Report on an advisory mission to Nairobi, Kenya on donnor support for a programme on the commercialization of smallholder agriculture in the COMESA and SADC region

Abstract

The main objective of the Initiative for Development and Equity in African Agriculture (IDEAA) is to assist smallholder farmers in Africa to improve their productivity and income streams. Four interrelated pillars serve as the main driving force of the activities of the programme. The strategy of the programme is to help strengthen these pillars and use them as instruments for the development and commercialization of smallholder agriculture in the region. The goal is to put in place national programmes in selected target countries. The Economic Commission for Africa's Principal Regional Adviser for Food Security and Sustainable Development was involved in the conceptualization of the programme.