NPCA Education And Skills Improvement Agenda (Strategic Thrust)

NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency

A4RD Pre-PP Event Mrs. Estherine Fotabong (Director, PICD)

Key challenges And Opportunities for Africa Agriculture

What is our response to these challenges and opportunities? Effective today→CAADP@10

Tomorrow in the making under OUR mandate→Sustaining CAADP Momentum

Next Generation→Outcomes Sought Under CAADP@20 and beyond

Higher temperaturesChanges in precipitation patterns and extreme weather Lower yields for crops and livestock

Food independency decreases in Africa: Approx. 20% Cereals must be imported

Demand grows rapidly: In 2035, 700 million Africans (50%) will live in cities

In 2015, 20 million young Africans will enter the labour market

Today, 47% of Africans live below 1.25USD poverty line

Rising prices of agric. commodities provide incentives

Markets and competitiveness

Rural employment and incomes

Food security

Climate change

• Increased agriculture production and productivity;

• Better functioning agriculture markets, increased market access and trade;

• Increased availability and access to food and building resilience; and

• Improved management of natural resources for sustainable agriculture production.

Outcomes Sought by CAADP In The Next Decade

Context and Background

Sustaining CAADP Momentum- Strategic Thrusts for Response

Institutions, Policies And Leadership

Knowledge And

Learning Support

Financing For

Agriculture

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STRATEGIC ACTIONS AND INPUTS FROM NPCA: IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES; KNOWLEDGE POOLS; CAPACITY BUILDING, PEER REVIEW MECHANISMS

 Level 3: Strengthening systemic capacity for effective execution and delivery of results

Assumptions: Political leadership ensure conducive and stable policy environment. Increased systemic capacity, inclusiveness and evidence based action improve public sector planning, implementation and review. Transformational change stimulates private sector investment.

3.1 Improved and inclusive policy design

and implementation capacity

for agriculture

3.2 More effective and accountable

institutions to drive planning

and implementatio

n of public policies and investment

programmes

3.3 More inclusive and

evidence based

agriculture planning and implementation processes

3.4 Improved coordination, partnerships and alliances

within and across sectors and countries

(regional trade and

collaboration)

3.5 Increased (public/private) investment financing in agriculture achieving

better value for money

3.6 Enhanced knowledge support

and skills development for

agriculture through improved S&T,

Education & Training; Peer

learning; Analytical capacity & strategic

thinking

Sustaining CAAPD Momentum- Our Response

Knowledge and knowledge support for public and business stakeholders, including farmer and commodity

associations CAADP CAPACITY BULDING FRAMEWORK

KIS

(Learning networks; expert pools,

knowledge networks linking available

information and data to policy design;

SAKSS; Think-tanks)

Agriculture Science Agenda

 (Research capacity; research

issues; link to knowledge networks; facilitating & supporting innovation.

Policy and social research in agriculture)

Agriculture Education and

Training (Vocational training; private-public sector drive in competency

development; curricula; tertiary

education-research links; internship)

ICT in Agricultural Transformation

 (Information support

to farmers and practitioners; information

packaging and dissemination on communicating

CAADP)

Capacity Strengthening and Linking Research to Education and

Skills Development

The lack of training systems for the agricultural and food sector in Africa has limited the growth of the sector. This significant gap in the innovation system uptake in many countries in Africa is the lack of coordination between research (the production of technology) and extension (the transmission of knowledge and information to the farmers) and the vocational and technical training needs of farmers.

The Big Questions- Linking Science And Capacity Building Knowledge and Learning Support (Science, Education and Skills Improvement in Agriculture)

How can, Knowledge, Science and Education be pursued to address the needs of farmers and other operators along the value chain at different scales of operation?

What type of capacity needs and associated priority thematic areas are needed to support the transformation of agriculture in Africa?

What are the key policy considerations that need to be taken into account in terms of facilitating innovation, technology generation and transfer to end users and its utilization by them

How can the levels and sources of investment in Knowledge, Science and Education could best make a difference in the long-term

How do we Improve absorptive capacities of farmers and youth in Africa by recognizing their vocational, technical and skills training needs

How do we Improve and reform Africa Agriculture Education Systems to train the next generation of agricultural scientist by recognizing the training (quantity and quality) for the youth; including women in science

Knowledge Information Systems-KIS• KIS changes the process and modalities for delivering Knowledge

Information for African agricultural development from an externally driven process to an African owned and led process.

– That greater availability of African led and owned knowledge, information and skills at the national, regional and continental level will lead to improved agricultural planning and policy making at the national level;

– That the application of African led and owned knowledge, information and skills at national, regional and continental levels will lead to CAADP being more efficient as a promoter of appropriate policy and institutional reforms

– That a more effective CAADP will lead to African government planners better able to make the case for public investment in agriculture, in turn increasing the share of investment in agriculture to a minimum of 10 per cent of the national budgets.

– That this increased investment will contribute to raising agricultural productivity by at least 6 per cent.

Agriculture Education and Training

Agricultural Education And Skills Improvement Framework (AESIF) – Provide overarching visionary priorities and targets and therefore

common agenda in rallying multi-consortia private-public partnerships on agriculture education and skills development.

– Build and ensure a continuous replenishment of the much needed human capital to drive the agriculture transformation agenda in Africa.

– Provide a practical set of guidelines and tools for peer sharing of experiences and learning as well as brokering private-public partnerships.

– The key principles that would guide the development and implementation of the strategy would be guided by the following principles and methodology

TEAM Africa

(Tertiary Education)

Vocational and Technical

Education and Training (formal &

semi-formal)

Other complementary skills development initiatives and

programmes (e.g. on job training; foreign training

and south-south technical exchange)

Common Agenda & Guidelines on overarching

strategic priorities and targets

“Agricultural Education and skills Improvement Framework (AESIF)”

(Overarching principles and guidelines)

Tracking progress & performance;

Sharing & learning platforms and tools

Knowledge and Information Hub

including capacity for overarching analytical

studies

Tertiary Education for Agriculture Mechanism in Africa (TEAM-Africa)

• Creating awareness and leverage on improving Agriculture education system in Africa;

• Mainstreaming TAE into the framework of CAADP processes and plans and strengthen the relationship between Education, Research and Extension services

• Bringing greater coherence and coordination between institutes, networks and development partners,

• improving training methods by academic reforms and access of new learning tools to respond to the modern and dynamic education needs.

Agriculture Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ATVET)

• Core Objective of ATVET Program– Knowledge management and survey of

approaches, information and best practices sharing of ATVET in Africa

– Anchoring of ATVET in the AU structures and in the CAADP-country process promotion programs

– Development and assessment of pilot qualification measures for farmers, the youth, employed persons and service providers at national level.

Target Groups: Rural YouthFarmers, Farm workers, AEA

Short termUpgradingprograms

EntrepreneurialSkill training

BusinessAdvisoryServices

Income GeneratingServices, e.g.

Production

TechnologyTransfer

Certification & Diploma Programs(10+1+2+3)

Modularized Non Formal ProgramsServices provided upon demand of private & public sector

Modern ATVETCOLLEGE

Labor Market Formal andNon Formal Programs

BusinessServices

Links to Universities

LONG TERM VISION

• Analysis of Government Policies on Rural Futures and Job Creation

• Gaps and Opportunities Presented

• AUC/NEPAD Conference on Job Creation and Employment

Skills and Job Creation

Initiative Gap Analysis

• Green Jobs• Agriculture and

Agribusiness Value Chains• Informal and Semi-formal

economies• Construction• artisanal jobs

• Capacity Development, Skills, Education and Training

Country’s Youth Employment Plan of Action • Priority Value

Chains• Agribusiness• Informal Jobs• Vocational and

Technical Education, Incubation and Skills Development

Rural Futures Development

Zone

• RFP and ATVET Centre of Excellence

• Best practices on Rural Futures program from country level

• Meting Point academia, civil society and policy makers, private sector and partners

Knowledge Management, E-Learning, K-Products and

K-Services

CAADP+ (Linking Agriculture To Rural Development

Thank You