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==Background==

Especially in the agriculture-based economies of Africa, agriculture is the sector that can affect not only poverty reduction and food security, but can also foster economic growth and sustain the environment.<ref>[http://publications.worldbank.org/ecommerce/catalog/product-detail?product_id=6966252 World Bank: World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development]</ref> African countries have set up CAADP to reach these goals and a Mutual Accountability Framework (MAF) to measure the program's progress. ReSAKSS plays an important role in this monitoring system by collecting relevant data and undertaking systematic analyses.<ref>ACORD, ActionAid, Oxfam. 2011. [http://ebookbrowse.com/synthesis-report-pan-africa-policy-dialogue-meeting-pdf-d259799751 Synthesis Report: The 1st Pan-Africa Non-State Actors (NSA) Policy Dialogue Meeting on CAADP]</ref><ref>Johnson, Michael, and Kathleen Flaherty. 2008. [http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADS607.pdf Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support Systems (SAKSS): A Guidebook for Practitioners] ReSAKSS Working Paper No. 4.</ref>

In November 2009 a conference was held to assess progress in implementing CAADP in African countries with several countries surpassing the target of 10% of their annual budgets to agriculture.<ref>Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). 2009. [http://farastaff.blogspot.de/2009/11/africa-wide-conference-to-discuss.html Africa-wide Conference to Discuss Strategies to Boost Agricultural Development], accessed July 2, 2012</ref>