Lessons for food security policy and practice: Africa

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Lessons for food security policy and practice
Africa

• Prof Sheryl Hendriks
• Food Security _at_ UP

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evewithoutadam.net
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2008/9
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Not all doom and gloom! A message of hope re
Africa
http//www.gatesfoundation.org/learning/Documents/
millennium-development-goals-mdg-report-card-2010.
pdf
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And Africa will do even better in the next decade
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Framework for African Food Security
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FAFS Expert Working Group
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The FAFS presents

• The current status of hunger and malnutrition in
  Africa
• Key causes of hunger and malnutrition
• Priority responses to address these issues
• How FAFS can be used,
• Menus of options and ideas for governments to
  consider based on best practice and research
• Suggestions for monitoring, evaluation and peer
  review processes.
• Suggests a model for coordination of pillar III
  activities.
• Suggestions for scaling up actions

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Improving resilience the African agenda

• Improved risk management
• Increased supply of affordable food through
  increased production and improved market linkages
• Increased economic opportunities for the
  vulnerable
• Increased quality of diets through
  diversification of food among the target groups.

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Tools and resources
LiPA
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FAFS Score Chart
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Reviews of investment plans

• Policy context
• Policy integration
• Programme profile
• Pro-poor
• Targets the vulnerable
• Nutrition-sensitive
• ME
• Coordination
• Sustainability

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Annexure 3 Post Review Road Map Template
National Agriculture Investment Plans Activities and Benchmarks Point June 2010 July 2010 August2010 Sept. 2010 Oct. 2010 Nov. 2010 Dec. 2010 Follow-on Comments
Component 1 Alignment with CAADP vision, principles and strategy elements Component 1 Alignment with CAADP vision, principles and strategy elements Component 1 Alignment with CAADP vision, principles and strategy elements Component 1 Alignment with CAADP vision, principles and strategy elements Component 1 Alignment with CAADP vision, principles and strategy elements Component 1 Alignment with CAADP vision, principles and strategy elements Component 1 Alignment with CAADP vision, principles and strategy elements Component 1 Alignment with CAADP vision, principles and strategy elements Component 1 Alignment with CAADP vision, principles and strategy elements Component 1 Alignment with CAADP vision, principles and strategy elements Component 1 Alignment with CAADP vision, principles and strategy elements
Identify issue bullet out specific actions list who is responsible insert due dates

Component 2 Consistency with long terms growth and poverty reduction options Component 2 Consistency with long terms growth and poverty reduction options Component 2 Consistency with long terms growth and poverty reduction options Component 2 Consistency with long terms growth and poverty reduction options Component 2 Consistency with long terms growth and poverty reduction options Component 2 Consistency with long terms growth and poverty reduction options Component 2 Consistency with long terms growth and poverty reduction options Component 2 Consistency with long terms growth and poverty reduction options Component 2 Consistency with long terms growth and poverty reduction options Component 2 Consistency with long terms growth and poverty reduction options Component 2 Consistency with long terms growth and poverty reduction options


Component 3 Adoption of best practices and inclusion of core programme elements Component 3 Adoption of best practices and inclusion of core programme elements Component 3 Adoption of best practices and inclusion of core programme elements Component 3 Adoption of best practices and inclusion of core programme elements Component 3 Adoption of best practices and inclusion of core programme elements Component 3 Adoption of best practices and inclusion of core programme elements Component 3 Adoption of best practices and inclusion of core programme elements Component 3 Adoption of best practices and inclusion of core programme elements Component 3 Adoption of best practices and inclusion of core programme elements Component 3 Adoption of best practices and inclusion of core programme elements Component 3 Adoption of best practices and inclusion of core programme elements


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Examples of impact

• Nigeria

• Ghana

• Already had a PRSP Food security strategy
• Retreat by team to draft agric and food security
  investment plan
• National consultation
• Support team sent
• Revised plan
• National consultation
• Review
• 4 X revisions
• Federal consultation
• Federal ME design
• Policy revision underway

• Already had PRSP, Food security policy
• Retreat by team to draft agric and food security
  investment plan
• National consultation
• Support team sent
• Revised plan
• National consultation
• Submitted for review
• Revised and started programming
• Submitted plan for Northern Ghana for special
  funds

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Where do we start?

• Be relevant
• Be responsive
• Be quick
• Get involved
• Keep current
• Build relationships
• Thematic Working Groups/Think tanks
• Analytical support
• Research briefs
• Break the consultant mentality
• Societal contributions our duty