Africa Lead Year Two Annual Report October 2014-September 2015

Africa Lead II is a program dedicated to supporting and advancing agricultural transformation in Africa as proposed by the African Union Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program. It will also contribute to the Feed the Future goals of reduced hunger and poverty by building the capacity of Champions—defined as men and women leaders in agriculture—to develop, lead, and manage the policies, structures and processes needed for the transformation process.

This Year Two summary covers the Program’s major accomplishments and outputs from October 2014 through September 2015. Activities with governmental and nongovernmental partners cluster along three service areas. “Capacity Development Services,” are the support and training that improve institutional capacity to manage agricultural development and promote the effective, inclusive participation of non-state actors in the policy process. The second activity cluster, “Policy Process Services,” includes the co-facilitation, logistical support and research that strengthen parters' capacity to manage and implement the policy change and alignment process. The third cluster is “Knowledge Sharing Services”; it captures activities and methods that involve consultation and coordination with food security organizations that contribute to evaluating impact and sharing learning that benefits all partners.