About Us
ANAPRI’S vision is to be a dynamic Pan-African network of universally recognized national agricultural policy research institutes that generate relevant and high-quality evidence, to guide and inform effective policy decisions that promote sustainable solutions across the continent.
ANAPRI’S mission is to play an active role in transforming Africa’s agricultural sector by developing the capacity of national agricultural policy research Institutes in the continent, strengthening and nurturing dynamic collaboration, towards providing objective and innovative policy advice to national, regional and continental level stakeholders, through effective outreach.
Assist the national institutes in building their own capacity to carry out high quality policy analysis and outreach through collaboration and coordination of activities through development and undertaking policy training programmes, targeting researchers, decision makers, and students;
Provide more effective policy guidance to national policy makers through collaboration on strategic issues where cross-country learning is particularly relevant through facilitating the sharing of national data and information amongst the national policy institutes;
Promote peer learning and sharing of skills amongst the researchers, associate researchers and students in the region.
Membership
Established and operated with the support of national governments to provide independent, quality agriculture policy research to government and national stakeholders, as part of the national policy agenda;
Well recognized within the countries and have a rich background of supporting their national governments and national stakeholders on various agriculture policy and capacity issues in line with the national priority needs;
Subscribed to ideals of Africa networking in order to jointly build capacities and data sharing for purposes of realizing their own national potential.
HISTORY
Formed on November 16th 2012, ANAPRI was created at the initiative of the national agricultural policy institutes to enable them to effectively coordinate with each other, share data, collaborate on providing solutions to the common challenges facing the ESA region.
SECRETARIAT STAFF
The Secretariat is responsible for the day-to-day operations of ANAPRI, providing administrative support and coordinating activities across the network. It ensures effective communication and collaboration among member institutes and stakeholders.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors provides strategic oversight and governance for ANAPRI. It is composed of directors of each member institute, along with the Executive Director of the ANAPRI Secretariat.