Feed the Future Update April 2010
Laura Birx, Research and Technical Advisor, Nutrition Division, Bureau for Global Health, USAID
CORE Group Spring Meeting, Tuesday April 27, 2010
The Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act aims to improve federal farm bill programs that support local and regional agriculture. It will help farmers and ranchers through programs focused on production, processing, marketing and distribution. It also aims to improve access to healthy food for consumers. The Act will boost income and opportunities for farmers through expanded insurance, loan, and grant programs. It will also improve local food infrastructure and expand access to healthy foods.
Food Assistance and Institutional Demand: Supporting Smallholder Farmers to F...UNDP Policy Centre
Presented at The State of Food and Agriculture 2015 (SOFA) workshop held at FAO's headquarters in Rome on July 1st, 2014. The presentation explained the concept of Institutional Demand as a feature of Social Protection that links agricultural producers with local and assured local/regional markets. Institutional demand primarily consists of state purchases of produce from smallholder farmers that is then distributed through social protection networks (community kitchens, food banks, schools, etc) to fight hunger.
This document discusses investing in agriculture to ensure food security in Asia. It outlines that Asia faces challenges of growing food demand and persistent food insecurity despite economic growth. The Asian Development Bank's priorities to address this include increasing productivity and reducing losses, improving market connectivity, enhancing food safety and quality, and improving natural resource management. Investment highlights from the ADB include projects to enhance productivity through crop diversification and market access in Nepal and Bangladesh. It also discusses delivering sustainable resource use through water saving technology in China, building climate resilience through food-water-energy projects in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar, and promoting financial inclusion and agribusiness through SME financing in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
The Brussels Development Briefing n.45 on the subject of “Smart and Affordable farming solutions for Africa: the next driver for agricultural transformation” was held in Brussels at 09:00-13:00 on 13th July 2016 at the Albert Borschette Congress Center, Room 1.A (Rue Froissart 36, 1040 Brussels). This Briefing was organised by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in collaboration with the European Commission, the the European Commission / DEVCO, the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD, CEMA, Agricord and the PanAfrican Farmer’s Organisation (PAFO).
Regional partnership to address food production crisis in the PacificGCARD Conferences
This document discusses the food production crisis facing Pacific island countries and proposes a regional partnership approach to address it. Per capita crop and livestock production has been declining in most Pacific nations over the past decade due to issues with traditional farming systems like continuous cultivation leading to soil degradation. Other challenges include a lack of skills and support for horticultural research, pests and diseases affecting key crops, loss of agrobiodiversity, and socioeconomic factors exacerbated by climate change. The document argues that sustainable intensification of agriculture through enhanced productivity while protecting natural resources is needed. It presents SPC LRD's work with international and regional partners across research areas from soil health to trade to climate change adaptation that has helped improve production, resilience and liv
Agricultural Research in a Transforming country: Views from the Vietnamese (r...GCARD Conferences
Vietnam has experienced an agricultural miracle with agricultural GDP increasing 4.2% annually from 1990-1999 and 3.7% from 2000-2012. This is due to increased productivity, especially of rice which benefited from expanded irrigation and higher cropping intensity. However, Vietnam's agricultural research and development efforts are declining and fragmented, with expenditure on agricultural R&D less than 0.2% of agricultural GDP compared to over 1% in countries like Brazil and China. An emerging research agenda focuses on developing climate resilient and higher quality rice varieties, as well as crops suitable for upland and ethnic minority areas.
Feed the Future Update April 2010
Laura Birx, Research and Technical Advisor, Nutrition Division, Bureau for Global Health, USAID
CORE Group Spring Meeting, Tuesday April 27, 2010
The Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act aims to improve federal farm bill programs that support local and regional agriculture. It will help farmers and ranchers through programs focused on production, processing, marketing and distribution. It also aims to improve access to healthy food for consumers. The Act will boost income and opportunities for farmers through expanded insurance, loan, and grant programs. It will also improve local food infrastructure and expand access to healthy foods.
Food Assistance and Institutional Demand: Supporting Smallholder Farmers to F...UNDP Policy Centre
Presented at The State of Food and Agriculture 2015 (SOFA) workshop held at FAO's headquarters in Rome on July 1st, 2014. The presentation explained the concept of Institutional Demand as a feature of Social Protection that links agricultural producers with local and assured local/regional markets. Institutional demand primarily consists of state purchases of produce from smallholder farmers that is then distributed through social protection networks (community kitchens, food banks, schools, etc) to fight hunger.
This document discusses investing in agriculture to ensure food security in Asia. It outlines that Asia faces challenges of growing food demand and persistent food insecurity despite economic growth. The Asian Development Bank's priorities to address this include increasing productivity and reducing losses, improving market connectivity, enhancing food safety and quality, and improving natural resource management. Investment highlights from the ADB include projects to enhance productivity through crop diversification and market access in Nepal and Bangladesh. It also discusses delivering sustainable resource use through water saving technology in China, building climate resilience through food-water-energy projects in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar, and promoting financial inclusion and agribusiness through SME financing in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
The Brussels Development Briefing n.45 on the subject of “Smart and Affordable farming solutions for Africa: the next driver for agricultural transformation” was held in Brussels at 09:00-13:00 on 13th July 2016 at the Albert Borschette Congress Center, Room 1.A (Rue Froissart 36, 1040 Brussels). This Briefing was organised by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in collaboration with the European Commission, the the European Commission / DEVCO, the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD, CEMA, Agricord and the PanAfrican Farmer’s Organisation (PAFO).
Regional partnership to address food production crisis in the PacificGCARD Conferences
This document discusses the food production crisis facing Pacific island countries and proposes a regional partnership approach to address it. Per capita crop and livestock production has been declining in most Pacific nations over the past decade due to issues with traditional farming systems like continuous cultivation leading to soil degradation. Other challenges include a lack of skills and support for horticultural research, pests and diseases affecting key crops, loss of agrobiodiversity, and socioeconomic factors exacerbated by climate change. The document argues that sustainable intensification of agriculture through enhanced productivity while protecting natural resources is needed. It presents SPC LRD's work with international and regional partners across research areas from soil health to trade to climate change adaptation that has helped improve production, resilience and liv
Agricultural Research in a Transforming country: Views from the Vietnamese (r...GCARD Conferences
Vietnam has experienced an agricultural miracle with agricultural GDP increasing 4.2% annually from 1990-1999 and 3.7% from 2000-2012. This is due to increased productivity, especially of rice which benefited from expanded irrigation and higher cropping intensity. However, Vietnam's agricultural research and development efforts are declining and fragmented, with expenditure on agricultural R&D less than 0.2% of agricultural GDP compared to over 1% in countries like Brazil and China. An emerging research agenda focuses on developing climate resilient and higher quality rice varieties, as well as crops suitable for upland and ethnic minority areas.
FARA outlines opportunities for collaboration between itself and other regional agricultural organizations. It has reorganized its work into 5 networking functions and developed a 5-year operational plan. Key areas for potential partnership include strengthening agricultural advisory services, increasing access to knowledge and technologies, harmonizing biotechnology policies, and building human and institutional capacity. FARA believes establishing collaborative platforms is an effective way to advance inter-regional cooperation and welcomes strengthening its existing partnership with AARINENA.
Policy context: the case of eastern and central AfricaEuforic Services
This document discusses policy context and challenges for rural development in Eastern and Central Africa. Some key features of the region include high variability in climate and farming systems, low productivity, and weak market linkages. Commodity yields for various crops are generally lower in the region compared to global averages. The Common Market for Eastern and Central Africa has 400 million people but most trade is domestic and informal. Intra-regional trade is hampered by informal markets and lack of policy harmonization. The conclusion calls for an integrated approach to rural development addressing issues like markets, infrastructure, education, finance and health. Coordination of public and private institutions is needed at both national and regional levels.
Aiswarya Santhosh; The Effect of COVID19 on the Agriculture Supply Chain of C...AiswaryaSanthosh6
The document discusses how the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak has impacted China's agriculture supply chain. Farms producing poultry, livestock, and grain have been hit as transportation and logistics networks are disrupted. Prices for pork have risen significantly. The wildlife trade ban presents challenges for that industry. Spring crop planting may also be affected by quarantine measures limiting labor and input delivery. Purchases of US grains have occurred to fulfill trade agreements. Fruit and vegetable production amounts to over 700 million tons annually in China.
Poorva Pandya
POLICY SEMINAR
Virtual Event - COVID-19, global markets and African agricultural trade: Impacts on growth and food security
Organized by IFPRI, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
SEP 17, 2020 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
Policy Action for Sustainable Intensification of Crop Systems in UgandaIFPRI-Kampala
The PASIC project aims to stimulate policy action to support agricultural intensification in Uganda through evidence-based research. It is funded by the Embassy of the Netherlands and implemented by IITA, MAAIF, EPRC, and IFPRI over 4 years with a budget of 5 million USD. The project will research constraints and opportunities for intensifying irish potato and rice cropping systems. It will then use these lessons to develop zonal investment plans, identify needed policy improvements, and strengthen capacities for evidence-based policy action to support smallholder farmers in sustainably intensifying their production.
APPLE-PRODUCING FAMILY FARMS IN SOUTH TYROL: AN AGRICULTURE INNOVATION CASE S...May Hani
Small-scale apple production in South Tyrol, Italy, illustrates a dynamic agriculture innovation process geared towards integrating small-scale apple producers in a highly productive and profitable system. The presentation provided an overview of the FAO paper on small-scale apple producing family farms in South Tyrol, developed and presented as a case study for the EU funded project: Support of Learning and Innovation Networks for Sustainable Agriculture - SOLINSA. Presented at the INTERPOMA 2014, Bolzano - Italy, 20-22 November 2014. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The document discusses Ghana's cocoa sector, which is managed by the Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) through a centralized marketing system. It summarizes how the sector was developed and nationalized after independence, then declined due to mismanagement and overvaluation of currency. Reforms in the 1980s corporatized COCOBOD and increased producer prices. The system now stabilizes production and prices through quality control, regulated buying companies, and COCOBOD services, though there is debate around full liberalization. Cocoa remains an important economic and political issue in Ghana.
Agricultural input subsidies: the recent Malawi experiencefutureagricultures
Presentation by Andrew Dorward at the event "The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy Processes in Africa", September 2014.
http://www.future-agricultures.org/events/the-political-economy-of-agricultural-policy-processes-in-africa
150518 budget analysis invest in nutritionSUN_Movement
This document summarizes the results of a budget analysis exercise conducted with 30 countries in the SUN Movement. Countries identified nutrition-relevant budget allocations across different ministries and categorized them as nutrition-specific or nutrition-sensitive. Regional workshops were held to support this process. The analysis will be used to strengthen the investment case for nutrition, engage more sectors in planning and tracking spending, and develop advocacy messages for parliamentarians and journalists. Lessons learned include the need for guidance on methodology and common definitions, tracking actual versus planned spending, and communicating results.
Comparative analysis of commercial wheat and intensive subsistence agricultur...Arghyadeep Saha
The document compares commercial wheat farming and intensive subsistence rice agriculture. Commercial wheat farming is practiced on large farms with machinery and chemicals to maximize productivity for international markets. In contrast, intensive subsistence rice agriculture occurs on small plots using family labor to meet local consumption needs. While wheat is grown as a cash crop, rice serves as a staple food for densely populated regions in Southeast Asia and East India. The document analyzes global production trends and distribution of these two important crops.
The document summarizes stakeholder processes for reviewing extension systems in 3 countries: Lebanon, Niger, and Mauritania. It describes how national extension systems had declined, leading governments to request FAO assistance for strengthening advisory services. Participatory processes were used in each country involving farmers, producers' organizations, and other stakeholders. The processes aimed to avoid past mistakes, define roles of stakeholders, and ensure accountability to smallholders. Each country process involved analysis, design of new systems, and proposals. The outcomes included new pluralistic advisory system proposals and plans for implementation in Niger and Lebanon.
This document summarizes research on the impact of providing agricultural market information to farmers in Ghana and Uganda via SMS. Key findings include:
1) The majority of farmers in both countries own mobile phones but do not use them to access market information. Market information services were found to be useful and helped farmers negotiate prices.
2) The research found limited direct impact on prices received, but some evidence the information increased sales from home/farm in Uganda and marketed surplus ratios.
3) The document outlines implications for improving market information programs and research methods, such as enhancing relevance, addressing literacy issues, and improving price measurement.
Working together to achieve Zero Hunger: the central role of cooperatives in ...May Hani
In the context of Agenda 2030 SDG on Achieving Zero Hunger, the presentation provides an overview on the challenges facing small-scale agri-food producers and the rural poor, and the potential role of cooperatives and producer organizations in this respect. It illustrates a pathway for change depicting the central role of cooperatives in service provision and market access, promoting collective economic action and lobbying for change. Presented at the Alliance Africa, Cooperative Leaders/Managers & Ministerial Conference Technical Committee Meeting , 28 - 31 May 2018At: Maputo, Mozambique. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Ghana has experienced various phases of agro-processing development from pre-independence small cottage industries to current proliferation of factories and food imports. Key challenges include low productivity, poor quality crops, and infrastructure issues. However, opportunities exist due to urbanization, income growth, and diet changes. A study found over 1,700 unique processed foods in Ghanaian cities, with imports dominating rice and tomato paste but many domestic products available, showing potential to expand local processing.
Presentation during the session 'Going to Scale with Smart Investments in Community Food Production and Health Initiatives: A Response to Fiji’s Health Crisis' GLF Bonn Digital Summit, 04 June 2020
The document discusses the Good Seed Initiative (GSI), a partnership project in East Africa led by CABI and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The GSI aims to contribute to food security and livelihoods by building the capacity of smallholder farmers to produce and market high quality seed of African Indigenous Vegetables. Key approaches include partnerships along the seed value chain, action research, gender-sensitive programming, and farmer entrepreneurship. Notable achievements include equipping farmer groups in seed production, linking farmers to markets and services, characterizing indigenous varieties, increasing incomes and nutrition, and influencing seed production policies. The unique contribution of the partnership lies in its multi-stakeholder approach along the entire vegetable value chain.
THE COMPREHENSIVE AFRICA AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CAADP) AND THE NA...Francois Stepman
This document provides information on Nigeria's agriculture sector and programs/policies implemented before and after the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). Some key points:
1) It outlines Nigeria's agricultural statistics and challenges such as inadequate infrastructure, limited access to technology, and financial/market weaknesses.
2) Pre-CAADP programs are described from the 1960s-2000s aimed at increasing production, developing cooperatives, and irrigation.
3) CAADP and the National Agricultural Investment Plan (NAIP) framework are introduced, with the goal of achieving 10% agricultural budget allocation and 6% growth.
4) The NAIP identifies challenges and programs to address them in Nigeria and
FARA outlines opportunities for collaboration between itself and other regional agricultural organizations. It has reorganized its work into 5 networking functions and developed a 5-year operational plan. Key areas for potential partnership include strengthening agricultural advisory services, increasing access to knowledge and technologies, harmonizing biotechnology policies, and building human and institutional capacity. FARA believes establishing collaborative platforms is an effective way to advance inter-regional cooperation and welcomes strengthening its existing partnership with AARINENA.
Policy context: the case of eastern and central AfricaEuforic Services
This document discusses policy context and challenges for rural development in Eastern and Central Africa. Some key features of the region include high variability in climate and farming systems, low productivity, and weak market linkages. Commodity yields for various crops are generally lower in the region compared to global averages. The Common Market for Eastern and Central Africa has 400 million people but most trade is domestic and informal. Intra-regional trade is hampered by informal markets and lack of policy harmonization. The conclusion calls for an integrated approach to rural development addressing issues like markets, infrastructure, education, finance and health. Coordination of public and private institutions is needed at both national and regional levels.
Aiswarya Santhosh; The Effect of COVID19 on the Agriculture Supply Chain of C...AiswaryaSanthosh6
The document discusses how the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak has impacted China's agriculture supply chain. Farms producing poultry, livestock, and grain have been hit as transportation and logistics networks are disrupted. Prices for pork have risen significantly. The wildlife trade ban presents challenges for that industry. Spring crop planting may also be affected by quarantine measures limiting labor and input delivery. Purchases of US grains have occurred to fulfill trade agreements. Fruit and vegetable production amounts to over 700 million tons annually in China.
Poorva Pandya
POLICY SEMINAR
Virtual Event - COVID-19, global markets and African agricultural trade: Impacts on growth and food security
Organized by IFPRI, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
SEP 17, 2020 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
Policy Action for Sustainable Intensification of Crop Systems in UgandaIFPRI-Kampala
The PASIC project aims to stimulate policy action to support agricultural intensification in Uganda through evidence-based research. It is funded by the Embassy of the Netherlands and implemented by IITA, MAAIF, EPRC, and IFPRI over 4 years with a budget of 5 million USD. The project will research constraints and opportunities for intensifying irish potato and rice cropping systems. It will then use these lessons to develop zonal investment plans, identify needed policy improvements, and strengthen capacities for evidence-based policy action to support smallholder farmers in sustainably intensifying their production.
APPLE-PRODUCING FAMILY FARMS IN SOUTH TYROL: AN AGRICULTURE INNOVATION CASE S...May Hani
Small-scale apple production in South Tyrol, Italy, illustrates a dynamic agriculture innovation process geared towards integrating small-scale apple producers in a highly productive and profitable system. The presentation provided an overview of the FAO paper on small-scale apple producing family farms in South Tyrol, developed and presented as a case study for the EU funded project: Support of Learning and Innovation Networks for Sustainable Agriculture - SOLINSA. Presented at the INTERPOMA 2014, Bolzano - Italy, 20-22 November 2014. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The document discusses Ghana's cocoa sector, which is managed by the Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) through a centralized marketing system. It summarizes how the sector was developed and nationalized after independence, then declined due to mismanagement and overvaluation of currency. Reforms in the 1980s corporatized COCOBOD and increased producer prices. The system now stabilizes production and prices through quality control, regulated buying companies, and COCOBOD services, though there is debate around full liberalization. Cocoa remains an important economic and political issue in Ghana.
Agricultural input subsidies: the recent Malawi experiencefutureagricultures
Presentation by Andrew Dorward at the event "The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy Processes in Africa", September 2014.
http://www.future-agricultures.org/events/the-political-economy-of-agricultural-policy-processes-in-africa
150518 budget analysis invest in nutritionSUN_Movement
This document summarizes the results of a budget analysis exercise conducted with 30 countries in the SUN Movement. Countries identified nutrition-relevant budget allocations across different ministries and categorized them as nutrition-specific or nutrition-sensitive. Regional workshops were held to support this process. The analysis will be used to strengthen the investment case for nutrition, engage more sectors in planning and tracking spending, and develop advocacy messages for parliamentarians and journalists. Lessons learned include the need for guidance on methodology and common definitions, tracking actual versus planned spending, and communicating results.
Comparative analysis of commercial wheat and intensive subsistence agricultur...Arghyadeep Saha
The document compares commercial wheat farming and intensive subsistence rice agriculture. Commercial wheat farming is practiced on large farms with machinery and chemicals to maximize productivity for international markets. In contrast, intensive subsistence rice agriculture occurs on small plots using family labor to meet local consumption needs. While wheat is grown as a cash crop, rice serves as a staple food for densely populated regions in Southeast Asia and East India. The document analyzes global production trends and distribution of these two important crops.
The document summarizes stakeholder processes for reviewing extension systems in 3 countries: Lebanon, Niger, and Mauritania. It describes how national extension systems had declined, leading governments to request FAO assistance for strengthening advisory services. Participatory processes were used in each country involving farmers, producers' organizations, and other stakeholders. The processes aimed to avoid past mistakes, define roles of stakeholders, and ensure accountability to smallholders. Each country process involved analysis, design of new systems, and proposals. The outcomes included new pluralistic advisory system proposals and plans for implementation in Niger and Lebanon.
This document summarizes research on the impact of providing agricultural market information to farmers in Ghana and Uganda via SMS. Key findings include:
1) The majority of farmers in both countries own mobile phones but do not use them to access market information. Market information services were found to be useful and helped farmers negotiate prices.
2) The research found limited direct impact on prices received, but some evidence the information increased sales from home/farm in Uganda and marketed surplus ratios.
3) The document outlines implications for improving market information programs and research methods, such as enhancing relevance, addressing literacy issues, and improving price measurement.
Working together to achieve Zero Hunger: the central role of cooperatives in ...May Hani
In the context of Agenda 2030 SDG on Achieving Zero Hunger, the presentation provides an overview on the challenges facing small-scale agri-food producers and the rural poor, and the potential role of cooperatives and producer organizations in this respect. It illustrates a pathway for change depicting the central role of cooperatives in service provision and market access, promoting collective economic action and lobbying for change. Presented at the Alliance Africa, Cooperative Leaders/Managers & Ministerial Conference Technical Committee Meeting , 28 - 31 May 2018At: Maputo, Mozambique. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Ghana has experienced various phases of agro-processing development from pre-independence small cottage industries to current proliferation of factories and food imports. Key challenges include low productivity, poor quality crops, and infrastructure issues. However, opportunities exist due to urbanization, income growth, and diet changes. A study found over 1,700 unique processed foods in Ghanaian cities, with imports dominating rice and tomato paste but many domestic products available, showing potential to expand local processing.
Presentation during the session 'Going to Scale with Smart Investments in Community Food Production and Health Initiatives: A Response to Fiji’s Health Crisis' GLF Bonn Digital Summit, 04 June 2020
The document discusses the Good Seed Initiative (GSI), a partnership project in East Africa led by CABI and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The GSI aims to contribute to food security and livelihoods by building the capacity of smallholder farmers to produce and market high quality seed of African Indigenous Vegetables. Key approaches include partnerships along the seed value chain, action research, gender-sensitive programming, and farmer entrepreneurship. Notable achievements include equipping farmer groups in seed production, linking farmers to markets and services, characterizing indigenous varieties, increasing incomes and nutrition, and influencing seed production policies. The unique contribution of the partnership lies in its multi-stakeholder approach along the entire vegetable value chain.
THE COMPREHENSIVE AFRICA AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CAADP) AND THE NA...Francois Stepman
This document provides information on Nigeria's agriculture sector and programs/policies implemented before and after the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). Some key points:
1) It outlines Nigeria's agricultural statistics and challenges such as inadequate infrastructure, limited access to technology, and financial/market weaknesses.
2) Pre-CAADP programs are described from the 1960s-2000s aimed at increasing production, developing cooperatives, and irrigation.
3) CAADP and the National Agricultural Investment Plan (NAIP) framework are introduced, with the goal of achieving 10% agricultural budget allocation and 6% growth.
4) The NAIP identifies challenges and programs to address them in Nigeria and
Review of data initiatives - Presented by Tewodaj Mogues (Project Manager), I...IFPRI Africa
This document summarizes a review of initiatives that compile data on agricultural public expenditures (AgPE) across multiple countries. It finds that while there are many efforts, it was unclear how they relate and where gaps remain. The objective is to provide an overview of the initiatives to identify complementarities, challenges, and how collaboration could improve coordination. It analyzes initiatives by geographic scope, sectors covered, and typology. The review recommends strengthening individual initiatives, interaction among them through communities of practice, and linking country-level and cross-country data and analytical efforts to support agricultural policymaking. Next steps include finalizing the report based on feedback and convening a follow-up meeting to discuss implementation.
Re sakss 2013 conference presentation on country sakss (nov 9, 2013)IFPRI Africa
This document discusses the establishment of Country SAKSS (Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support Systems) to support the implementation of National Agricultural Investment Plans (NAIPs) under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). It provides an overview of the functions and architecture of Country SAKSS, including hosting institutions, networks of partners, and secretariats. The roles of various actors in supporting Country SAKSS are also outlined, along with timelines for completing assessments, strategies, and operationalizing Country SAKSS platforms in initial countries like Rwanda and Ghana.
This document summarizes an IFPRI open house presentation on Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models and their application to food price shocks and the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) in Senegal. It introduces CGE models and their typical structure, including data requirements. It then discusses a CGE model of the Senegalese economy, simulating the effects of food price increases and of CAADP agricultural policies on poverty. The presentation finds that policies targeting food prices and improving infrastructure and market access can help reduce poverty, especially in rural areas, though additional efforts may be needed.
This document summarizes several knowledge products and resources from IFPRI and related organizations. IFPRI produces publications, tools, data, and conducts capacity strengthening. It has regional offices and supports country programs. ReSAKSS supports CAADP implementation in Africa through knowledge products. The Food Security Portal provides data, tools, and analysis related to the global food crisis. ASTI collects data on agricultural research and development spending globally. These organizations aim to provide resources and analysis to support evidence-based policymaking around food security, agriculture and development.
Launch of Global Food Policy Report 2014-2015IFPRI Africa
The document provides an overview of the global food policy report for Africa. It notes that GDP growth in Africa has been over 5% but under 4% for agricultural GDP growth. Poverty and child malnutrition rates have also increased slightly. Agriculture production growth increased significantly from -1.34% to 7.7% and the agriculture share of GDP rose from 3.1% to 3.7%, showing some major progress. However, challenges remain such as structural imbalances, conflicts like Ebola, and global economic issues. The report discusses strategies for Africa like boosting intra-African trade and climate-smart agriculture to sustain momentum in improving food security and reducing poverty and malnutrition.
Implementation of Advancing African Agriculture: An IFAD Perspective Euforic Services
This document outlines IFAD's perspective on advancing African agriculture through increasing development effectiveness. It discusses IFAD's work in Africa, including its strategic framework and objectives to improve smallholder access to resources and markets. It also summarizes how IFAD supports policy engagement, institutions, knowledge management, and innovation to translate its strategic framework into field operations and promote rural development in partnership with other organizations.
The Brussels Development Briefing n. 57 on “Investing in smallholder agriculture for food security and nutrition” organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid and the ACP Secretariat was held on Wednesday 11th September 2019, 9h00-13h00 at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels, Room C. The Briefing discussed smallholder agriculture and its key role in delivering food security/nutrition, and sustainable food systems, as recognised in SDG 2.
The IPC-IG's Senior Research Coordinator Fabio Veras attended the annual plenary session of the FAO's Committee on World Food Security (CFS), held in Rome, Italy, from 17 to 21 October. CFS is the foremost inclusive international and intergovernmental platform for all stakeholders to work together to ensure food security and nutrition for all. The Committee reports to the UN General Assembly through the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and to FAO Conference.
The side event "Connecting Smallholders to markets", organized by the Government of Brazil, FAO, WFP and IPC-IG, presented the results of South-South Cooperation initiatives to adapt the Brazilian Hunger Zero (Fome Zero) programme to the context of African countries. Dr. Veras delivered a presentation on the results of the PAA Africa programmes, which aims to implement institutional food purchased from smallholder farmers for school feeding.
Constraints And Opportunities To Agric Development In KenyaDavidAndersson
- Agriculture is very important to Kenya's economy, contributing significantly to GDP, employment, exports, and government revenue. However, Kenya's agriculture sector faces many challenges.
- Key challenges include low productivity due to reliance on subsistence farming with little commercialization or use of improved technologies. Agriculture is also highly vulnerable to drought and other stresses. Infrastructure and market access is limited as well.
- There are also opportunities to strengthen sustainable agriculture in Kenya, such as increasing commercialization, value addition, and public-private partnerships to boost the sector's contribution to Kenya's development goals.
TAAT AARP presentation by Irene Annor Frempong at the "Effective and Efficient Research and Innovation Partnerships" seminar on March 14, 2017, AUC Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
This document discusses capacity development to strengthen agriculture innovation for smallholders. It notes that reducing hunger and poverty through increased and sustainable food production are global goals, but challenges include nearly a billion hungry people today and the need for a 70% increase in food production by 2050. While aid to agriculture has declined, recent trends show interest in reversing this. Capacity development is needed at the enabling environment, organizational, and individual levels to better support smallholders through strengthened rural advisory services. This includes developing financially sustainable extension models, strengthening farmers' organizations, training new advisors, and increasing investments in extension.
Agriculture perfomance in uganda report, 2013CSBAG_Uganda
This document provides an overview and context for a study on the performance of Uganda's agricultural sector and the utilization of donor-funded agricultural projects. It notes that while agriculture contributes greatly to Uganda's economy, public expenditure on the sector has declined significantly in recent years. The study assesses the performance of four completed and ongoing donor-funded agricultural projects in Uganda to analyze spending patterns, service delivery, and identify issues. Key findings include low budget allocations to agriculture, slow disbursement of donor funds resulting in slow project implementation, and lack of early involvement of local governments in project design and implementation. The document establishes the need to improve agricultural financing and utilization of resources in Uganda.
The document discusses the public sector's role in financing climate-smart agriculture. It notes that total public support to agriculture is over $570 billion per year, equivalent to 28% of the agriculture sector's value added. However, some forms of support like coupled subsidies and price support can distort markets and encourage overuse of resources. The document advocates realigning public support to incentivize adoption of climate-smart agriculture options. It provides an example of a $300 million program in Pakistan aimed at market reforms, public investments, and incentives to support agricultural growth, resilience and inclusiveness through climate-smart approaches. The document concludes that sustained political will, reoriented public support, and empowering farmers are key to mobilizing more
This document discusses innovative financing and investment in agriculture across Africa. It begins by outlining the importance of agriculture to African economies and development, noting its contributions to GDP, exports, employment and poverty reduction. However, the sector remains underdeveloped with low productivity and incomes for smallholder farmers. Access to adequate financing is identified as a key impediment. The document then reviews global trends driving the need for increased agricultural production and Africa's particular challenges. It examines examples of innovative financing approaches around the world and within Africa, including mechanisms utilizing public, public-private and private partnerships. Overall it argues innovative financing is needed to boost investment in African agriculture to meet future food demands and address development challenges.
Advancing CAADP Implementation: Key results and impactFARAInfo
CAADP (Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme) has led to gains in several areas over the past 10 years, but challenges remain. Key results include growing political commitment to agriculture, better strategic planning, and increased production and productivity in some commodities. However, stakeholders note issues like weak coordination, a focus on supply over markets, and the need for immediate action on food needs. Going forward, sustaining CAADP's momentum will require addressing poverty, hunger, and youth unemployment through policies that boost wealth creation, regional trade, and private investment in agriculture. Impact will be measured through changes in agricultural systems, productivity, and economic growth and development.
IFAD aims to target poor rural populations and small-scale farmers. It supports about 36 million rural people annually through projects. IFAD seeks to expand its program of work by 17% to $1 billion USD, improve project quality, and deepen partnerships. Key issues include rising food prices, government responses to volatility, improving work in fragile states, modernizing to engage the private sector, and addressing climate change and environmental degradation impacts on small farmers.
Opening access to information and knowledge in African agricultural S&Tiaaldafrika
Presentation made at the Second Conference of the IAALD Africa Chapter on the theme "Towards Opening Access to Information & Knowledge in the Agricultural Sciences and Technology in Africa" held at M Plaza Hotel, Accra, Ghana, 15th - 17th July 2009.
The WAAPP is presented as a model for sustainable investment in agricultural research for development in West Africa. It is a large-scale, government-funded project with strong regional coordination. It addresses challenges to agricultural productivity through agricultural research, capacity building, and disseminating technologies. The WAAPP has reached over 500,000 beneficiaries and developed 65 technologies, covering 230,000 hectares with improved technologies. It promotes regional cooperation and knowledge exchange.
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Monitoring African Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) - Jean Balié, FAO ReSAKSS Conference, Dakar, 12 and 13 November 2013
1. Public expenditure in selected West and
East African countries: The Maputo
Target and what’s behind it?
Monitoring African Food and Agricultural
Policies (MAFAP)
Jean Balié, FAO
ReSAKSS Conference, Dakar, 12 and 13 November 2013
With the financial support of
2. MAFAP System
1. Working with national partners to build evidence
a) Price incentives for key agricultural value chains
b) Public expenditure and aid
c) Policy coherence
2. Facilitating policy dialogue, uptake and advocacy
–
Regional (CAADP) and national (investment plans, policy
reforms)
3. Developing institutional capacities
4. Establishing a community of practice
3. Overarching categories
Categories
Sub-categories
Components
Payments to consumers
Individual support to
food and agriculture
Cash
Food aid
School feeding
Payments to producers
Inputs subsidies
Payments to other agents
Agriculture-specific expenditure
(food and agriculture
development support)
Research
Feeder roads
General support to
food and agriculture
Technical
assistance/extension services
Training
Irrigation
Storage
Inspection
Marketing
Rural education
Agriculture-supportive
expenditure (rural development
support)
Idem
Rural health
Rural infrastructure
Income support
4. Governments agreed to
Level of public expenditure for increase
PE in support to Ag. and rural
Absolute
Relative
agriculture and rural development:
development (CAADP) ≠
Decline of PE
Overall decline of public expenditure for
ag. and rural development between 200610%
and 2010
5. Behind the Maputo target…
From 2006 to 2010 :
National spending : +14%
`
Donor spending : -8.3%
6. Behind the Maputo target… (2006-07 vs
2008-10)
Share of aid in public expenditure for
food and agriculture
Burkina Faso
-10
Kenya
+2
Mali
-2
Tanzania
-19
Uganda
-19
7. Behind the Maputo target…
Share of total
Ag PE per
Ag PE per
budget going to ag agricultural worker agricultural land –
(05-10)
- USD (05-10)
USD/ha (05-10)
Burkina Faso
15.5 %
46
22
Kenya
6.3%
62
18
Mali
11 %
74
4
Tanzania
12.1%
34
14
Uganda
11.1%
51
31
8. Composition – general categories
Policy objectives focus on boosting
production and
Decline of rural expenditure productivity rather
than fostering rural development.
Specialization towardsin ruralspecialization of
Share of donor spending agricultural
East Africa : development
Burkina
specific expenditureMali Tanzania indirect)
(direct and Uganda
expenditure towards private goods
Kenya
Faso
rather than public.
82%
0
83%
64%
31
9. Composition – Ag-specific support
Pillar 3 of CAADP- Promotion of
Low support to consumers though public
food security by fostering
productivity and production and
spending.
improving food availability
PE target mainly producers.
10. Composition – payments to producer
Coherent with national policy
strategies for Western African
Western African countries: capital (on
90
countries : boosting rice production
80
farm irrigation) and yields.
70
On-farm services
Eastern African countries: variable based
East African : technology inputs
60
Burkina Faso
improvmt of productivity Capital
50
Irriga on
100
75%
40
Variable inputs
30
Other
25%
20
Composition of capital subsidies
10
0
MALI
BURKINA FASO
UGANDA
TANZANIA
KENYA
11. Composition – indirect ag-specific
Research and dissemination of
Pillar 4- Investments in agricultural
Pillar 2- Improved market access
knowledge
research
Limited support to marketing
Overall relative decline
activitiesSupported trough infrastructure
Higher spending in spending African
Eastern
Countries in support to research but
overall relative decline.
12. Composition – groups of commodities
Crops mostly targeted
Share of PE targeting
individual commodities
: more diversified
East Africa
West Africa
support than
13. Conclusions
after food crisis, mixed signals sent to producers: price & trade policies versus subsidies
reduction in donor funds affects rural development
spending
regional differences: importance of capital, variable
inputs, research and extension
period analyzed was exceptional: regular tracking
required
MAFAP definition of PE to food and agriculture based on the Maputo declaration : agricultural-specific (ag sector), agricultural-supportive (rural development : rural health, education, infrastructure), includes donor and government expenditure, central and decentralized, off-budget and on-budget, policy transfers and administration costs. This graph shows that the share of total budget going to PE has gone down over the years in most countries (except Mali and Kenya). States seem to bemovingawayfrom Maputo..
However, the absolute amounts and share of government expenditure for agriculture has gone up, it is the donors who have somehow withdrawn their support to agriculture from various reasons : financial crisis, political crisis in some countries (Mali, Burkina…)…In this graph, one can see that the total amounts of donor expenditure to agriculture and rural development have gone down, whereas government’s have gone up. This is also true for relative values.
This table illustrates that less donor spending towards agriculture, and more government spending, led to a significant change in donor share of total public expenditure.
Another illustration of how to look beyond the Maputo target numbers. In Kenya, 6.3% of budget going to ag, but 2nd highest PE per worker. In Mali, 11% of budget but lowest share of Ag PE per hectare.
Moving to categories. This shows that the share of support to rural development shrank over the study period, and the share of ag-specific has gone up….In response to the high food price crisis, the focused diverged from rural development onto agriculture-specific support.
Withinag-specific support, the balance is quite equal between indirect and direct support. However, we can see that indirect support has gone up in Mali and Burkina (irrigation projects) whereas it has gone down in the east-African countries (input subsidies). When ag-specific support is direct, it goes overwhelmingly to producers.
…and when support goes to producers, we have two different scenarios. In sahelian states, it is mainly focused on capital (on-farm irrigation mainly – see example in Burkina Faso) and in East Africa (except Kenya) on variable inputs.
Now if we look at indirect ag-specific support, ag infrastructure (in orange) is much more important in West Africa than in East Africa, due to the weight of irrigation. Most of ag infrastructure in East Africa is feeder roads. The weight of research is much higher in Eastern African countries states whereas it is more comparablefor training and extension services.