Institutional reforms and agricultural policy process: lessons from Democratic Republic of Congo

Attaining food security for all requires well-functioning institutions and policy process that are effective in designing and implementing food and agricultural policies and programs. This paper assesses early stages of the decentralization and institutional reforms in the policymaking processes in...

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Main Authors: Ragasa, Catherine, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Ulimwengu, John M.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Springer 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149638
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author Ragasa, Catherine
Babu, Suresh Chandra
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description Attaining food security for all requires well-functioning institutions and policy process that are effective in designing and implementing food and agricultural policies and programs. This paper assesses early stages of the decentralization and institutional reforms in the policymaking processes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It develops a conceptual framework and adopts an innovative mapping tool to identify capacity and incentive challenges impeding the effective design and implementation of food and agricultural policy and institutional reform processes. We found that decentralized platforms for policy dialogues have the potential to improve civil society participation in local-level and national-level policy and planning processes. However, their success depends on organizational and human capacity strengthening, financial sustainability, effective participation of the civil society, and demonstrated impact of their participation. D72; D74; D78; Q18
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spelling CGSpace1496382024-11-15T08:52:40Z Institutional reforms and agricultural policy process: lessons from Democratic Republic of Congo Ragasa, Catherine Babu, Suresh Chandra Ulimwengu, John M. policies networks capacity development reforms agriculture decentralization food security conflicts Attaining food security for all requires well-functioning institutions and policy process that are effective in designing and implementing food and agricultural policies and programs. This paper assesses early stages of the decentralization and institutional reforms in the policymaking processes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It develops a conceptual framework and adopts an innovative mapping tool to identify capacity and incentive challenges impeding the effective design and implementation of food and agricultural policy and institutional reform processes. We found that decentralized platforms for policy dialogues have the potential to improve civil society participation in local-level and national-level policy and planning processes. However, their success depends on organizational and human capacity strengthening, financial sustainability, effective participation of the civil society, and demonstrated impact of their participation. D72; D74; D78; Q18 2014 2024-08-01T02:49:40Z 2024-08-01T02:49:40Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149638 en Open Access Springer Ragasa, Catherine; Babu, Suresh Chandra; and Ulimwengu, John M. 2014. Institutional reforms and agricultural policy process: lessons from Democratic Republic of Congo. Agricultural and Food Economics 2: 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40100-014-0004-3
spellingShingle policies
networks
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agriculture
decentralization
food security
conflicts
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Babu, Suresh Chandra
Ulimwengu, John M.
Institutional reforms and agricultural policy process: lessons from Democratic Republic of Congo
title Institutional reforms and agricultural policy process: lessons from Democratic Republic of Congo
title_full Institutional reforms and agricultural policy process: lessons from Democratic Republic of Congo
title_fullStr Institutional reforms and agricultural policy process: lessons from Democratic Republic of Congo
title_full_unstemmed Institutional reforms and agricultural policy process: lessons from Democratic Republic of Congo
title_short Institutional reforms and agricultural policy process: lessons from Democratic Republic of Congo
title_sort institutional reforms and agricultural policy process lessons from democratic republic of congo
topic policies
networks
capacity development
reforms
agriculture
decentralization
food security
conflicts
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