing impacts on agricultural and economic growth, trade performance, nutrition, and public investment.
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Botswana
Four Biennial Reviews (BR) have been conducted—the inaugural BR in 2017, the second BR in 2019, the third BR in 2021, and the most recent BR concluded in 2023. This brief focuses on the performance of Botswana in BR4. The findings emphasize that Botswana needs to prioritize evidence-based policies and strategies aligned with the CAADP process through a strong multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder coordination body to guide its actions in this regard.
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Malawi
Four Biennial Reviews (BR) have been conducted—the inaugural BR in 2017, the second BR in 2019, the third BR in 2021, and the most recent BR concluded in 2023. This brief focuses on Malawi’s performance in BR4. A key recommendation from the analysis indicates that Malawi needs to redouble efforts on all Malabo commitments in order to be on track for the next BR process. The authors note that the country needs to commit itself to the continued domestication of CAADP processes and to developing useful partnerships and alliances with all stakeholders.
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Lesotho
Four Biennial Reviews (BR) have been conducted—the inaugural BR in 2017, the second BR in 2019, the third BR in 2021, and the most recent BR concluded in 2023. This brief focuses on the performance of Lesotho in BR4. The analysis highlights that Lesotho needs to strengthen data systems tracking CAADP Process Completion Index parameters, as well as general agricultural performance data, while enhancing government agricultural expenditure as a share of total public expenditure.
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AAgWa Crop Production Forecasts – 253 Briefs to Date
The crop production forecasts by AKADEMIYA2063’s Africa Agriculture Watch (AAgWa) aim to provide accurate and timely data on harvests and yields for major crops grown in Africa. This data's availability and accessibility enable stakeholders across the value chain to plan and execute policy and business actions more efficiently. The latest release on the AAgWa website features 17 new briefs forecasting 2025 yields for barley, wheat, sorghum, rice, millet, maize, and beans across 13 countries in Central, Northern, and Southern Africa, including Burundi, DRC, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Mozambique, Madagascar, Zambia, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia.
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DERPIn Learning Event–Benin
The DERPIn Benin team is organizing a two-day in-person learning event on April 29–30 in Cotonou, Benin. The session objective is to share the project results with stakeholders and to stimulate collective reflection on the implications for agri-food policies and decision-making support. The learning session will review the project’s findings on nutrient consumption adequacy and vulnerability patterns across the country, as well as ongoing work on the use of satellite data to produce accurate crop maps and enhance the precision of production and yield forecasts.
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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.

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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.

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).