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Participatory Epidemiology Network for Animal and Public Health: Enhancing the capacities of organizations to control major existing and emerging diseases by International Livestock Research Institute

“…The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), OIE, the African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Belgium (VSF-B) and Veterinarians Without Borders/Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Canada (VSF-C) have partnered with ILRI to establish the network, design its strategies and implement programs for training, capacity building and institutional change.…”
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Food safety in Africa and strategic directions for improving policy and regulatory frameworks by Grace, Delia, Alonso, Silvia, Roesel, Kristina, Covic, Namukolo M., McDermott, John J.

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State of water quality monitoring and pollution control in Africa: towards developing an African Water Quality Program (AWaQ) by Mukuyu, Patience, Jayathilake, Nilanthi, Tijani, M., Nikiema, Josiane, Dickens, Chris, Mateo-Sagasta, Javier, Chapman, D. V., Warner, S.

“…The African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) Secretariat committed to design and implement an African Water Quality Program (AWaQ) in its Strategic Operational Plan (2020-2024) considering the guiding frameworks it uses such as the Africa Water Vision 2025, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the African Union Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want. AMCOW reached out to the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) to support the development of such a program. …”
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Gender review of climate change legislative and policy frameworks and strategies in East Africa by Aura, Ruth, Nyasimi, Mary, Cramer, Laura K., Thornton, Philip K.

“…Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia are among the East African States, which have followed suit by responding to the African Union commitments to the course by developing several legislative and policy frameworks to aid the course addressing climate change. …”
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Governments and industry include pathways for sustainable, low-emissions, intensification of maize production in sub Saharan Africa policy making by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The African Union Commission is using our research results on low-emissions intensification pathways for maize to prepare its Abuja 2 Summit on Fertilizers and Soil Health (2021). …”
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Banana bunchy top virus threat to African bananas by Kumar, P. Lava

“…In the "2022 International Plant Protection Convention Regional Workshop for Africa," organized by the FAO-IPPC, the African Union-Inter-African Phytosanitary Council (AU-IAPSC), the Plant Protection Organization of Kenya (KEPHIS), and FAO, the BBTV emergence in EA, along with other emerging threats in Africa, was discussed to strategies control actions. …”
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Executive summary [in Boosting growth to end hunger by 2025: The role of social protection] by Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum

“…The 2017-2018 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) takes an in-depth look at social protection in rural Africa to address these three questions, which are particularly relevant as Africa embarks on the implementation of the Malabo Declaration commitments and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. First, the contributed chapters summarize and synthesize the available evidence on successful implementation of social protection programs in rural Africa. …”
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Introduction [in Boosting growth to end hunger by 2025: The role of social protection] by Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum

“…Second, the report helps to fill knowledge gaps related to enhancing the role of social protection in reducing vulnerability and increasing resilience of rural households as Africa embarks on the implementation of the Malabo Declaration commitments and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. Third, the report highlights policy implications to guide the design and roll-out of national social protection programs for rural Africa.…”
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Synopsis, 2013 annual trends and outlook report: Tracking key CAADP indicators and implementation by Bahiigwa, Godfrey, Collins, Julia, Makombe, Tsitsi, Jemaneh, Samson, Tefera, Wondwosen

“…ReSAKSS was established by the CAADP Partnership Platform, and later endorsed by the African Union Conference of agricultural ministers, to serve as the formal CAADP review and learning platform, charged with tracking 30 core CAADP indicators. …”
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Public expenditure tracking in Africa: Trends and composition by Fan, Shenggen, Omilola, Babatunde, Lambert, Melissa

“…The second objective is to track progress of the commitment made by African governments at the African Union Summit in Maputo, Mozambique in 2003 to increase public spending in agriculture to at least 10 percent of total government budgetary resources.…”
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Guidelines for assessing environmental and socio-economic impacts of tsetse and trypanosomiasis interventions by Maitima, J.M., Rodríguez, L.C., Kshatriya, Mrigesh, Mugatha, Simon M.

“…These guidelines are therefore aimed at helping PATTEC (African Union 's Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign) project managers and their experts target their priorities in environmental and socio-economic impact assessments. …”
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Review of policies and frameworks on climate change, agriculture, food and nutrition security in Ethiopia by Amwata, Dorothy, Eshetu, Zewdu, Mungai, Catherine, Solomon, Dawit, Radeny, Maren A.O.

“…Consequently, the sector receives considerable attention from the government, investing 15% of its total budget over the decade and meeting the commitments by Africa’s heads of states to the African Union Maputo 2003 Declaration on Agriculture and Food Security (CAADP 2003). …”
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Innovations in water quality monitoring and management in Africa: towards developing an African Water Quality Program (AWaQ) by Mukuyu, Patience, Warner, S., Chapman, D. V., Jayathilake, Nilanthi, Dickens, Chris, Mateo-Sagasta, Javier

“…The African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) Secretariat committed to design and implement an African Water Quality Program (AWaQ) in its Strategic Operational Plan (2020-2024) considering the guiding frameworks it uses such as the Africa Water Vision 2025, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the African Union Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want. AMCOW reached out to the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) to support the development of such a program. …”
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Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan Development Guide: From Concept to Action by World Bank, Adaptation of African Agriculture, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, World Agroforestry Centre

“…The AAA Initiative builds on the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), first launched in 2003 through the African Union, which promotes the development of national agricultural investment plans (NAIPs) for African countries. …”
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Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan Development Guide: From Concept to Action (short version) by World Bank, Adaptation of African Agriculture, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, World Agroforestry Centre

“…The AAA Initiative builds on the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), first launched in 2003 through the African Union, which promotes the development of national agricultural investment plans (NAIPs) for African countries. …”
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Strategic Climate Investment Partnership Roundtable by Chevallier, Romy, Chesterman, Sabrina

“…On 6 February 2022, the African Union’s (AU's) Climate Change and Resilient Development Strategy and Action Plan (2022-2032) was endorsed at the 35th Ordinary Session of the AU’s Assembly of African Heads of State and Government. …”
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Gender norms and social transformation of agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa by Mapedza, Everisto D.

“…This has contributed to the insufficient articulation of gender issues in the proposed agricultural programmes and visions, such as the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the Malabo Declaration. …”
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COVID-19 border policies create problems for African trade and economic pain for communities by Bouët, Antoine, Laborde Debucquet, David

“…The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), for example, was supposed to establish continentwide free movement of goods starting on July 1. Now, the African Union Commission has proposed postponing the launch until January 1, 2021. …”
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Strengthening Capacities for Evidence-based Policy Planning and Implementation in Africa: IFPRI’s Support to CAADP in 2017–2018 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…ReSAKSS is facilitated by IFPRI in partnership with Africa-based CGIAR centers, the African Union Commission (AUC), the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA), and leading regional economic communities (RECs)…”
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Kenya CAADP bienniel review brief: Africa agriculture scorecard performance and lessons by Okeyo, Isaac, Love, Josephine, Karugia, Joseph, Guthiga, Paul

“…By August 2017, 50 countries were engaged in CAADP, 42 had developed CAADP compacts, and 33 had National Agriculture Investment Plans (NAIPS) In June 2014 at the 23rd Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government in the capital of Equatorial Guinea, African leaders adopted the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods. …”
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