The initiative is governed by Steering Committees that are chaired by the [[African Union Commission]] (AUC) and AU-NEPADAU–NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA) at the Africa-wide level and by [[Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa]] (COMESA), [[Economic Community of West African States]] (ECOWAS) and [[Southern African Development Community]] (SADC) for each of the African Subregionssub-regions. The Steering Committees with representatives of the different CAADP stakeholders provide political and strategic guidance to ReSAKSS.
The regional nodes are housed at three Africa-based centers of the [[Consultative Group on International Agricultural ResearchCGIAR]] (CGIAR): the [[International Institute of Tropical Agriculture]] (IITA) in Ibadan, Nigeria; the [[International Livestock Research Institute]] (ILRI) in Nairobi, Kenya; and the [[International Water Management Institute]] (IWMI) in Pretoria, South Africa in collaboration with the [[International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics]] (ICRISAT). The [[International Food Policy Research Institute]] (IFPRI) provides the overall coordination across the three nodes.<ref name="ASARECA" />
ReSAKSS and its regional and local components have received funding from the [[United States Agency for International Development]] (USAID), the UK [[Department for International Development]] (DFID), the [[Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency]] (SIDA), and the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]].<ref>[http://www.resakss.org ReSAKSS Website: About Us], accessed June 29, 2012</ref>
