The Directorate of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources at the SADC Secretariat has just posted two key documents on regional agricultural policy issues. The Regional Agricultural Policy document (129 pages) articulates policy issues and prioritizes interventions. It also examines the form of the RAP and its implications; an operationalisation mechanism and its implications while a final section is entitled “Towards the Regional CAADP Compact”.
http://www.trademarksa.org/news/sadc-regional-agricultural-policy-priority-policy-issues-and-interventions
A companion document (269 pages) contains five working papers commissioned in support of the policy process. The papers examine key aspects of food security in SADC.
http://www.trademarksa.org/news/sadc-regional-agricultural-policy-working-papers
