A Multi-country Agricultural Productivity Program for Africa (MAPP)

Advocacy of the role of agricultural research leading to:

MAPP's purpose is to identify, focus and make available resources required to implement NEPAD's Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme's (CAADP) fourth pillar: 'Agricultural research, technology dissemination and adoption'

MAPP's objectives:

  1. To strengthen capacities of African agricultural technology development and delivery systems
  2. To Increase investments by African governments in technology development and dissemination
  3. To link national, subregional and regional programs and networks with strong international partnerships to achieve efficiency and effectiveness

MAPP's benefits:

  1. Enhanced African participation in the agricultural revolution
  2. Increased investments by the African governments in agricultural research
  3. Effective and efficient agricultural technology generation, dissemination and adoption systems

MAPP pilot countries:

COMESA-ASARECA: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda
ECOWAS - CORAF/WECARD: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal
SADC: Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia

MAPP Partners:

NEPAD, Sub Regional Organizations, Regional Economic Communities, National Agricultural Research System, National Governments

The purpose, objectives, benefits, pilot countries and partners of MAPP have been summarised in a poster: 

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