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The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy Processes in Africa
24th September 2014 @ 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
This event in London on 24 September, organised by the Future Agricultures Consortium, includes contributions from STEPS Director Ian Scoones and STEPS members John Thompson and Jim Sumberg.
The event will present new research from Future Agricultures on how agricultural policy in Sub-Saharan Africa is shaped and put into practice, in the light of changing patterns of growth and investment agendas from within Africa and beyond.
Interest in African agriculture is high, with investment from the ‘Rising Powers’ and the US-led New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition competing and interacting with regional, national and local plans and priorities.
Event details
9:30 – 17:00 on 24 September 2014
Overseas Development Institute, 203 Blackfriars Road, London, UK
To attend this event, you must register online at the Overseas Development Institute’s event page. There is no cost to attend.
About the event
The Future Agricultures Consortium’s research and analysis, which has been supported by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) since 2005, focuses on the political economy of agricultural policy processes in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Consortium’s work critically examines how and why agricultural policy decisions are made, the conditions for change and the practical and policy challenges of establishing and sustaining pro-poor agricultural growth. This type of analysis is particularly relevant at the present time, as the African Union’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) moves into its second decade and the G-8’s New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (NA) unfolds across Africa, as it is often these political and institutional factors that influence what type of investments are prioritised, which initiatives take off and who benefits from them.
In this event we will present key findings and policy insights emerging from a range of Future Agricultures’ recent research activities on key themes of relevance to CAADP and the NA agendas, including:
- The political economy of agricultural policy processes
- Land acquisitions and principles of responsible investment
- Changing patterns of agricultural growth and investment
- Pathways to improved irrigation performance
- China and Brazil in Africa and new paradigms of agricultural development
- Strengthening and integrating Africa’s seed systems
- Pastoralism, livestock marketing and dynamic change at the margins
Speakers include:
- Blessings Chinsinga – Senior Lecturer, University of Malawi
- Colin Poulton – Research Fellow, SOAS, University of London
- Hannington Odame – Interim Executive Director, Centre for Africa Bio-entrepreneurship (CABE)
- Hussein Mahmoud – Lecturer, Egerton University Kenya
- Ian Scoones – Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
- Jeremy Lind – Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
- Jim Sumberg – Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
- John Thompson – Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
- Naomi Oates – Research Officer, Overseas Development Institute
- Roger Calow – Head of the Water Policy Programme, Overseas Development Institute
- Ruth Hall – Associate Professor, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)
- Seth Cook – Senior Researcher, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
- Steve Wiggins – Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute
For more information and registration, visit the event’s page on the ODI website.