Presentation given at regional dialogue on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, Addis Ababa, June 2014. http://www.future-agricultures.org/pastoralism/7984-pastoralism-in-ethiopia-new-briefings-and-paper

1. Stronger food security and
nutrition in pastoral areas:
Harnessing the potential of the New Alliance
Addis Ababa, June 10th, 2014

2. The New Alliance in a nutshell
• The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition was launched at the
G8 summit in 2012
• Raise 50 million out of poverty by 2022
• At its inception it sought to commit US$3 billion in investment in
agriculture
• NA countries now include Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana,
Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, and Tanzania

3. How it works
• Catalyse investment in Country
Investment Plans that are meant
to be aligned with country plans
under the Comprehensive Africa
Agriculture Development
Programme (CAADP)
• Governments, donors, private
sector and civil society should
agree concrete policy reforms,
funding commitments and
investments against these plans,
which are detailed in country
Cooperation Frameworks

4. Funding commitments so far

5. Visions of agricultural development
• A key assumption underlying the NA is that agricultural sector growth
will reduce poverty
• What is the evidence that larger private investments in agriculture
(typically favouring large-scale production) will have wider beneficial
outcomes in terms of food security, nutrition and women’s economic
standing?
• What public support and policies are most likely to promote the
position of small producers, whose own investment and contribution
to local economies often dwarves that of large private sector
investors?

6. Why this meeting
• To encourage critical reflection on what might inclusive growth and
transformation look like in pastoral areas?
• To address the relative inattention to pastoralism in the New Alliance
up to now
• To consider the appropriate mix of investments and social assistance
that could make a difference in improving livelihoods for a majority of
pastoral populations
• Focus on (i) livestock production and marketing, (ii) investment, and
(iii) social protection