DevPact co-designed a regional Flagship Agribusiness and Trade Programme for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Regional Office for Southern Africa covering 15 countries in the SADC region
The Catalysing Sustainable Investments and Trade in Food Systems programme seeks to catalyse inclusive investments and trade in food systems in Southern Africa as one of FAO’s major flagship programmes to increase the contribution of agriculture to inclusive economic growth and reduced rural poverty in the SADC region. The programme seeks to take strong measures to address the perennial and systemic constraints of under-investment and limited intra-African agricultural trade in the sub-region through undertaking activities to address constraints such as ineffective policy processes, limited use of different combinations of specific policy implementation instruments, weak targeting of interventions, weak institutions and limited capacities in both the public and private sector for delivery. Ultimately, the Programme seeks to enhance the capacities of SFS countries to seize expanded market opportunities provided by the AfCFTA. DevPact consultants participated in country level engagements and engagements with AUDA/NEPAD to develop the regional programme for the FAO.
Partners:FAO
