European Agricultural Development Assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa

May 2010

Professor Sir Gordon Conway
Imperial College London

Elizabeth Wilson Sarah Perryman
Imperial College London  Rothamsted International 

Overview

In sub-Saharan Africa, over 200 million people are undernourished. Africa is home to 15 of the 16 countries where the prevalence of hunger has exceeded 35%.

This review seeks to create an online tool for better understanding European donor support for agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa. It is an initial attempt to map the activities, political and financial commitments of fourteen different European donors.

The background and rationale introduces the thinking that influenced the development of this review.

The information on each donor presented in this review is listed below. The section on donor institutions and initiatives sets out the institutional landscape for each donor reviewed. The agricultural assistance data is an overview of donor commitments and disbursements on agricultural development to sub-Saharan Africa based on OECD-DAC data. A paper on this data can be accessed below and here.

We would like your feedback, amendments and corrections about the information contained in this review. If you have suggested revisions or comments, please email us at agdev@imperial.ac.uk

Our aim is to continuously revise the content. We hope that this will enable people both to understand what Europeans are doing, but also to allow anyone from across the world to connect with European governments, institutions and organisations who are supporting similar or complementary goals and priorities.