NEPAD -Africa Agriculture Programme

EENI- School of International Business

Sub-subject: The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (NEPAD). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)
2. The Four pillars of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme
3. Market Access
4. Agricultural Research
   1. The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
5. Sustainable Land and Water Management
   1. TerrAfrica Programme
6. Food Supply
   1. The Regional Food Security Programme for Eastern and Southern Africa
7. The role of the Regional Economic Communities in the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme

Sample of the sub-subject - The New Partnership for Africa's Development - Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme:

Description of the Sub-Subject: NEPAD - Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).

The objective of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme is to reduce the African poverty and get rid of famine through the optimisation of the agriculture in the African continent. It was created in 2003.

The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme is part of the “Agriculture and Food Security Area” of the NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development)

The members of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme are Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda

The aims of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme will be achieved mainly by:

1. Fostering the intra-African agricultural markets
2. Promoting the leadership of the African farmers in the African trade of agricultural products
3. Developing environmental policies

The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) consists of

1. Market Access
2. Agricultural Research
3. Sustainable Land and Water Management
4. Food Supply

The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) belongs to the African Civilisation.