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Latest AAgWa Crop Forecasts: Beans, Maize, Millet, Sorghum, and Wheat
The crop production forecasts by AKADEMIYA2063’s Africa Agriculture Watch (AAgWa) aim to provide accurate and timely data on staple food crop predictions for 11 major crops across nearly 50 African countries to support decision-making, monitoring, crisis management, and effective intervention planning. The latest AAgWa release features new briefs forecasting 2026 yields for beans, maize, millet, sorghum, and wheat across 10 countries in Central, Western, Eastern, Northern and Southern Africa.
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Validation and Policy Translation Workshop on Uganda’s Food Systems Policy Coherence (FSPC) Assessment Results
Uganda's Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries, FAO, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and AKADEMIYA2063 are convening, on May 19, a workshop on Uganda’s food systems policy coherence (FSPC) assessment results. The event will bring together government representatives from relevant ministries and other key stakeholders engaged in Uganda’s food systems policy development, implementation, and coordination to validate the FSPC assessment and to lay the groundwork for integrating its findings into Uganda’s ongoing policy processes to improve policy coherence.
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Tripartite MoU Champions Evidence-Driven Parliamentary Action to Deliver the Kampala Declaration
AKADEMIYA2063, Shamba Centre for Food & Climate (Shamba Centre), and the African Food Systems Parliamentary Network (AFSPaN) have signed an MoU aimed at leveraging scientific evidence to strengthen legislative oversight, improve policy coherence, and support more effective decision-making on public investment and development priorities. The partnership will facilitate the development, hosting, and deployment of a dedicated policy hub designed to provide African parliamentarians with accessible, policy-relevant knowledge products to support evidence-based decision-making and accelerate agrifood systems transformation across the continent.
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Opportunities for Convergence Between the UN Food Systems Summit Process & the Kampala CAADP Agenda
As Africa embarks on the implementation phase of the Kampala CAADP Declaration, evidence and robust data analysis will remain indispensable to successful on-the-ground implementation. This is the rationale behind AKADEMIYA2063’s Kampala Policy Brief Series. Brief #15 argues that deliberate convergence between the he UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) and the CAADP Kampala Agenda processes is essential to strengthen ownership, align efforts, accelerate implementation, reduce fragmentation, and advance the objectives of Agenda 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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KAMPALA CAADP SERIES: WEBINAR SESSION V
This fifth edition of AKADEMIYA2063’s Kampala CAADP Series webinar will spark broader discussions on the policy implications of investing in SPS systems and on how such investments can be effectively integrated into the CAADP Kampala agenda to support agrifood system transformation. It will also present findings and policy recommendations from AKADEMIYA2063’s study, along with insights from African Union technical experts in animal and plant health, as well as food safety.
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KAMPALA CAADP SERIES: WEBINAR SESSION VI
This sixth edition of AKADEMIYA2063’s Kampala CAADP Series webinar will unpack the key findings of the 2025 Biennial Review (BR) and explore how governments, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), development partners, research institutions, and the private sector can more effectively use BR evidence to inform planning, budgeting, implementation, and accountability processes.
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KAMPALA POLICY BRIEF SERIES ISSUE #14 Empowering Youth in Agrifood Systems
The new strategy for implementing the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme shifts from agriculture-led growth to a broader agrifood systems approach, recognizing links between agriculture, nutrition, development, and sustainability. To support this, AKADEMIYA2063 developed the CAADP Policy Tool to enable governments to assess the effectiveness of public investments and policy mixes in achieving outcomes such as poverty reduction, climate resilience, and sustainable development. Brief#14 recommends placing strong emphasis on unlocking and expanding income-generating opportunities for youth, particularly in post-production activities.
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AAgWa Crop Production Forecasts – 358 Briefs to Date
The crop production forecasts by AKADEMIYA2063’s Africa Agriculture Watch (AAgWa) aims to provide accurate and timely data on staple food crop predictions for 11 major crops across nearly 50 African countries. These insights support decision-making, monitoring, crisis management, and effective intervention planning. The latest AAgWa release features forecasts on 2026 yields for barley, beans, maize, rice, sorghum, and wheat across 7 countries in Eastern, Northern, and Southern Africa.
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32nd Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
On the occasion of Kwibuka 32, AKADEMIYA2063 joins the people of Rwanda and the international community in commemorating the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, while recognizing the country’s remarkable journey of rebuilding. As we reflect on this history, we stand in solidarity with the people of Rwanda in promoting unity, resilience, and the shared responsibility to protect populations and uphold the commitment to “Never Again.”
Impacts of the Middle East War on African Economies: Case Study of Guinea
Against the backdrop of the ongoing war in the Middle East, key questions arise regarding the immediate and longer-term implications of the conflict for African economies, particularly in terms of supply chain disruptions and commodity price volatility. Scheduled for April 2, this webinar aims to provide participants with a clear, evidence‑based understanding of the economic implications of the Middle East War for African economies and the welfare of their populations, through a case study of Guinea.
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Happy World Water Day 2026! | Water & Gender
Water and gender are central to Africa’s food systems transformation. Inclusive irrigation policies empower women farmers, reducing labor burdens while improving access to income and food. On this World Water Day, AKADEMIYA2063 joins stakeholders around the globe in underscoring the importance of scaling up successful dry-season farming interventions that are responsive to women’s needs across Africa. This will be critical to achieving the ambitions of the African Union Agenda 2063 and the Kampala Declaration — and will require coordinated action from governments, the private sector, and communities.
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Agrivoltaics for Africa: Building Momentum Toward the Platform Launch
The Consortium for Sustainable Agrivoltaics (C4SA) and its partners will convene a pre-launch session on March 25 to discuss the strategic opportunity for agrivoltaics in Africa, outline the Initiative’s rationale and design, and explore the roles of international cooperation, policy frameworks, and finance in accelerating agrivoltaics in Africa. Bringing together international organizations, development partners, and financial actors, the event will highlight the potential of integrated food–energy–water solutions, partners’ contributions to scaling pilot projects, and the importance of mobilizing investment, while building momentum ahead of the formal launch on April 10.
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Unlocking African Agriculture Trade: Regional Integration and Global Opportunities
AKADEMIYA2063 and Welthungerhilfe (WHH), through the AgriBridge network, will convene a webinar on April 14, drawing on findings from the 2025 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM) and the AgriBridge Policy Note #1. The session will provide an overview of recent trends in African agricultural trade flows; assess how the AfCFTA is reshaping trade among RECs, with focused insights on value chains like rice and fertilizers; and outline practical actions to advance Africa–Europe trade through standards compliance, value addition, SME participation, and climate smart investment for resilient, inclusive growth.
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African Agrivoltaics Platform Initiative: Co-Designing Workshop & Launch Event
The C4SA Foundation, the OECD Development Centre, AKADEMIYA2063, and the UN Joint SDG Fund will convene a hybrid workshop and launch event for the “African Agrivoltaics Platform” on April 10 at the OECD Headquarters in Paris and online. The event will gather researchers, project developers, investors and African government representatives to review evidence and early case studies on agrivoltaics in African contexts, identify policy and financing barriers, and co-design a 2026 roadmap and blended finance options with enabling tools for market development and project-scale deployment.
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International Women's Day 2026: Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women & Girls
Beyond closing gender gaps in work, income, safety, family life, land rights, and agrifood systems, women must be placed at the center of development ambitions. AKADEMIYA2063 stands in solidarity with women and girls worldwide, calling for stronger institutions and the political will needed to dismantle barriers to equal justice. This means eliminating discriminatory laws, strengthening legal protections, and ending harmful practices that undermine their rights. Such actions are vital to accelerating progress toward gender equality in every area of life, in alignment with the African Union's Agenda 2063.
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New Partnership to Reinforce Agricultural Support Systems Across Africa
AKADEMIYA2063 and the Fondation pour l’Agriculture et la Ruralité dans le Monde (FARM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advance data, analytics, and decision‑support tools for agrifood systems across Africa. The partnership leverages AKADEMIYA2063’s expertise in policy research and evidence generation together with the Foundation’s leadership in assessing public support to agriculture. Through joint research, knowledge‑sharing initiatives, and collaborative resource mobilization, the two organizations aim to strengthen agricultural support systems and inform policy reforms across the continent.
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11th Africa Day of School Feeding
School feeding programs are a vital social protection instrument that can advance cross-cutting policy objectives aligned with Agenda 2063, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the African Union’s 2026 theme on sustainable water and sanitation. By linking child nutrition to local food systems, these programs improve health and learning outcomes, increase school enrollment and retention, strengthen rural livelihoods, and reinforce the resilience of agrifood systems. On this ADSF 2026, AKADEMIYA2063 joins stakeholders across the continent in recognizing school feeding as a strategic investment in human capital and a powerful driver of Africa’s long-term development ambitions.
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West Africa Climate Resilience Summit
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Centre de Suivi Écologique, and AKADEMIYA2063 will convene the West Africa Climate Resilience Summit in Dakar on March 23–24. The Summit, themed “From Climate Crisis to Climate Resilience: Pathways for West Africa and the Sahelian Region at Local and Regional Levels,” will bring together public officials, local authorities, researchers, youth, and development organizations to examine regional priorities and identify actionable pathways for climate adaptation. Discussions will focus on strengthening local and regional planning frameworks, mobilizing resilience financing, and advancing implementation strategies.
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AGRODEP Modeling Consortium Stocktaking Seminar
AKADEMIYA2063 is convening a stocktaking seminar with members of the AGRODEP Modeling Consortium as part of its efforts to reposition AGRODEP within the broader African Union Agenda 2063 framework. Scheduled for February 26, the seminar will provide a platform to examine emerging challenges and opportunities and discuss initial ideas for revitalizing the consortium and its networks in 2026. This session will update members on current institutional developments, foster a shared understanding of AGRODEP’s future strategic direction, and encourage technical alignment around new thematic and strategic priorities.
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AAgWa Crop Production Forecasts—Latest Predictions
The crop production forecasts by AKADEMIYA2063’s Africa Agriculture Watch (AAgWa) aim to provide accurate and timely data on staple food crop predictions for 11 major crops across nearly 50 African countries to support decision-making, monitoring, crisis management, and effective intervention planning. The latest AAgWa release features new briefs forecasting 2026 yields for barley, beans, cassava, maize, millet, rice, and sorghum across 7 countries in Central, Western, Eastern, and Southern Africa.
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AKADEMIYA2063 Knowledge Products

AKADEMIYA2063 is a pan-African non-profit research organization with headquarters in Kigali, Rwanda and a regional office in Dakar, Senegal. Its mission is to provide data, policy analysis, and capacity-strengthening support to enable African countries to achieve the African Union’s Agenda 2063 goals of inclusive and sustainable development and economic prosperity. AKADEMIYA2063 conducts strategic analysis to address emerging and time-sensitive topics and to fill knowledge gaps on priority issues faced by Africa. Our research findings, AKADEMIYA2063 Knowledge Products, are published in flagship reports and other research publications to support evidence-based decision-making toward accelerating Africa’s broader development goals.

LATEST FLAGSHIP REPORTS

Moving the Technology Frontiers in African Agrifood Systems

ATOR 2025
Themed “Moving the Technology Frontiers in African Agrifood Systems,” the 17th ATOR spotlights ...
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Policy Innovations to Achieve the Kampala Declaration Goals

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Africa’s agrifood systems sit at the center of the continent’s aspirations for food security and...
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Financing Agrifood Systems

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The 16th Malabo Montpellier Panel report examines the needs and barriers to financing Africa's agrifood...
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Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor

AATM 2025
Food security in Africa is facing headwinds, driven by the compounding effects of climate shocks such as...
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Vision and Mission

AKADEMIYA2063’s overall mission is to create, across Africa and led from Rwanda, state-of-the art technical capacities to support the efforts by the Member States of the African Union to achieve the key goals of the agenda 2063 of transforming national economies to boost growth and prosperity.

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Our History

AKADEMIYA2063 was established to continue and expand the portfolio of policy research and capacity-strengthening support for the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), initiated and previously incubated by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). This portfolio included three main programs: the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS), the African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium (AGRODEP), and the Malabo Montpellier Panel (MaMo Panel).

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Our Programs

ReSAKSS

The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) supports the successful implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).

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AGRODEP

The African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium is an initiative aimed at positioning African experts to take a leading role in the study of strategic development questions.

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MaMo Panel

The Malabo Montpellier Panel is a group of international agriculture and food security experts who guide policy choices that accelerate progress towards food security and improved nutrition.

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Africa Agriculture Watch

Africa Agriculture Watch (AAgWa) is a web-based platform that employs cutting-edge machine learning techniques and remotely sensed data to predict agricultural yields and production levels of several crops across Africa to support crisis management, monitoring, and mitigation efforts in local communities.

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