Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System
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The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) is an Africa-wide network established in 2006 to provide policy-relevant analysis, data, and tools for promoting decision making, filling knowledge gaps, promoting dialogue, and facilitating the benchmarking and review processes associated with the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) agenda of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and African Union (AU) and other regional agricultural development initiatives in Africa[1] [2] .
Overview
ReSAKSS was established as a direct response to the growing demand for credible information and analysis during the design of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). ReSAKSS operates as a multi-country network of collaborating partners represented by regional websites that provide access to open data sources, analysis, and research tools and evidence for informing agricultural and poverty-reduction strategies.
Organization
ReSAKSS is organized around four nodes of operation:
- ReSAKSS Africa Wide (ReSAKSS-AW): is hosted at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in Washington, D.C. United States of America.
- ReSAKSS East and Central Africa (ReSAKSS-ECA): is hosted at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, Kenya.
- ReSAKSS Southern Africa (ReSAKSS-SA): is hosted at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Pretoria, South Africa.
- ReSAKSS West Africa (ReSAKSS-WA): is hosted at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, Nigeria.
ReSAKSS is governed by Steering Committees that are chaired by the African Union Commission (AUC) and AU-NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA) at the Africa-wide level and by Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) for ReSAKSS-ECA, ReSAKSS-WA and ReSAKSS-SA, respectively. The Steering Committees, whose members include representatives of the different CAADP stakeholders at the respective levels, provide political and strategic guidance to ReSAKSS[3] .
It has received funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Activities and outputs
The activities and outputs of ReSAKSS include:
- Web-based tool: visual description of African countries’ performance in key agricultural development indicators.
- Publications: ReSAKSS flagship products, Annual Trends and Outlook Reports (ATORs)[4] [5] , monitor progress at all levels (continental, regional and country) toward achievement of the CAADP benchmark targets, based on a monitoring and evaluating (M&E) framework. Other publications include a working paper and an issue brief series that analyzes key growth and poverty reduction issues in Africa[6] .
- Assisted with the growth and investment analysis for the country CAADP compacts and technical reviews of the national agricultural investment plans during the CAADP country roundtable processes
- Provided technical assistance to establish country SAKSS nodes
- Trained or facilitated training of several researchers, policy analysts, and development professionals on data collection and different topics related to agricultural policy analysis.
References
- ^ "ReSAKSS Project Portfolio on IFPRI Website". IFPRI.
- ^ "ReSAKSS Portfolio on Future Agriculture Website". Future Agriculture Website.
- ^ "TORs for the CAADP ReSAKSS Continental Steering Committee" (PDF). CAADP Website.
- ^ "Monitoring African Agricultural Development Processes and Performance: A Comparative Analysis (2011; 2MB)". CAADP website.
- ^ "The 2010 ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report". RUFORUM.
- ^ "ReSAKSS: Impact Assessment Outcome Statement" (PDF). IFPRI Website.
Literature
- S. Benin, A. Kennedy, M. Lambert, L. McBride. 2011. ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report 2010: Monitoring African agricultural development processes and performance - A comparative analysis, 132.
- Johnson, Michael, and Flaherty, Kathleen. 2011. Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support Systems for agriculture and rural development in Africa
- Tewodaj Mogues, and Samuel Benin. 2012. Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa
- Benin, S., Thurlow, J., Diao, X., Kebba, A., and Nelson O. 2008. Agricultural Growth and Investment Options for Poverty Reduction in Uganda, this ReSAKSS working paper was also published as IFPRI discussion paper.