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		<title>ReSAKSS Quarterly Update 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea D. Romero</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ReSAKSS-AW &#8211; Here is a recount of what ReSAKSS has been up to across the continent from July &#8211; September 2011. ReSAKSS Quarterly Report, July &#8211; September Highlights include: Progress on the 2011 ATOR feature topic on agricultural productivity. Technical Assistance to setting up CAADP Country SAKSS in Tanzania. Recap of Conference on &#8220;Increasing Agricultural [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resakss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6084250&amp;post=2801&amp;subd=resakss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shaping the Future of Web Interaction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea D. Romero</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Web traffic to ReSAKSS.org has increased slightly during the 3rd quarter reporting period thanks to increased web efforts via social media sites such as the ReSAKSS blog, Facebook and Twitter. The ReSAKSS-AW team performed a web user survey to better understand the website’s audience and their preferences, information that will be used to improve the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resakss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6084250&amp;post=2793&amp;subd=resakss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Technical Assistance to Setup Tanzania SAKSS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea D. Romero</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ReSAKSS-ECA &#8212; Recently, ReSAKSS-ECA held a Tanzania agricultural trends and outlook report dissemination workshop which also platformed discussions on the establishment of the Tanzania Country Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support (SAKSS).  Meetings were held with officials of the Ministry of Agriculture and USAID-Tanzania on 14th July.  The workshop brought together a wide range of stakeholders [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resakss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6084250&amp;post=2765&amp;subd=resakss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Monitoring and Evaluation of Agriculture Sector Performance, Growth and Poverty Trends in Southern Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea D. Romero</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pretoria, South Africa &#8212; ReSAKSS-SA led a regional survey as part of its strategic monitoring to track implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) and SADC Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (SADC-RISDP).  This survey is consistent with the CAADP M&#38;E framework which provides guidelines on the indicators to be tracked and type of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resakss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6084250&amp;post=2785&amp;subd=resakss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tracking Intra-Regional Trade of Agricultural Inputs in Eastern and Southern Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea D. Romero</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ReSAKSS-ECA Methodology Workshop held on 16th November, 2011 at Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya. The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Eastern and Central Africa (ReSAKSS-ECA) in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and a number of national and regional partners have a methodology for tracking changes in the volume [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resakss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6084250&amp;post=2805&amp;subd=resakss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ECOWAS Receives Technical Assistance in Agricultural Sector</title>
		<link>http://resakss.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/ecowas-receives-technical-assistance-in-agricultural-sector/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea D. Romero</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Work Plans and Progress Reports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFPRI-Nigeria]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ReSAKSS-WA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technical Assistance to setting up CAADP Country SAKSS in selected countries in the ECOWAS region Technical assistance was provided by ReSAKSS-WA for the establishment of a CAADP Country Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support (SAKSS) node in Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo, all countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region.  ReSAKSS-WA also assisted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resakss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6084250&amp;post=2791&amp;subd=resakss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mozambique Signs CAADP Compact</title>
		<link>http://resakss.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/mozambique-signs-caadp-compact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea D. Romero</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Final Draft of Mozambique&#8217;s CAADP Compact Mozambique&#8217;s CAADP Compact was signed as planned on Friday, December 9th, 2011.  They are the 28th country to sign the CAADP compact.  Representatives of the Mozambican Government, development agencies, ambassadors of USA and Canada, the World Bank (representing the bulk of other donors), IFAD, FAO, farmers&#8217; organizations, civil society [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resakss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6084250&amp;post=2824&amp;subd=resakss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Price Policy Responses to High Food Prices in Eastern &amp; Southern Africa</title>
		<link>http://resakss.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/price-policy-responses-to-high-food-prices-in-eastern-southern-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea D. Romero</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On August 24th, ReSAKSS-ECA presented the poster, &#8220;Price policy responses to high food prices: Which way forward?&#8221;.  The poster presents past examples of food price policies in the eastern and southern Africa region, pros and cons of various price policy options, and recommendations on how to proceed in the future.  The poster was revealed during [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resakss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6084250&amp;post=2775&amp;subd=resakss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Agricultural Productivity &amp; Food Security in Africa Conference Update</title>
		<link>http://resakss.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/agricultural-productivity-food-security-in-africa-conference-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea D. Romero</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ReSAKSS team recently participated&#8211;along with policymakers, researchers, academics, and representatives from private companies and farmer and trader organizations&#8211;in an international conference,  “Agricultural Productivity &#38; Food Security in Africa,” facilitated by IFPRI in conjunction with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).  The conference, which aimed to create a broad new [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resakss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6084250&amp;post=2714&amp;subd=resakss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mozambique National Policy Dialogue</title>
		<link>http://resakss.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/mozambique-national-policy-dialogue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea D. Romero</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using Evidence as a Basis for Policy and Investment Decisions in Mozambique’s Agriculture Sector The recent Mozambique National Policy Dialogue: Using Evidence as a Basis for Policy and Investment Decisions in Mozambique’s Agriculture Sector dialogue brought together high-ranking policy makers in the Government of Mozambique to discuss the findings and recommendations of the 2010 Annual Agricultural [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resakss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6084250&amp;post=2727&amp;subd=resakss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Experts Meet to Discuss Remedies to Food Price Volatility in West Africa</title>
		<link>http://resakss.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/experts-meet-to-discuss-remedies-to-food-price-volatility-in-west-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea D. Romero</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FAO, ECOWAS and other experts plan the way forward Dakar, Senegal &#8211; The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) hosted a consultative meeting earlier this month to address the problem of volatile and soaring food prices in West Africa.  The FAO reports that commodities in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resakss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6084250&amp;post=2680&amp;subd=resakss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Conference Updates: Increasing Agricultural Productivity &amp; Enhancing Food Security in Africa</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[2011 Annual Conference: Increasing Agricultural Productivity &#38; Enhancing Food Security in Africa: New Challenges and Opportunities, 1-3 November 2011, Addis Ababa. Conference Program Snapshot Full Conference Program ReSAKSS has partnered with IFPRI’s Eastern and Southern Africa Office (ESAO) host a the conference on Increasing Agricultural Productivity &#38; Enhancing Food Security in Africa: New Challenges and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resakss.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6084250&amp;post=2102&amp;subd=resakss&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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