CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORTS - FANRPAN · In 2007, FANRPAN launched the Strategic Plan 2007-2015 to give impetus to the network and ensure that FANRPAN achieves its long-term objectives

CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORTS

MARCH 2007 - MARCH 2010

FANRPAN is a multi-stakeholder, multi-national policy network that supports the development and implementation of better food, agriculture and natural resources (FANR) policies in Africa. Its members include universities, research institutes, the business sector, farmer groups and other civil society organisations that have a stake in FANR policies. FANRPAN’s membership is organised into national nodes in thirteen (13) countries.

Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)141 Cresswell Street, Weavind Park 0184Private Bag X2087, Silverton 0127Pretoria, South AfricaTel: +27 (0) 12 804 2966 or +27 (0) 12 804 3186Fax: +27 (0) 12 804 0600

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ACRONYMS . . . . . . . . . . 4

FOREWORD BY THE CHAIRMAN Hon. Sindiso Ngwenya . . . . . . . . 6FROM THE CEO’S DESKDr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda . . . . . . . . 7

TIMELINE . . . . . . . . . . 8

ABOUT US

ABOUT FANRPAN . . . . . . . . 12 FANRPAN NETWORK STRUCTURE . . . . . . 12 FANRPAN PROGRAMME AREAS . . . . . . 12 SCOPE FOR FANRPAN’S WORK . . . . . . 14 FANRPAN BY COUNTRY . . . . . . . 18 FANRPAN’S PARTNER ORGANISATIONS . . . . . 19

PROGRAMME AREAS

1 . FOOD SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . 23 Design of COMESA Regional CAADP Compact . . . . 25 Regional Approach to Biosafety for Southern African Countries (RABSAC) 26

2. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY: INPUT AND OUTPUT MARKETS . . 29

Harmonised Seed Security Programme (HaSSP) . . . 31 Women Accessing Realigned Markets (WARM) . . . . 32 Agricultural Input Subsidy Programme . . . . 33

3. NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT . . . . 35

Strategies for Adapting to Climate Change in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Targeting the Most Vulnerable . . . . . . 37 Africa-wide Civi l Society Cl imate Change Init iative for Policy Dialogues (ACCID) . . . . . . 38 Competence Platform on Energy Crop & Agroforestry Systems and Semi Arid Ecosystems (COMPETE) . . . . 39 Limpopo Basin Focal Project (LBFP) . . . . . 40 Bui lding Cl imate Change Resi l ience in Africa’s Agricultural Research Programmes . . . . . . . 41

4. SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LIVELIHOODS . . . . . 43

Household Vulnerabil ity Index (HVI) Pi lot Project . . . 45

VISION FOR THE FUTURE . . . . . . . . 46

FINANCIAL MATTERS

AUDITED ACCOUNTS 2008 . . . . . . . 48 AUDITED ACCOUNTS 2009 . . . . . . . 52 AUDITED ACCOUNTS 2010 . . . . . . . 56

FANRPAN SECRETARIAT

MEET THE TEAM . . . . . . . . 61 BOARD OF GOVERNORS . . . . . . . 63

APPENDIX 1 . FANRPAN PUBLICATIONS AND OUTPUTS 2007-2010 . . . 65

APPENDIX 2: FANRPAN MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING WITH PARTNER ORGANISATIONS 67

APPENDIX 3: FANRPAN HIGH-LEVEL ENGAGEMENTS . . . . . 69

CONTENTS

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ACCID Africa-Wide Civil Society Climate Change Initiative for Policy Dialogues

ACP African, Caribbean and Pacifi c Group of States

AGRA Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

ARC Agricultural Research Council

ASARECA Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Southern Africa

AWARD African Women in Agricultural Research and Development

CAADP Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme

CCAFS Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CISANET Civil Society Agriculture Network

COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

COMPETE Competence Platform on Energy Crop and Agroforestry Systems for Arid

and Semi-arid Ecosystems - Africa

COP Conference of Parties

CPWF Challenge Programme on Water and Food

CSD Commission on Sustainable Development, UN

CSO African Civil Society Organisation

CTA Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

DFID Department for International Development, UK

EASCOM East African Seed Committee

EC European Commission

EDA-Trust Environment and Development Agency Trust

EFARD European Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa

EU European Union

FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations

FANRPAN Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network

FAVDO Forum of African Voluntary Development Organisations

FARA Forum on Agricultural Research in Africa

FDC Foundation for Community Development

FOYA Forum for Youth In Agriculture

GM genetically modifi ed / genetic modifi cation

GWP Global Water Partnership

HaSSP Harmonised Seed Security Programme

HVI Household Vulnerability Index

ACRONYMS

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IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFAP International Federation of Agricultural Producers

IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute

ISAS Institute of Southern African Studies

IWMI International Water Management Institute

MDGs Millennium Development Goals

MoU Memorandum of Understanding

NASFAM National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi

NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development

NGO Non-Governmental Organisation

PAEPARD Platform for African – European Partnership on Agricultural Research

for Development

PBS Programme on Biosafety

PIK Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

RABSAC Regional Approach to Biosafety for Southern African Countries

RABESA Regional Approach to Biotechnology and Biosafety Policy in Eastern

and Southern Africa

REC Regional Economic Community

SACAU Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions

SADC Southern African Development Community

SAT Southern Africa Trust

SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

TPA Theatre for Policy Advocacy

USAID United States Agency for International Development

USD United States Dollars

WARM Women Accessing Realigned Markets

WVI World Vision International

WFP World Food Programme

WP Work Package

WTO World Trade Organisation

ZALF Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research

* Acronyms that are used only once next to the full component have not been included.

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It is s l ightly over a decade since eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa came together to form this pol icy network, the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN). Today, the network is 13 members strong and enjoys ever-increasing support from the international agricultural community.

It is most encouraging to look back and see the progress that has been made over the years. As incoming chairman of the Board of Governors, I pay tr ibute to the founders and my predecessors, Prof. Mandivamba Rukuni (2000-2002), Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda (2002-2004) and Prof. Haidari K. Amani (2004-2007), for their dedication and achieve-ments. That the formation of FANRPAN – a multi-stakeholder platform – was in response to a cal l by our Ministers of Agriculture is testimony to the ingenuity of our fore bearers and their desire to inform policy makers at national and regional levels.

The need for FANRPAN’s work remains stronger than ever. As Africa grapples with the prob-lems of food insecurity, the impact of diseases, especial ly HIV and AIDS, and the adverse effects of cl imate change on agricultural production and the l ivel ihoods of smallholder farmers, a strong network of expertise is crucial for facing these chal lenges. FANRPAN is well posit ioned to take a leadership role in providing viable policy options to governments and the regional economic communities.

In 2007, FANRPAN launched the Strategic Plan 2007-2015 to give impetus to the network and ensure that FANRPAN achieves its long-term objectives. This was init iated with the new Business Plan 2007-2012 to take the network to higher levels of operations, emphasising capacity bui lding for pol icy research and advocacy across al l our stakeholder groups. FAN-RPAN has also approved a new constitution that has strengthened our framework and given us fresh mandate in policy advocacy and research throughout the region and globally.

I would l ike to thank al l our development partners who have supported FANRPAN up to now and have helped us establish a strong network across sub-Saharan Africa. We look forward to strengthening these existing partnerships and exploring further relationships to expand the reach and scope of our network.

I welcome you to join us in celebrating the successes highl ighted in this report and the optimistic path on which we have embarked to help shape a policy environment for a food secure and economical ly prosperous region in the future.

Sincerely,

Sindiso NgwenyaCOMESA Secretary General

FOREWORD by the Chairman

Hon. S indiso Ngwenya

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The period 2007/8 marked the f inal isation of our re-building exercise as a network. Coming out of the chal lenges of 2005 to 2006, I am happy to confirm that consolidation is on course.

As a regional network, we reached the pinnacle of our revival journey with the successful revision of our Strategic Plan and the launch of a new five-year Business Plan in 2007 at the Annual Regional Pol icy Dialogue in Lusaka, Zambia. Alongside other resolutions, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) endorsed the two plans, and the donor community made f irm commitments to support the FANRPAN Business Plan, giving us hope that the capacity chal lenges of the network wil l soon be addressed.

Following wide-ranging stakeholder consultations, the AGM also endorsed revisions to the FANRPAN constitution. As a result , and in l ine with the constitutional changes, a new Board of Governors was ushered in under the Chairmanship of the Secretary-General of COMESA, Hon. Sindiso Ngwenya. In the future, the network looks forward to continue building closer working relationships with the regional economic communities.

In l ine with our network development and capacity strengthening objectives as spelt out after our benchmarking exercise in 2005, we have since developed and implemented a range of important operational instruments, including accounting guidel ines and procedures for the f inance and administrative functions. The introduction of an annual Partners’ Meeting also offers donors and partner organisations an opportunity to learn and share insights on different FANRPAN projects and to f ind cross-cutting relationships among them.

During this reporting period, the FANRPAN network grew to 13 national nodes with the acceptance of Madagascar at the AGM in Malawi in 2008. The network further consolidated its posit ion in the region by formalising relationships with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). FANRPAN also received acceptance and recognit ion by the UNFCCC as an observer organisation.

In terms of the network’s visibi l ity, FANRPAN has developed an integrated, multi-media communications strategy, including dissemination through digital media (YouTube, Farming First website), print, radio, television (including international stations such as BBC, CNBC, and CNN) and in-person participation at key meetings and conferences. FANRPAN has also developed a database of over 8,000 stakeholders together and enjoys an average of 16,378 monthly visitors to the FANRPAN website.

This outreach strategy has effectively posit ioned key FANRPAN stakeholder concerns on capacity bui lding, pol icy research and advocacy on issues such as cl imate change, agricultural productivity, rural l ivel ihoods and natural resource management. With these developments and other achievements, the future looks bright for FANRPAN as we move to implement our Business Plan.

Africa needs a conducive policy environment for the attainment of the CAADP goals and the Mil lennium Development Goals (MDGs). FANRPAN is answering this cal l by providing a multi-stakeholder African-driven platform based on dialogue and mutual accountabil ity.

Sincerely,

Lindiwe Majele Sibanda (PhD)CEO

FROM the CEO’s Desk

L ind iwe Maje le S ibanda (PhD)

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June: FANRPAN presented on “Learning from Past Success of Research in Influencing Agricultural Policies” at the Forum on Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) General Assembly, Johannesburg, South Africa.

October: FANRPAN presented on the “Role of Women in Improving Food Security, Promoting Development and Advancing Science” at the World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa, USA.

March: Fourth World Congress for Rural Women. Keynote address on “Poverty, HIV/AIDS and Orphan Care - THe Triple Tragedy of the African Matriarchs: Durban, South Africa.

April: FANRPAN presented on “The Impact of HIV and AIDS on Agriculture and Food Security in the SADC Region” at the SADC Regional Economic Integration meeting in Mauritius.

May: FANRPAN Keynote & Lead in roundtable discussions on “Governance and Policy Processes” at the Salzburg Global Seminar “Toward a Green Revolution in Africa” funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Salzburg, Austria.

August: FANRPAN represented at the 2008 Brookings Blum Roundtable on Development in the Balance: How Will the World’s Poor Cope with Climate Change?, Aspen, USA.

October: FANRPAN represented NGO/CSO perspectives in a roundtable discussion at the FAO 34th Session of the Committee on World Fod Security in Rome, Italy.

FANRPAN initiates its multi-dimensional research using the Household Vulnerability Index to better target HIV and AIDS relief work by World Vision International.

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February: FANRPAN trains 35 women scientists on “Channeling Research Evidence to Inform Agricultural Policy Development” in Accra, Ghana

May: FANRPAN participates at the 3rd Implementation Cycle: Policy Session of the Seventeenth Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-17) as a representative of the International Council for Science (ICSU).

September: FANRPAN launches a three-year project to strengthen the capacity of women farmers to advocate for appropriate agricultural policies and programmes in Southern Africa, Maputo, Mozambique.

May/June: FANRPAN participates at the COMESA Policy Organs meeting and Summit of Heads of State under the theme “Consolidating Regional Economic Integration through Value Addition, Trade and Food Security.” Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

February: FANRPAN launches the Harmonised Seed Security Programme funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Pretoria, South Africa.

51 regional and international organisations are in partnership agreements with FAN-RPAN, including the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), various research centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and several regional farmer organisations and private firms operating in Africa.

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260+ endorsementsof the Africa Bio Carbon Initiative - “No Agriculture, No Deal”

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ABOUT US

ABOUT FANRPAN

FANRPANNETWORK STRUCTURE

FANRPANPROGRAMMEAREAS

The Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) is a multi-stakeholder, multi-national autonomous policy network based in southern Africa whose mission is to promote, infl u-ence and facilitate quality food, agriculture and natural resources policy research, analysis and dialogue at national, regional and global levels.

FANRPAN was established in 1997, in response to a call made by east and southern African Ministers of Agriculture, for evidence that informs regional integration policies. FANRPAN advocates for policies that promote regional integration, position southern and eastern Africa for a competitive international trade environment, support reduction in poverty and vulnerability and promote innovation and adoption of new technologies.

Towards achieving these goals, the network has partnership agreements with more than twenty regional and international organisations, including the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), various research centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and several regional farmer organisations and private fi rms oper-ating in Africa.

The FANRPAN network consists of 13 national nodes that implement most of the research and analy-sis and manage national policy dialogues. Node members include multiple stakeholder groups with a stake in FANR policies, including universities, re-search institutes, the private sector, farmer organisa-tions and other civil society organisations.

At the regional level, the network is supported by a modest Regional Secretariat providing overall coordination, fi nancial management, quality control and research synthesis services. The FANRPAN Re-gional Secretariat has the responsibility of managing regional policy dialogues and maintaining eff ective partnerships with a large variety of sub-regional, regional, and international partners.

At the national level, the network is supported by a secretariat hosted by an existing national institution that has a mandate for agricultural policy research and advocacy. Nodes complement the work of the FANRPAN Secretariat and hold regular in-country dia-logues as a platform for sharing, learning, debating and building consensus on priorities for research and policy advocacy.

The niche for FANRPAN lies in its distinct role as an all-inclusive, multi-stakeholder platform for policy development from the national level upwards, whilst maintaining suffi cient independence to be able to provide objective evidence-based policy research, analysis and advice.

FANRPAN has four programme areas in which it undertakes comprehensive policy development programmes to yield eff ective policies. These are:1. FOOD SYSTEMS, especially the impact of policies related to global environmental changes, biosafety, biotechnology, phytosanitary conditions, and trade tariff s on crop and animal-based food supplies.

2. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY: INPUT AND OUTPUT MARKETS, particularly its relationship to commodity trade and access to technology and inputs such as seed, fertiliser and germplasm.

3. NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT, focusing on policies relating to trans-boundary resources management, biofuels, land and climate change.

4. SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LIVELHOODS, focusing on cross-cutting issues such as the impact of HIV and AIDS on agriculture and food security, gender and youth, targeting of humanitarian and developmental interventions and the development of longitudinal community based databases to inform development assistance.

VISION A food secure Africa free from hunger and poverty

MISSION To promote eff ective Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) policies by

(i) Facilitating linkages and partnerships between government and civil society,(ii) Building the capacity for policy analysis and policy dialogue in Africa,(iii) Supporting demand - driven policy research and analysis.

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Ongoing research in each of these four areas allows FANRPAN to conduct cross-country studies addressing regional trends and challenges or providing country-by-country comparative analyses on the eff ects of dif-ferent policies on development outcomes.

FANRPAN also specialises in action research projects that combine evidence gathering on selected inter-ventions with ongoing policy dialogue with researchers, policy-makers, the private sector and producer groups. FANRPAN provides research advisory services to policy-makers, drawing upon existing research evidence and knowledge from its supporting partners to address specifi c policy questions and decisions.

FANRPAN’s projects take a comprehensive approach to policy-making and often involve multi-disciplinary teams with capacity for research, policy analysis, policy dialogue and advocacy. These long-term proj-ects continue to build upon existing knowledge to ensure continuity in the policy cycle and to develop FANRPAN’s broad multi-national and multi-disciplinary network. During the 2007-2010 period, FANRPAN signed 23 MoUs with external organisations to reach a total of 50 MoUs altogether.

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SCOPE OF FANR-PAN’SWORK

The research is conducted by credible in-country organisations; FANRPAN is able to tap the most appropri-ate researchers and scholars for each study. FANRPAN’s regional and international scope puts it in a unique position to identify key issues and design projects to address them in a region-wide, comprehensive, manner. The research builds capacity in African institutions by engaging researchers in multi-country multi-disciplinary projects and creating opportunities for learning and exchange.

FANRPAN’s Network Research Model also allows for cost-sharing amongst participating organisations so that projects are both more cost-efficient and more reflective of regional priorities from a number of per-spectives.

Every study benefits from and contributes to the institutional knowledge of in-country organisations, and the FANRPAN network also has the networks and forums to ensure that research results are disseminated appropriately to have an impact on policy.

The framework for FANRPAN’s work is supported by three pillars to maximise its impact on relevant policies. The following sections outline these three pillars in more detail and provide summaries of work conducted over the 2007-10 period.

1 ) POLICY RESEARCH

Policymakers in southern Africa have access only to limited amounts of sound evidence to support effective FANR policies. FANRPAN aims to remedy this by undertaking comprehensive studies on key issues affecting agricultural productivity and food security in the region.

Through its extensive network, FANRPAN is able to access the right experts and organisations to conduct the research to support its work. These studies are conducted by members of FANRPAN’s network, most of-ten in-country universities or autonomous research institutes. FANRPAN’s research benefits from the institu-tional knowledge, expertise and credibility of its member organisations.

Not only does FANRPAN’s network research model offer an exceptionally cost-efficient and effective way to tap regional expertise, it also contributes towards building research capacity in the region. By bringing re-searchers and organisations from different countries together to work on comprehensive, multi-disciplinary and multi-country projects, FANRPAN creates opportunities for further disseminating knowledge within the country and across the region.

These research programmes help define policy priorities for deliberation and to create knowledge of how these can be addressed at the regional level. FANRPAN also facilitates several training and networking opportunities to build local capacity based on the policy research it conducts and to promote the use of data in policy formulation. It strives to make local research and policy institutions more responsive to local needs and better-connected with their counter-parts across the world. Additionally, FANRPAN works to create greater exposure and demand for African “home-grown” evidence to guide the work of policy-makers and donors.

2) CAPACITY BUILDING

Understanding how to use these scientific results to boost political will and policy development requires more attention in Africa. FANRPAN provides assistance to farmer organisations, FANRPAN network node members and research institutes to empower them to advocate for policies which are better aligned to their needs. It also holds workshops for journalists from the region to better equip them to report on critical is-sues such as agricultural development, climate change and food security.

Farmers Organisat ions

Whilst the commercial farming sector is organised in Africa, the small-scale farming community is far less structured. This results in difficulties for smallholder farmers to access agricultural inputs, output markets, and critical services from service providers. FANRPAN is therefore especially focusing on strengthening the capacity of farmer organisations to advocate for improvements in their circumstances.

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Node Tra in ing Workshops

From 2008 to 2010, FANRPAN held three ‘Regional Node Common Visioning Workshops’ to off er representatives of the node hosting institutions the opportunity to engage in open discussion to gain a better understanding of the FANRPAN network and its future projects. These three-day workshops focus on information sharing, capacity building and advocacy to help strengthen the knowledge of FANRPAN’s 13 country nodes.

Women in Agr icu l tura l Research Tra in ing

Since 2009, FANRPAN has been involved in the International Foundation for Science (IFS) and African Women in Agri-cultural Research and Development (AWARD) workshop for women scientists. Since 2009, FANRPAN has conducted four training sessions; in Accra, Ghana in February 2009, in Livingstone, Zambia in June 2009, in Maputo, Mozambique in Janu-ary 2010 and in Kampala, Uganda in 2010.

The workshops aim to develop appropriate skills for proposal writing and presentation for AWARD fellows. FANRPAN’s CEO, Dr Lindiwe Majele Sibanda and WARM Programme Manager, Ms. Sithembile Ndema, were invited as a key resource person and facilitator respectively of the session on Communicating Agriculture Research for Policy Development. The AWARD programme receives support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and USAID.

Journa l i st Tra in ing

FANRPAN has partnered with Inter-Press Service (IPS) to conduct journalist training sessions in conjunction with important policy meetings throughout the year. Journalists are given further training on how to analyse FANR subject areas critically and to apply these skills to issues at both regional and global levels.

As part of these workshops, journalists also publish articles related to the meetings which they attend. These articles appear on the TerraViva website, overseen by IPS. Past workshops have coincided with the COP-15 climate negotiations in Copenhagen and with FANRPAN’s annual regional policy dialogues.

3) COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVOCACY

In addition to policy research and capacity building, FANRPAN also works to communicate its policy priorities and learn-ings to wider audiences, both within the region and globally. This communications outreach targets multiple channels (both online and offl ine) as well as multiple audiences.

Eff ective communication is necessary to ensure that the formation of FANR policies both regionally and globally are based on solid research and comprehensive stakeholder input. In the last three years, FANRPAN has applied a range of communi-cation tools to create stakeholder awareness whilst advocating for specifi c policies across its four programme areas.

The goal of FANRPAN’s work in this area is to improve the general public’s understanding of the most important policy decisions aff ecting the Southern African region and to create more political will to allow for the development of more progressive FANR policies.

FANRPAN CEO Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda interviewing H.E Ngwazi Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika, State President of the Repub-lic of Malawi, Chairman of the African Union

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AT A GLANCELocations and themes of FANRPAN’s An-nual Regional Policy Dialogues:

2007 – LUSAKA, ZAMBIATheme: ‘Meeting the Demand for Eff ective Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis in Southern Africa - Trig-gers for Agricultural Growth in Southern Africa’

2008 – LILONGWE, MALAWI Theme: ‘Regional Strategies for Address-ing the Global Food Crisis’

2009 – MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE Theme: ‘True Contribution of Agriculture to Economic Growth and Poverty Reduc-tion in Southern African countries.’

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SCOPE OF FANR-PAN’SWORK

Since its inception in 1997, FANRPAN has been conducting policy dialogues at the national and regional levels as part of its broader mandate as a regional platform to bring together governments, policy analysts, farmers, the private sector and civil society. These policy dialogues occur at both the national and regional levels and aim to create a cooperative, independent environment for providing objective evidence-based policy research, analysis and advice for policy formulation.

FANRPAN’s 2007 Regional Multi-Stakeholder Policy Dialogue was attended by a total of 176 stakehold-ers consisting of 41 policy makers, 37 researchers, 18 agribusiness representatives, 17 farmers’ representa-tives, and representatives from 31 civil society organisations and 7 different media houses.

Major outputs of the 2007 dialogue included the dissemination of FANRPAN’s 2007 policy research findings and recommendations in four specific areas that significantly impact agricultural growth in the region, namely: Regional Economic Integration, Agricultural Trade Competitiveness, The Management and Impact of Technological Innovation and Adoption, and The Impact of HIV and AIDS on Agriculture and Food Security.

At the 2007 Annual General Meeting (AGM), delegates reviewed and approved the Revised Strategic Plan (2007 – 2015) and Business Plan (2007 – 2012). These plans helped donors to understand FAN-RPAN’s strategic direction and how it could help to achieve its goals. The original constitution was also reviewed and updated resulting in a change to the FANRPAN Board composition and the appointment of new board members.

The main outputs from the 2008 Regional Policy Dialogue included a growing appreciation among delegates for the need for evidence-based approaches on policies supporting regional food security. Furthermore, FANRPAN launched the FANRPAN Food Security Policy Leadership Award, with the first winner being the President of Malawi, H.E. Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika.

Participants at the 2008 Regional Policy Dialogue included Permanent Secretaries of Ministries of Agri-culture from FANRPAN member countries, representatives of regional organisations, including SADC and COMESA, FANRPAN Board and Secretariat members, funding partners and representatives from country nodes and the media.

In 2008, FANRPAN also organised an annual conference specifically for its donor and partner organisa-tions. Through this meeting, donors and partners learnt about different FANRPAN projects and the cross-cutting relationships among them. Many left the meeting with a greater appreciation for FANRPAN’s work, new information to guide their projects and ideas for collaboration with other donor organisations.

The 2009 Annual Regional Dialogue aimed to increase public support for agriculture as a driver of broader economic development. The dialogue was attended by 226 delegates from 28 countries span-ning 4 continents. Participants included 34 representatives from the government of Mozambique includ-ing the Prime Minister, 16 farmers organisations, 26 researchers, 29 private sector representatives and numerous other journalists, development partners and FANRPAN coordinators.

“LET ME COMMEND FANRPAN FOR THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION IT IS MAKING TOWARDS THE DEVELOP-MENT OF COUNTRIES WITHIN THE SADC REGION.”

- H.E. Dr. Bingu Wa Mutharika,

Malawi President, October 2008

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Network ing - Conference and Seminar

Since 2007, FANRPAN staff and network members have attended a number of regional and global conferences and seminars as speakers or participants in key policy discussions.

These high-level engagements help FANRPAN to spread its messages and disseminate information on FANR policies within node member countries. They also help FANRPAN to contextualise its work within the broader global political agenda.

These conferences range in topic from food security and global develop-ment to climate change, biodiversity and scientific innovation.

E lectron ic / D ig i ta l Media

The proliferation of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) has created unprecedented opportunities for reaching a wider array of audiences with more compelling and comprehensive informa-tion.

In 2008, FANRPAN revamped its website, successfully transforming it into a key platform for practitioners and stakeholders interested in the food, agriculture and natural resources sectors. Statistics on our web-site are indicative of the interest in our work. From as low as 30 site visits per day in 2006, site traffic has increased to over 500 site visits per day in 2010. Recognising that some stakeholders do not have reliable internet connectivity, FANRPAN made and distributed CDs that provided key information about FANRPAN’s work.

SITE TRAFFIC: Total unique visitors and page views of FANRPAN website, 2006-2010.

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FANRPAN Board Chairman Hon. Sindiso Ngwenya and FANRPAN CEO Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda at the launch of the COMESA Af-rica Bio Carbon Initiative during COP14 in Poznan, Poland

AT A GLANCEExamples of FANRPAN engagements in-clude:

Agriculture and Rural Development Day at COP-15 climate negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark (December 2009)

13th African Union Summit in Libya(July 2009)

UN Commission on Sustainable Development in New York(May 2009)

CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting in South Africa (2009)

COMESA Climate Change Roundtablein Zimbabwe (2009)

FAO 34th Session of the Committee on World Food Security in Rome, Italy (Oc-tober 2008)

World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa, USA (2007)

For a full list, see Appendix 3.

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FANRPAN BY COUNTRY

Publ icat ions and Media Commentary

Between 2007 and 2010, FANRPAN generated and disseminated a series of policy briefs, policy advisory notes, and project brochures. Policy briefs over this period include ‘Status of Plant Variety Protection in the SADC region’, ‘The global food crisis: policy options for southern Africa’, ‘Where are we, fi ve years after the Maputo Heads of State Declaration?’, ‘The True Contribution of Agriculture to Economic Development’ and ‘COP 15 – Post Copenhagen’.

Members of FANRPAN staff also engage proactively with both global and regional media by producing commen-tary or briefi ngs on relevant FANR policies.

FANRPAN HAS BEEN FEATURED IN ONLINE AND OFFLINE MEDIA, INCLUDING CNBC, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, THE GUARDIAN, AL JAZEERA, REUTERS, BBC AFRICA, VOICE OF AMERICA, FARMERS GUARDIAN AND NEW AGRICULTURALIST.For a full list of publications, see Appendix 1.

FANRPAN is a thriving network of more than 670 organisations that are engaged in infl uencing food and agricultural policies in thirteen southern African countries. Members are organised into country nodes. Each country node is led by a national secretariat, housed at a respect-ed policy institution that has the stature and resources to engage all relevant stakeholders in policy debates.

Each node’s member organisations consist of govern-ment, farmers, research institutes, NGOs, private sector and donor organisations. The regional secretariat, based in Pretoria, coordinates the work of the nodes and connects the network to regional and international organisations.

The map below shows FANRPAN’s nodes and main regional partners. In 2007/2008, FANRPAN welcomed a new member country—Madagascar—into the network.

ANGOLA

NAMIBIA ZIMBABWE

ZAMBIA MALAWI

Dar es Salaam

MOZAMBIQUE

MADAGASCAR

SWAZILAND

LESOTHO

BOTSWANA

UNITEDREPUBLICOF TANZANIA

SOUTH AFRICA

Port Louis

Antananarivo

Maputo

Lusaka

Harare

Pretoria

Maseru

Gaborone

Mbabane

Windhoek

Luanda

Lilongwe

MAURITIUS

Signing of the MOU between FAN-RPAN and the University of Venda in Venda, South Africa

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FARA Accra, Ghana Since November 2008, FANRPAN has worked closely with the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) to implement the fourth pillar of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), which involves agricultural research, dissemination and adoption of technology, and cross-cutting capacity strengthening. FARA is the technical arm of the African Union Commission (AUC) on rural economy and agricultural development and the lead agency of the AU’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).

EASTERN AFRICA FARMERS’ FEDERATION Nairobi, KenyaThe Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) is a network of farmers’ organisations whose aim is to enhance regional integration, especially through trade, and to improve their socio-economic status. EAFF members are from Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania, with pending membership from Djibouti, Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea. EAFF has established linkages with national, regional and international organisations and institutions such as FANRPAN to voice legitimate concerns and interests of farmers of the region.

COMESA Lusaka, ZambiaAs an important regional economic community, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) exchanges information on food, agriculture and natural resources policy and institutional issues relevant to sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to facilitating access to relevant research, COMESA is collaborating with FANRPAN on finding solutions to the challenges facing the agriculture sector, on strengthening regional and national trade agreements, on supporting the formulation of national and regional policies and on advocating on farmer issues.

WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL (WVI) Johannesburg, South AfricaWVI is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. FANRPAN has a relationship with WVI’s Food Programming and Management Group (FPMG), a technical advisory unit that works to improve na-tional office accountability for food resources and to sharpen beneficiary targeting. This improves WVI’s capacity to respond rapidly to emergencies through the offering of coordinated food programming to boost food security and agricultural development in Africa as well as better exploitation of scientific and technological breakthroughs in agricultural sciences.

OXFAM AMERICA Pretoria, South AfricaOXFAM America is an international relief and development organisation that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. Oxfam America works on the ground, helping people gain the hope, skills, and direction to create a new future for themselves. FANRPAN’s partnership with Oxfam America will further help address social injustice through its advocacy, public education and emergency assistance programmes.

ANAFE Nairobi, KenyaThe African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE) is a net-work of 131 educational institutions in 35 African countries. Its objective is to strengthen the teaching of multi-disciplinary approaches to land management. ANAFE and FANRPAN work to promote an integrat-ed approach to farming and natural resources management through the incorporation of Agroforestry into agricultural programmes in order to make them more responsive to development needs.

WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE (ICRAF) Nairobi, KenyaFANRPAN’s partnership with ICRAF highlights farmers’ role in agroforestry. Trees play a crucial role in almost all terrestrial ecosystems and provide a range of products and services to rural and urban people. As natural vegetation is cleared for agriculture and other types of development, the benefits that trees provide are best sustained by integrating trees into agriculturally productive landscapes — a practice known as agroforestry.

RUFORUM Kampala, UgandaThe Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is a consortium of 12 universities in east and southern Africa formed in 2004 to develop and strengthen human resource capacity for inter-disciplinary problem-solving and to integrate universities in development processes and practices. It achieves its goal through a research grants programme that addresses rural agricultural development issues, especially community and smallholder farmer needs.

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ANGOLAHost: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, based in Luanda.

Member since: 2005 Member Organisations: 23

Established August 2006 to promote appropriate sustainable agricultural policies to reduce poverty in Angola.

MOZAMBIQUEHost:Faculdade de Agronmia e Engenharia Florestal at the Eduardo Mondlane University, in Maputo.


The faculty aims to provide a high professional standard of education to find new solutions to Af-

rica’s challenges.

BOTSWANAHost: The Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA), based in Gaborone.


BIDPA is a non-governmental organisation, set up by presidential decree to do policy analysis and

build capacity to help foster development in southern Africa.

LESOTHOHost: Institute of Southern African Studies (ISAS) at the National University of Lesotho, Roma.


ISAS serves as one of the principal centres for identifying, initiating, promoting, and coordinating

interdisciplinary academic and policy-oriented research to foster development in the southern African region.

MADAGASCARHost: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries at the Department of Rural Development Policies

in Antananarivo. Member since: 2008 Member Organisations: 20

Madagascar is the newest node of the FANRPAN network, having joined in 2008.

MALAWIHost: Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET), based in Lilongwe.


CISANET’s vision is to be a leading network of civil society organisations that promote agricultural

development and sustainable livelihoods for the poor. This node is the second largest in the FANRPAN net-

work.

MAURITIUSHost: Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Mauritius, located at Reduit.


Its objectives are to expand, diversify and upgrade training and research in the areas of agriculture and food

science, and to carry out research and outreach on commercialisation of agriculture.

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NAMIBIAHost: Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU), based in Windhoek.

Member since: 2001 Member Organisations: 17NEPRU is an autonomous research institute that undertakes applied socio-economic, policy-related

research for government bodies, domestic and international institutions, and private sector organisations.

SOUTH AFRICAHost: National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC), based in Pretoria.


The NAMC is a statutory body established in 1997 to advise the Minister of Agriculture and the South

African Agriculture Industry.

SWAZILANDHost: Coordinating Assembly Of NGOs (CANGO), based in Mbabane.


CANGO was established in 1983 and is an umbrella organisation of over 70 NGOs in Swaziland.

TANZANIAHost: Economic And Social Research Foundation (ESRF) based in Dar es Salaam.


ESRF was established in 1994 as an independent, not-for-profit institution for research and policy analysis.

ZAMBIAHost: Agricultural Consultative Forum (ACF), located in Lusaka.


ACF is a non-partisan organisation that promotes evidence-based private-public sector dialogue,

consultation and participation in agricultural sector policies and programmes.

ZIMBABWEHost: Agricultural Research Council (ARC) in Harare


The ARC in Zimbabwe supports the largest node in the FANRPAN network. ARC’s mission is to support a

prosperous agricultural sector by conducting fundamental and applied research to generate new knowl-

edge, develop human capital and foster innovation in agriculture, through technology development and

dissemination and competitive commercialisation of research results.

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THE ENVIRONMENTTHE ENVIRONMENT

SOCIAL SOCIAL PROTECTION AND PROTECTION AND PROTECTION AND

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AGRICULTURAL AGRICULTURAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY: PRODUCTIVITY: PRODUCTIVITY:

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PROGRAMME AREA 1FOOD SYSTEMS

Strengthening the resilience of food systems is critical for enhancing food security and agricultural growth. Global environmental changes pose one of the big-gest risks to food systems, and with these increasing pressures on natural resources, food systems must be flexible and adaptable enough to respond to this changing environment.

FOOD SYSTEMS ENCOMPASS ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, DISTRIBUTION, PREPARATION, AND CONSUMPTION OF FOOD AS WELL AS THE CONTRIBU-TIONS OF THESE ACTIVITIES TO FOOD SECURITY.

The programme aims to improve food availability, with elements related to production, distribution and exchange, and to increase food access including af-fordability, allocation and preference. Food utilisation, which is related to nutritional value, social value and food safety, is also considered under this programme area.

HIGHLIGHTS

Designing the COMESA Regional CAADP Compact helped facilitate theimplementation of the CAADP programme in COMESA member states. (p. 25)

Research with IFPRI’s Programme for Biosafety Systems (PBS) on the RABSAC project has identified key barriers to GM technology transfer across southern Africa. (p. 26)

FOOD SYSTEMS

FANRPAN’s work under this thematic thrust includes a partnership with COMESA and CAADP to develop and disseminate information from the COMESA Regional CAADP Compact.

This involves the development of the COMESA Regional CAADP Compact Framework. In line with the overall African vision for an enhanced agricultural-led growth agenda, the regional compact will provide the guiding framework for attaining the region’s objectives of sus-tainable regional food security and enhanced regional integration.

Focusing on agricultural technologies and the mul-titude of opportunities they can provide, FANRPAN has worked in partnership with IFPRI’s Programme for Biosafety Systems (PBS) to facilitate a regional policy analysis project called the Regional Approach to Biosafety for Southern African Countries (RABSAC). The RABSAC study identifies barriers to the movement of genetically modified (GM) food commodities and related technologies. FANRPAN’s project addresses the difficulties of transferring food and food technology across southern Africa due to the existence of different country policies and standards relating to genetically modified foods.

Another initiative under the Food Systems Programme involves supporting the Technical Centre for Agricultur-al and Rural Cooperation (CTA) to promote the engage-ment of youth in the agricultural value chain.

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Design of COMESA Regional CAADP Compact

Objective: To finalise the COMESA Regional CAADP Compact concept papers and facilitate implementation of the programme.Funding: USD 175,500 from COMESA-CAADPDuration: February – December 2009

COMESA’s Regional CAADP Compact objective is to support and enhance CAADP implementation programs in COMESA member states through regional policies, strategies, investments, advocacy and institutional capacity building in order to achieve the region’s key outcomes.

The regional compact is significant as it captures priority agricultural investments at the regional level. This provides a vehicle for the CAADP framework to address these priorities across its four pil-lars and to meaningfully contribute to regional integration.

FANRPAN’s role has been to finalise the COMESA CAADP regional concept papers for all four CAADP pillars and to design and facilitate the implementation of the programme itself. FANRPAN took an inventory of key stakeholders in the region with whom COMESA should engage in order to success-fully implement these priorities. This included identifying key existing regional projects and pro-grammes that COMESA-CAADP should take into consideration. In addition, FANRPAN has designed institutional arrangements for the implementation of CAADP in COMESA.

AT A GLANCE

The goal of CAADP (Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme) is to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty through agricultural development. CAADP’s work falls under four pillars:1. Land & water management2. Market access3. Food supply and hunger4. Agricultural research

To do this, participating African govern-ments agree to increase public investment in agriculture to a minimum of 10 per cent of their national budgets with the aim of raising agricultural productivity by at least 6 per cent on average annually.

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Regional Approach to Biosafety for Southern African Countries (RABSAC)

AT A GLANCE

THE REGIONAL APPROACH TO BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOSAFETY POLICY IN EASTERN AND

SOUTHERN AFRICA (RABESA) IS AN INITIATIVE THAT SEEKS TO DEVELOP HARMONISED BI-

OSAFETY POLICIES WITHIN COMESA, THE AFRICAN CONTINENT’S LARGEST TRADING BLOC.

Objective: To identify barriers to the movement of GM crops and related technology across southern Africa.Duration: 2005-2008Funding: USD 52,325 from IFPRI Programme for Biosafety Systems (PBS)Focus Countries: Malawi, Mauritius and South Africa

Food security for poor households in southern Africa hinges on the availability and cost of food products. Harmonising food safety policies across the region helps to integrate markets and allow easier transfer of food and agricultural technologies to targeted locations. Diff erences in national biosafety policies can hamper the cross-border movement of essential commodities.

In 2005, FANRPAN worked in partnership with IFPRI’s Programme for Biosafety Systems (PBS) to facilitate a regional policy analysis project called the Regional Approach to Biosafety for Southern African Countries (RABSAC). The RABSAC study identifi ed barriers to movement of genetically modifi ed food commodities and related technology across three countries – Ma-lawi, Mauritius and South Africa – and analyses how these barriers aff ect their food security. This project complements the COMESA/ASARECA policy analysis (RABESA) and mirrors its methodology.

FANRPAN completed and published the results of analytical work and stakeholder dialogues in 2008. FANRPAN continues to intensify advocacy and information dissemination on this topic via press releases, media briefi ngs and national dialogues. The network also conducts regional workshops with stakeholders from SADC and COMESA member countries.

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PROGRAMME AREA 2AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIV ITY:


Recently there has been a growing trend to reverse the years of underinvestment in African agriculture. Investment in agriculture must be high on every government’s agenda in order to maximise its impact on food security and incomes.

INCREASING ACCESS TO EXISTING IMPROVED TECH NOLOGIES FOR SMALLHOLD-ER FARMERS, THE PRIMARY PRODUCERS OF STAPLE FOOD IN MOST AFRICAN COUNTRIES, IS A CRITICAL AREA OF INVESTMENT WITH HIGH-IMPACT POTENTIAL.

However, there are three major impediments that result in persistent food shortages and an over-reliance on donations of often poor-quality relief seed and food aid. First, not all countries in the region have access to technology, with many having weak seed production systems. Second, historical intra-regional disparities in policy and regulatory frameworks between the 15 SADC member states continue to impede trade in seed and other technologies.

During a seed deficit, these trade barriers pre-vent seed transfers across borders. Third, most countries have weak input distribution systems, resulting in limited access to improved seed and other important farming inputs.

HIGHLIGHTS

The Harmonised Seed Security Programme aims to challenge trade barriers to agricultural inputs within the SADC region to improve food security. (p. 31)

The Gates Foundation has pledged over $900,000 to the Women Accessing Realigned Markets project that intends to give women a voice in agricultural policy. (p. 32)

Research into Malawi’s Agricultural Input Subsidy Programme showed that thanks to the scheme, average maize yields in Malawi increased from 0.8 tonnes/hectare to 2.9 tonnes/hectare from 2005-2008. (p. 33)

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY: INPUT AND OUTPUT MARKETS

FANRPAN is the lead organisation in piloting the SADC Harmonised Seed Regulatory System, which will improve flow of seed between SADC member countries. The Harmonised Seed Security Programme (HaSSP) aims to integrate smaller seed markets into a larger SADC system, whereby domestic and regional policies concerning crop variety testing, certification and phytosanitary measures are aligned. FANRPAN’s pilot scheme will address how to best implement the policy throughout the region in order to improve food security for smallholder farmers.

FANRPAN is empowering farmers, particu-larly women, to participate in agricultural policy debates. Women Accessing Realigned Markets (WARM) is a project that seeks to strengthen women farmers’ ability to advocate for appropri-ate policies and programmes. The project uses an innovative tool, Theatre for Policy Advocacy, to engage leaders, service providers and policymak-ers, to encourage community participation and to research the needs of women farmers.

In 2008, three years after the government of Ma-lawi introduced its Agricultural Input Subsidy Pro-gramme, FANRPAN was commissioned to analyse how effective the scheme was in boosting food security for the country. Since the programme has proven a success, the research findings have also helped shape similar programmes in other coun-tries in southern Africa.

Other project work entails researching agricultural policy harmonisation in southern Africa, to consol-idate the FANRPAN network capacities and give support to CAADP, FARA, COMESA and SADC.

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GO ONLINELearn more about seed security by watching our video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/FANRPANmedia#p/a/u/1/a5jFXtMniOU

Objective: To improve food security of smallholder farmers in the SADC region by improving the flow of seed between countriesFunding: CHF 4.385 million from Swiss Agency of Development and CooperationDuration: 4 Years (January 2010 - December 2013)Focus Countries: Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe

In January 2010, FANRPAN received funding from the Swiss Agency for Development and Coop-eration (SDC) to run a pilot programme aimed at aligning seed regulations in the SADC region.

The Harmonised Seed Security Programme (HASSP)is the second phase of a SADC-wide project to eliminate trade barriers that are hindering intra-regional trade in seed products. The key objec-tive of the project is to address the needs of resource-poor farmers whose seed systems are af-fected by recurrent disasters and/or inappropriate policies.

The HaSSP was finalised after 10 years of research and policy negotiation among the 15 member states of the SADC region. The scheme is being piloted in four countries: Malawi, Swaziland, Zam-bia and Zimbabwe. It focuses on improving three key areas: 1. the variety release system, in order to promote sharing of improved crop varieties across countries 2. the seed certification and quality assurance system, in order to speed up the release of commercial seed onto the market 3. the phytosanitary measures system, in order to standardise tests and facilitate cross- border movement of safe seed within the region.

By the end of HaSSP in 2013, at least four countries in SADC will have successfully domesticated and operationalised the harmonised seed systems. Trade bottlenecks affecting movement of seeds across borders in the region will have been reduced and accessibility of higher quality seeds to poor smallholder farmers will have increased in these four pilot countries. At the end of the project, FANRPAN will present its recommendations to the SADC Council for their formal adoption of the scheme throughout the region.


Harmonised Seed Security Programme (HaSSP)

“RESEARCH IS NECESSARY TO DEVELOP NEW SEED VARIETIES ADAPTED TO LOCAL CONDITIONS AND HAVING AN IMPROVED YIELD. LINKAGES WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR ARE COMPULSORY, ONLY PROFESSIONALS CAN GUARANTEE MULTIPLICATION AND DISSEMINA-TION IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY, BUT FOR THIS TO HAPPEN IT IS NEC-ESSARY TO HAVE A CONDUCIVE POLICY ENVIRONMENT.”

- Richard Chenevard, SDC Deputy Country Director, South Africa

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Women Accessing Realigned Markets (WARM)

Objective: To strengthen the capacity of women farmers to advocate for appropriate agricultural policies and programmes in southern Africa.Funding: USD 900,150 from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Partners: NASFAM, Foundation for Community Development (FDC), World Food Programme’s Purchase for Progress (P4P) Initiative, University of Eduardo Mondlane, University of Malawi Bunda College, Story Workshop, AGRA, Oxfam, World Vision.Duration: 3 years (June 2009 – May 2012)Focus Countries: Malawi and Mozambique

In sub-Saharan Africa, women constitute 70 per cent of the agricultural workforce and grow 80-90 per cent of the food. However, despite their high responsibility for agricultural labour, their agricultural productivity and access to markets is generally very low. Consequently, women-headed households are a lot poorer and more food insecure than those headed by men.

The Women Accessing Realigned Markets (WARM) project aims to ensure that local and national policies address women’s needs so they have access to knowledge, technology, credit and better inputs including seeds and fertiliser.

The WARM programme uses theatre to provide a platform for communities to discuss issues, empowering women farmers to play a more active role in agricultural policy. This form of participatory theatre, called ‘Theatre for Policy Advocacy’ (TPA), helps to align the development research agenda to women farmers’ issues. The use of theatre is supported by the long tradition of conveying messages through drama in Africa.

In Malawi the WARM project is being hosted by the National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (NASFAM) and by the Foundation for Community Development (FDC) in Mozambique. NASFAM was founded on the principles of collec-tive action and is democratically governed by its over 100,000 smallholder farmer members. FDC is a private non-profi t which aims to strengthen the capacities of communities to overcome pov-erty and promote social justice.

FANRPAN has held planning meetings with all project partners to develop implementation plans. In September 2010, TPA will be introduced in Malawi, and later set up in Mozambique in October 2010.

WHY THEATRE, WHY TPA?

“Theatre for Policy Advocacy” (TPA) is the driving methodology behind the WARM programme.

Community theatre is an African tradition and a pow-erful medium for communicating ideas in areas where literacy rates are low and shared conceptions of rules for social interactions are unclear.

The African continent has a long history of conveying messages through theatre performances, particularly when messages challenge the status quo or touch upon sensitive issues. Yet few use this as an avenue for development.

TPA is more than a theatrical performance; dialogue and discussions that follow each performance stimu-late dialogue and action.

“THIS IS A WONDERFUL INITIA-TIVE AND I AM SURE IT IS GO-ING TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY AND MOVE SOUTHERN AFRI-CAN WOMEN TO THE NEXT LEVEL. I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT EMPOWERING WOMEN IS THE ONLY SOLUTION THAT WILL BRING OUR CONTINENT OUT OF ITS TROUBLES.”

- Abigail Togwe, UN Headquarters, 2009


Agricultural Input Subsidy Programme

Objective: To test the benefi ts of using voucher systems for agricultural inputs. Funding: USD 500,000 from USAIDDuration: 1 year (2008 – 2009)Focus Countries: Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique

During the 2004/05 growing season, the government of Malawi reintroduced an input subsidy programme for low-income smallholder farmers. Three years later FANRPAN embarked on a comprehensive assessment of this pro-gramme and other related programmes in Zambia and Mozambique.

Data collected over the last four years have led to some signifi cant fi ndings on the impacts of input subsidies. The research showed that input subsidies work and are cost-eff ective. Contrary to the expectation of economists and multilateral agencies’ arguments that government subsidies would worsen the budget defi cit and distort the markets, Malawi’s input voucher programme has more than paid for itself by reducing Malawi’s expenditure on food imports.

FANRPAN’s research also helped the government of Malawi to refi ne the programme to make it more market-friendly. By systematically comparing diff erent types of vouchers and distribution mechanisms, FANRPAN established that fl exi-vouchers giving smallholder farmers the freedom to select and choose inputs from an open market had the best impact on productivity.

YIELDING RESULTS

In Malawi, over the duration of the input subsidy programme, average maize yields for small-holder farmers have increased from 0.8 tonnes/hectare to 2.9 tonnes/hectare, transforming Malawi from a food defi cit nation to a net grain exporter. This food security has contributed to reduction of malnutrition from 30 per cent to 2.5 per cent in 2008/09 and the number of people below the poverty line has declined from 50 per cent in 2005 to 42 per cent in 2008/09.

The subsidy programme cut fertilizer prices by 80 per cent and slashed the cost of hybrid maize seeds from 600 kwacha per bag to 30 kwacha per bag. (Source: AfricaRenewal Vol 22 No. 3 Oct 2008)

In Mozambique, maize yields for those who had access to input vouchers increased from an average of 0.7mt /ha to an average of 2.0mt/ha, further increasing the family’s income from the sale of surplus crops.

GO ONLINELearn more about the Malawi success story in a FANRPAN exclusive interview with the President of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfOFqZ0SWMs


Malawi has demonstrated the potential benefi ts of integrating private sector commercial distribution chan-nels with a government-run input voucher system. Such mechanisms enhance the purchasing power of the poor while simultaneously strengthening the commercial retail sector in rural areas.

Armed with these research fi ndings, FANRPAN is now working to promote appropriate input subsidy pro-grammes in southern African countries. The network has worked with stakeholders to refi ne input voucher implementation programs in Zambia and Mozambique. In Lesotho and Swaziland, FANRPAN nodes convened national policy dialogues to introduce the evidence of work on input vouchers from other countries. FANRPAN also commissioned a study in these countries to review and document experiences to date and determine what the costs and benefi ts would be of implementing the programme on a larger scale.

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NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Proper management of the natural environment is an important policy issue for governments in the south-ern Africa region. In most countries pre-independence land policies created highly unequal land access with unsustainable tenure conditions, and most govern-ments are in the process of trying to rectify this.

The region also faces a chronic water availability chal-lenge. Large variability and unreliability in weather patterns has seen catastrophic droughts and flooding affecting most countries. Lack of reliable water sup-plies for productive purposes is a major cause of poor production even in years of ‘average’ rainfall.

In the face of increasing resource pressures, climate change has big implications for Africa, particularly the poorest countries. Vulnerable countries will face increased food shortages, changing weather patterns and natural disasters yet are ill-equipped at present to respond to these challenges. African civil society needs to increase its visibility in the global climate change debate so that they may adapt to the future threat of climate change.

FANRPAN IS ENGAGED IN SEVERAL PROJECTS SEEKING TO DOCUMENT, ANTICIPATE, MITIGATE AND, WHEREVER POSSIBLE, HELP REVERSE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SOUTHERN AFRICA AND ITS PEOPLE

Since 2008, FANRPAN has partnered with the Inter-national Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on a comprehensive research project called Strategies for Adapting to Climate Change in Rural Sub-Saharan

HIGHLIGHTS

Research into Strategies for Adapting to Climate Change will help provide solutions for Africa’s most vulnerable com-munities (p. 37). The ACCID project was a key platform for voicing the agriculture sector’s concerns at the UN’s cli-mate change negotiations in Poznan in 2008 (p. 38). The ‘Building Climate Change Resilience in Africa’s Agricultural Research Programmes’ initiative helps make climate change science more comprehensible to improve the adaptation potential of agriculturet (p. 41).

The COMPETE project involves 45 global partners researching improved energy crop and agroforestry systems (p. 39).

The Limpopo River Basin Project is one of a series of projects set up around the world by the CGIAR Challenge Pro-gramme on Water and Food (p. 40).

Africa: Targeting the Most Vulnerable. The project aims to promote adaptation among vulnerable populations through developing a comprehensive system for as-sessing global climate changes and providing regional organisations, policymakers and farmers in sub-Saharan Africa with the necessary tools to identify and imple-ment appropriate adaptation strategies. In 2009, FANRPAN was mandated by COMESA to lead and facilitate the establishment and operation of an Africa-Wide Civil Society Climate Change Initiative for Policy Dialogues (ACCID). Jointly funded by the Nor-wegian Government and the Swiss Agency for Devel-opment and Cooperation (SDC), the long-term aim of the project is to nurture partnerships and collaboration amongst African civil society organisations (CSOs) and African governments, and to utilise research-based evi-dence to promote national, regional and global policies and practices to help the poor adapt to climate change.

Between 2007 and 2009, FANRPAN worked on a comprehensive biofuels project called the Competence Platform on Energy Crop and Agroforestry Systems for Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems - Africa (COMPETE), which identifies pathways for the provision of sustain-able bioenergy in sub-Saharan Africa. FANRPAN’s role was to coordinate policy and research activities.

FANRPAN is also a partner in the Limpopo Basin Focal Project. In the complex environment of the Limpopo river basin (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mozambique), the potential for major expansion of ir-rigation is limited. However, the research project aims to identify ways to improve poor farmers’ access to water, enable populations to make productive use of scarce water, and conserve the valuable ecosystems of the river basin.

FANRPAN is also implementing the Rockefeller Founda-tion-funded project ‘Building Climate Change Resilience in Africa’s Agricultural Research Programmes’. This pro-gramme provides advocacy support on climate change policy research initiatives.

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Strategies for Adapting to Climate Change in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Targeting the Most Vulnerable

Objective: To provide regional organisations, policymakers and farmers in sub-Saharan Africa tools and strategies to identify and implement appropriate adaptation strategies to global climate change. Funding: USD 91,241 from BMZ (Germany) Duration: 3 years (May 2008 – March 2011)Partners: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), ASARECA, PIK and ZALFFocus Countries: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

In 2008, FANRPAN began working on a project with IFPRI developing adaptation strategies to climate change for vulnerable communities in sub-Saharan Africa. This project combines macro and micro-level analyses in a unique way to understand the impact of climate change and related policies on household poverty, hunger and food security.

The research team will develop different scenarios for how global environmental and financial changes will affect regional food production systems. It will also examine the household-level effects of these systemic changes and different mitigation and adaptation strategies, helping to identify household-level constraints to adaptation and household coping strategies in alternative settings.

The results of this research will be packaged into a framework that decision-makers can use to assess policy actions, in effect creating a useful, research-based decision-support tool. The findings will be presented to key policymakers at mid-project consultations and at a final policy workshop. A larger audience will be reached through postings on a dedicated website, partner websites, several published papers, and presentations at national and international conferences.

GO ONLINEFor more information and to read publications on this project, visit the IFPRI website or GTZ:

http://www.ifpri.orghttp://www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/gtz2009-8-en-factsheet-ifpri.pdf

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Africa-wide Civil Society Climate Change Initiative for Policy Dialogues (ACCID)

Objective: To facilitate the establishment and operation of an Africa-wide Civil Society Climate Change Initiative for Policy Dialogues.Funding: USD 650,095 from COMESA and USD 53,706 from SDCDuration: 1 year (January – December 2009)Focus Countries: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

In 2009, FANRPAN was commissioned by COMESA to lead on the Norwegian Government and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation-funded project ACCID. FANRPAN’s role was to oversee the establishment of the initiative by promoting partnerships and collaboration amongst civil society and governments in Africa.

The fi rst phase of this project focused on preparing and consolidating Africa’s position and strategy on climate change for presentation at the 14th Conference of Parties (COP) held in Poznan, Poland in December, 2008. At earlier meetings, a common vision — the Africa BioCarbon Initiative (ABC) — had been crafted and FANRPAN took the lead on coordinating communications, and building consensus and enthusiasm among southern African CSOs and the private sector for the ABC.

Since June 2008, FANRPAN has participated in 14 key meetings in Africa and overseas advocating for the African CSO’s perspective on climate change and ways to combat this threat. In addition to several COMESA meetings, FANRPAN has also attended and presented at various meetings and events con-vened by the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, Brookings Institute and COP-14.

FANRPAN has also provided support for civil society engagement in policy dialogues and engagement processes leading up to COP-15. The network has helped to profi le and showcase sustainable land use management and conservation farming projects in Africa.

GO ONLINE

Watch a video with FANRPAN CEO, Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, on agriculture and climate change:

http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d00789/

Read more about ACCID and FANRPAN’s ‘No Ag-riculture, No Deal’ position at the 15th UN Climate Change Conference (COP-15) in Copenhagen:

http://www.africaclimatesolution.org/


Competence Platform on Energy Crop & Agroforestry Systems and Semi Arid Ecosystems - Africa (COMPETE)

Objective: To contribute to sustainable bioenergy production in Africa. Funding: Euro 57,240 from COMESA Duration: 2 years (January 2007 – December 2009)Focus Countries: Sub-Saharan Africa

The development of a sustainable biofuels industry can improve the quality of life in rural Af-rica by creating new sources of income for smallholder farmers. COMPETE provides a platform for policy dialogue and capacity building to identify pathways for sustainable provision of bioenergy. There are approximately 45 global partners working collaboratively on this project with FANRPAN taking the lead on Work Package (WP) 6 - Policy Development.

The objective of WP 6 was to coordinate policy research activities in African countries aimed at facilitating the efficient implementation of improved energy crop and agroforestry systems, to enhance economic productivity and sustain rural and peri-urban livelihoods. It is also aimed at avoiding adverse environmental and social degradation that could arise from faulty policy development and implementation.

In 2007, FANRPAN produced draft Policy Working Papers synthesising existing bio-energy policies among African countries, and those at sub-regional, regional and national levels. FANRPAN established that, in general, few African countries have policies to help them benefit from this new opportunity. And even those countries with policies in place have done little to implement them, with South Africa being the exception.

In 2008, FANRPAN led an assessment of what is known about the outcomes of these policies and co-organised a policy workshop. The major output of this workshop was a series of papers on policy recommendations and research needs. In November 2008, at an international confer-ence and policy debate on ‘Bioenergy Policies for Sustainable Development in Africa’ held in Bamako, Mali, FANRPAN presented a paper titled ‘Biofuels and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Are the Policies Conducive?’ which provided a summary of outputs from WP 6 of the COMPETE project.

GO ONLINE

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Limpopo Basin Focal Project (LBFP)

Objective: To analyse the status of agricultural water use, access and productivity in the Limpopo BasinFunding: USD 700,000 from CGIAR Challenge Programme on Water and Food Duration: 2 years (January 2008 – January 2010)Partner: Global Water Partnership, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Agricultural Research Counci (ARC) South AfricaFocus Countries: Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique

Through an analysis of the Limpopo Basin’s hydrology and poverty, coupled with more detailed analysis of liveli-hood support systems, the LBFP is identifying specifi c problems of water and agriculture, the people they aff ect, and the particular areas over which they occur. Ultimately, the project aims to identify agricultural water inter-ventions whose implementation will reduce poverty and enhance food, health, and environmental security in the Limpopo Basin.

The LBFP is a broad-based, collaborative project that brings together key partners to explore ways to improve water usage in the basin, helping to reduce poverty and increase food security for the populations in the basin.

The research on the Limpopo Basin examines the water-poverty nexus, water availability, agricultural water pro-ductivity, institutions and the potential interventions, to identify the appropriate technologies, methods and poli-cies that can be introduced to the region to help improve sustainable water management. The project’s partici-pants intend to provide their fi ndings to policymakers, governments, research organisations and NGOs to ensure that each area receives the agricultural tools and innovations that will be benefi cial to the local conditions and the challenges faced.

FANRPAN is responsible for monitoring the linkages between the various projects and helping ensure that synchronisation is main-tained in order to maximise relevance and impact of outputs. The second phase of the project will commence in September 2010.

The Limpopo Basin Focal Project is part of a series of similar basin-focused programmes around the world initiated by CGIAR’s Challenge Programme on Water and Food. Identifying water and food challenges in large river basins, rather than by country, allows the programme to bypass political and social boundaries and help secure access to water for large numbers of people around the world.

“THERE ARE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF TECHNOLOGY THAT ARE SITTING ON THE SHELF WAITING TO BE USED. WE ARE LOOKING AT PREVIOUS AND POTENTIAL INTER-VENTIONS TO SEE WHICH METHODS WOULD BE BEST FOR IMPROVING WATER PRODUCTIVITY FOR SMALL SCALE WATER USERS IN THE LIM-POPO BASIN.”

- Amy Sullivan, FANRPAN, Project Leader of the Limpop Basin Focal Project

GO ONLINERead more about the Limpopo Basin Focal Project and the other programmes within CGIAR’s Challenge Programme on Water and Food:

http://www.waterandfood.org


Building Climate Change Resilience in Africa’s Agricultural Research Programmes

Objective: To improve food security throughout sub-Saharan Africa by promoting the integration of climate change adaptation into agriculture research and policy agendas, and making climate change science more comprehensible to policymakers, scientists and the private sector.Funding: USD 200,400 from the Rockefeller FoundationDuration: 18 months (November 2009 – April 2011)Focus Countries: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

More eff ective agricultural systems and practices are urgently needed to decrease hunger and improve economic development, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. FANRPAN is collaborating with the Rockefeller Foundation’s Developing Climate Change Resilience initiative in order to help poor and vulnerable communities prepare for, withstand, and recover from the negative eff ects of climate change.

AT A GLANCE

FANRPAN’S FOCUS IN THE INITIATIVE IS TO PROMOTE THE INTEGRATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION INTO AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND POLICY AGENDAS AND TO MAKE CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE MORE COMPREHENSIBLE TO POLICYMAKERS, SCIENTISTS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR

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PROGRAMME AREA 4SOCIAL PROTECTION

AND L IVEL IHOODS

In sub-Saharan Africa, people are highly vulner-able to environmental, health, economic and social stresses, which increase the difficulties faced by resource-poor farmers to produce adequate food.

Social issues, such as poverty, or medical prob-lems such as HIV and AIDS, affect agriculture and food security, and increase household vulnerabil-ity. HIV/AIDS is a health problem, but has social and economic dimensions as well: affected farm-ers spend reduced hours in daily work, producing less food and having a reduced income. Over 24 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are living with HIV/ AIDS. This high incidence of HIV/AIDS is paralleled by high intensities of hunger and mal-nutrition across the region.

Environmental aspects, such as natural disasters, intense drought and widespread flooding, are also important factors to consider when targeting de-velopment work. Under future climate scenarios, for instance, people in areas where agricultural production is sensitive to climate will become increasingly vulnerable to poverty.

HIGHLIGHTS

The Household Vulnerability Index, has helped identify those households most in need of relief, whilst re-shaping the future development agenda (p. 45).

“IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE DEVELOP BETTER AND MORE OBJECTIVE TAR-GETING MECHANISMS THAT NOT ONLY HELP TO MITIGATE CONFLICT BUT ALSO ENABLE US TO BE EFFICIENT, COST-EFFECTIVE AND RATIONAL IN MAXIMISING THE IMPACT OF FOOD AID PROGRAMS IN THE LIVES OF THE POOR, PARTICULARLY CHILDREN.”

- Walter Middleton, Vice President

Food Programming and Management Group, World Vision International

GO ONLINERead more about the impact of HIV and AIDS on agriculture and food security in sub-Saharan Africa in a compilation of research at:

http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d00351/

SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LIVELIHOODS

The task of ensuring food security for the world’s growing population in the face of declining global food resources is daunting it requires more efficient and ob-jective relief food programming and targeting to ensure that the little food available goes where it is needed most.

The benefit of agricultural assistance is fully realised when it is effectively targeting farmers across vary-ing regions. In order to implement targeted assistance, determinants of agricultural productivity at the house-hold level must be analysed. It is essential to develop a tool to measure and predict changes in productivity as a result of changes in key variables.

The Household Vulnerability Index (HVI) pilot project, a comprehensive, multi-year, multi-country research effort has resulted in the creation and validation of such a tool, which is now being field-tested in the work of World Vision, one of the largest relief and development NGOs in the world. This effort started with a seven-country study on the relationship between HIV and AIDS, and agricultural productivity at household level in 2005.

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Household Vulnerability Index (HVI) Pilot Project

Objective: To explore the feasibility of using a statistical method measuring a household’s vulnerability to HIV AIDs, to ensure eff ectiveness of interventions.Funding: USD 200,000 from World Vision and Southern Africa TrustDuration: 2 years 2008 - 2010Focus Countries: Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Swaziland

As part of a SADC-supported study, FANRPAN developed the Household Vulnerability Index (HVI), a composite statistical index designed to quantify the vulnerability of households to various shocks. The HVI investigates how prone households are to diff erent impacts and derives a universal household index for comparison across households and communities. This also allows researchers to document recent trends of HIV and AIDS on agricultural productivity, and track the impact of interventions over time.

In 2008, FANRPAN initiated two follow-on projects to scale up and test the usefulness of the HVI. With support from the Southern African Trust (SAT), FANRPAN led a process of regional dialogues and infor-mation sharing on the policy implications and responses to the impact of HIV and AIDS on agriculture and food security in the SADC region. This project aimed to stimulate an urgent regional policy response towards improved quantifi cation, forecasting and mitigation of HIV and AIDS impacts on agriculture and food security.

The next step in the project was to assess the eff ectiveness of the HVI as a tool to identify the most vul-nerable households appropriate for a given intervention and develop it into a cost-eff ective management tool that could be used in partnership with communities. To this end, FANRPAN collaborated with SAT and World Vision International to use the HVI in assessing vulnerability and improving resilience in World Vi-sion’s Area Development Programmes in Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.

A unique aspect of this project is that members of the study communities are trained to collect house-hold-level vulnerability data. This ensures community participation and project ownership, and also gives communities tools to aff ect policy decisions. The project thus creates communally owned databases and indexes that can be used to improve targeting of interventions, facilitate integration of assistance eff orts, and provide an evidence base for wider-scale eff orts.

In Swaziland, where data entry and analysis has been completed, the database has already revealed signifi cant community needs that call for a re-direction of assistance funding. The HVI also promotes an integrated approach to assistance; by calling attention to diff er-ent dimensions of vulnerability, it emphasizes that a basket of initiatives is required to meet the household’s development aspirations. Development practitioners with a number of interventions ongoing in any given community can integrate aspects within the HVI to ensure that their organisation’s work builds on all of its eff orts, including the eff orts of other play-ers in the given community.

TARGETING VULNERABILITYUsing the Household Vulnerability Index, it was dis-covered that in Swaziland 90% of households have ac-cess to safe water sources and 33% do not have access to pit latrines compared to Lesotho where only 60% have access to safe water sources whilst 55.3 % do not have no access to pit latrines.

These statistics can be logged using a global posi-tioning system so that progress can continue to be tracked over time.

GO ONLINEWatch a Farming First video that explains the HVI and how it helps development practitioners:

http://vimeo.com/11867721

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VISION FOR THE FUTURE

Despite current challenges, the future is bright for FANRPAN as long as all partners commit to act today to secure our tomorrow.

A key consideration for our future success is to implement resolutions that will strengthen the regional secretariat because without adequate capacity, the secretariat network and support to nodes cannot be eff ective.

FANRPAN is a unique model and there is need for it to be expanded. One of FANRPAN’s immediate goals is to expand the node network into East Africa and eventually Africa wide, as well as strengthening the capacity of each country node to fulfi ll its work on policy research, advocacy and training. Partners also expressed concern that there is still minimal collaboration with COMESA and SADC with regard to policy formulation. To address this urgent need, the further harmonisation of FANRPAN’s work with our SADC and COMESA partners will be key. FANRPAN will also look to adequately staff the nodes and secretariat, and develop further partnerships to deliver on its Strategic Plan.

The progress that African governments have made in adopting the CAADP framework means that FAN-RPAN must continue to institutionalise CAADP’s four pillars throughout its network. These pillars – land & water management, market access, food supply & hunger and agricultural research – will support those working to assure a sustainable future for the African continent.

As a region we need to improve on our ability to reach as much of our constituency and other stakeholders as possible. By continuing to build our multi-media knowledge centres and information gathering proc-esses, country nodes will be able to advocate for policies that best suit the needs of those most in need.

V IS ION FOR THE FUTURE

THE DEMAND FOR FANRPAN’S WORK IS NOW GLO-BAL. TO ENSURE THAT IT CONTINUES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ITS PARTNERS, FANRPAN IS KEEN TO FURTHER DEVELOP FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES THAT BUILD ON WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ACHIEVED.

SUCH PROGRAMMES WILL BE ANCHORED ON SOCIAL PROTECTION SO THAT FANRPAN’S WORK CONTINUES TO TARGET THE RURAL POOR AND VULNERABLE THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

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AT A GLANCE

Over the next five years, FANRPAN will continue to be committed to achieving the goals outlined in its Strategic Plan 2007-2015. This eight-year framework outlines 10 strategic imperatives for the network:

1. To institutionalize FANRPAN as a multi-stakeholder African-led institution2. To build the capacity of southern African nationals to demand, supply and use evidence for policy development in the FANR sector3. To implement regional programmes in response to demands for research-based evidence for policy development made by COMESA and SADC4. To adopt an innovation-systems approach to promote good governance and ensure the voice of the majority is heard5. To adopt a programme approach to policy development and ensure engagement in the full policy cycle, from problem identification to outputs, at every step strengthening the capacity for research and its communication 6. To undertake policy analysis and generate useable evidence and advice, which anticipates and reflects all possible outcomes (i.e. “What could be?” “What should be?”) rather than only economic analysis (i.e. “What is?”)7. To embrace Africa’s strong oral culture and promote public policy dialogues as a tool for supporting policy development, good governance and accountability by all stakeholders8. To promote partnerships between FANRPAN and like-minded institutions at regional and global levels to exchange information and build capacity for policy research and dialogue9. To market FANRPAN products as public goods10. To inculcate and achieve high standards of excellence through equitable and sustainable development leading to prosperity and well-being of all the citizens of southern Africa

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AUDITED ACCOUNTS 2008

FOOD AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY ANALYSIS NETWORK

ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 March 2008

Fordham & Oshry Inc. Chartered Accountants (S.A.)

Registered Auditors

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FOOD AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY ANALYSIS NETWORK BALANCE SHEET at 31 March 2008

! ! 2008 ! 2007 ! Note $ ! $ ! ! ! ! !Assets ! ! ! !! ! ! ! !Non-current assets ! ! ! !Property, plant and equipment 2 7 230 ! 9 168 ! ! ! ! !Current Assets ! 278 081 ! 237 190 Trade and other receivables ! 14 832 ! 15 718 Cash Resources ! 263 249 ! 221 472 ! ! ! ! !

Total Assets ! 285 311 ! 246 358 ! ! ! ! !Reserves and liabilities ! ! ! !! ! ! ! !Reserves ! ! ! !Accumulated reserves ! 190 187 ! 154 306 ! ! ! ! !Current liabilities ! ! ! !Trade and other payables ! 95 124 ! 92 052 ! ! ! ! !

Total reserves and liabilities ! 285 311 ! 246 358

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FOOD AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY ANALYSIS NETWORK DETAILED INCOME STATEMENT for the year ended 31 March 2008

! 2008 2007 ! $ $ Revenue 1 468 709 808 707 Centre for Technical Co-operation – Annual 186 425 9 487 Challenge Program Water and Food 164 965 - Department for International Development- Project 1 296 251 - Department for International Development- Project 2 264 757 - EU- Competence Platform on Energy Crop and Agroforestry Systems for Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems - 28 205 Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa - 50 000 Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (General Assembly) 197 257 - International Water Management Institute- Olifants 13 962 15 980 International Water Management Institute 6 000 - Overseas Development Institute - 4 766 SADC -European Union - 150 000 Southern Africa Trust - Project 1 12 000 38 000 Southern Africa Trust - Project 2 40 000 - Southern Africa Trust - Project 3 50 000 - Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Southern Africa - 7 962 USAID- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics 11 500 169 912 International Food Policy Research Program for Bio-Safety 36 315 45 535 USAID- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture- Project 1 129 277 187 533 USAID- Iowa State University - 101 327 USAID- Office of US Foreign Disaster Assiatance 60 000 - Other Income 6 552 3 825 Exchange gain realised 3 120 - Interest received 3 432 3 825 Total Income 1 475 261 812 532 Expenditure (1 439 379) (817 657) (Deficit)/ surplus 35 882 (5 125)

USAID- Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance

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CASHFLOW STATEMENT for the year ended 31 March 2008

! 2008 2007 ! Note $ $ Cash flows from Operating activities ! Cash generated by operating activities 7.1 38 345 20 665 Interest Received ! 3 432 3 825 Net Cash from Operating activities 41 777 24 490 Increase in cash and cash resources 41 777 24 490 Cash and cash resources and beginning of year 7.2 221 472 196 982 Cash resources at end of year 7.2 263 249 221 472

FOOD AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY ANALYSIS NETWORK STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

for the year ended 31 March 2008

!Accumulated

reserves ! $ Balance at 01 April 2006 159 431 Net surplus for the year (5 125) Balance at 01 April 2007 154 306 Net deficit for the year 35 882 Balance at 31 March 2008 190 188 ! !

Cash resources at beginning of year

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ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 March 2009

Fordham & Oshry Inc. Chartered Accountants (S.A.)

Registered Auditors

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FOOD AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY ANALYSIS NETWORK BALANCE SHEET at 31 March 2009

! 2009 2008 ! Note $ $ Assets Non-current assets Property, plant and equipment 2 7 273 7 230 Current Assets 287 827 278 081 Trade and other receivables 238 379 14 832 Cash Resources 49 448 263 249 Total Assets 295 100 285 311 Reserves and liabilities Reserves Accumulated reserves 38 479 190 187 Current liabilities Trade and other payables 256 621 95 124 Total reserves and liabilities 295 100 285 311

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FOOD AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY ANALYSIS NETWORK DETAILED INCOME STATEMENT for the year ended 31 March 2009

! 2009 2008 ! $ $ Revenue 1 550 714 1 468 709 Africa-Wide Civil Society Climate Change Initiative for Policy Dialogues - COMESA 162 524 - Africa-Wide Civil Society Climate Change Initiative for Policy Dialogues - SDC 53 706 - BFP- Adoption and Cost Benefit Analyst Project 61 400 - Centre for Technical Co-operation 07 10 788 186 425 Challenge Program Water and Food 164 965 164 965 Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme -COMESA 35 150 - Department for International Development- Project 1 - 296 251 Department for International Development- Project 2 136 599 264 757 EU- Competence Platform on Energy Crop and Agroforestry Systems for Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems 23 647 - Forum for Agricultural Research inAfrica(General Assembly) - 197 257 IFPRI- African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium Workshop 33 505 - International Food Policy Research Program- Adapting to Climate Change Project 19 985 - International Food Policy Research Program- Workshop 42 294 - International Water Management Institute- Olifants 13 962 International Water Management Institute 6 000 Southern Africa Trust - Project 1 12 000 Southern Africa Trust - Project 2 10 000 40 000 Southern Africa Trust - Project 3 70 000 50 000 Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation ACP - EU 07 99 521 - USAID- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - 11 500 International Food Policy Research Program for Bio-Safety 52 270 36 315 USAID-International Institute of Tropical Agriculture-Project1 - 129 277 USAID-International Institute of Tropical Agriculture-Project2 490 272 - USAID-International Institute of Tropical Agriculture-Project3 58 768 - USAID/OFDA -Small Scale Irrigation Program in Zimbabwe and Zambia 8 300 60 000 World Vision Zimbabwe 17 020 - Other Income 24 792 6 552 Net administration fees received 21 887 - Donations received 800 - Exchange gain realised - 3 120 Interest received 2 105 3 432 Total Income 1 575 506 1 475 261 TOTAL INCOME 1,575,560 1,475,261

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Expenditure (1 727 214) (1 439 380) (Deficit)/ surplus (151 708) 35 881

FOOD AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY ANALYSIS NETWORK CASHFLOW STATEMENT

for the year ended 31 March 2009 ! 2009 2008 ! Note $ $ Cash flows from Operating activities (212 739) 41 776 Cash (utilised in)/generated by operating activities (214 844) 38 344 Interest Received 7.1 2 105 3 432 Cash flows from investing activities Expenditure to maintain operating capacity Property,plant and equipment acquired (1 062) - (Decrease)/increase in cash resources (213 801) 41 776 Cash resources and beginning of year 7.2 263 249 221 473 Cash resources at end of year 7.2 49 448 263 249



!Accumulated

reserves ! $ Balance at 01 April 2007 154 306 Net surplus for the year 35 881 Balance at 01 April 2008 190 187 Net deficit for the year (151 708) Balance at 31 March 2009 38 479

Expenditure (1 727 214) (1 439 380) (Deficit)/ surplus (151 708) 35 881

FOOD AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY ANALYSIS NETWORK CASHFLOW STATEMENT

for the year ended 31 March 2009 ! 2009 2008 ! Note $ $ Cash flows from Operating activities (212 739) 41 776 Cash (utilised in)/generated by operating activities (214 844) 38 344 Interest Received 7.1 2 105 3 432 Cash flows from investing activities Expenditure to maintain operating capacity Property,plant and equipment acquired (1 062) - (Decrease)/increase in cash resources (213 801) 41 776 Cash resources and beginning of year 7.2 263 249 221 473 Cash resources at end of year 7.2 49 448 263 249



!Accumulated

reserves ! $ Balance at 01 April 2007 154 306 Net surplus for the year 35 881 Balance at 01 April 2008 190 187 Net deficit for the year (151 708) Balance at 31 March 2009 38 479


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FOOD AGRICULTURE AND NATURALRESOURCES POLICY ANALYSIS NETWORK

ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTSfor the year ended 31 March 2010

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FOOD AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY ANALYSIS NETWORKBALANCE SHEETat 31 March 2010

2010 2009 Note $ $ Assets Non-current assets Property, plant and equipment 2 26 650 7 273 Current Assets 852 352 287 827 Trade and other receivables 271 157 238 379 Cash Resources 581 195 49 448 Total Assets 879 002 295 100 Reserves and liabilities Reserves Accumulated reserves 518 103 38 479 Current liabilities Trade and other payables 360 899 256 621 Total reserves and liabilities 879 002 295 100

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FOOD AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY ANALYSIS NETWORKDETAILED INCOME STATEMENTfor the year ended 31 March 2010

2010 2009 $ $ Revenue 2 608 419 1 550 714 Africa-Wide Civil Society Climate Change Initiative for Policy Dialogues- COMESA 487 561 162 524 Africa-Wide Civil Society Climate Change Initiative for Policy Dialogues- SDC - 53 706 BFP- Adoption and Cost Benefit Analyst Project - 61 400 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 300 000 - Centre for Technical Co-operation 07 - 10 788 Challenge Program Water and Food 333 063 164 965 Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme - COMESA 70 280 35 150 Department for International Development- Project 2 - 136 599 EU- Competence Platform on Energy Crop and Agroforestry Systems for Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems - 23 647 IFPRI- African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium Workshop - 33 505 International Food Policy Research Program - Adapting to Climate Change Project 19 969 19 985 International Food Policy Research Program - Workshop - 42 294 International Food Policy Research Program for Bio-Safety - 52 270 Rockefeller Foundation 20 385 - Southern Africa Trust - Project 2 - 10 000 Southern Africa Trust - Project 3 - 70 000 Swiss Agency for Development Co-orperation- HASSP 569 584 - Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation ACP- EU 07 198 868 99 521 USAID- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture- Project2 - 490 272 USAID- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture- Project3 366 232 58 768 USAID- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture- Project4 99 597 - USAID/OFDA- Small Scale Irrigation Program in Zimbabwe and Zambia - 8 300 World Vision International 42 880 17 020 Other Income 211 022 24 792 Net Administration fees received 164 393 21 887 Donations received 11 819 800 Interest Received 217 2 105 Property, plant and equipment donated 24 237 - Registration fees and sundry income 10 356 - Total Income 2 819 441 1 575 506 Expenditure (2 339 816) (1 727 214) (Deficit)/ surplus 479 625 (151 708)

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2010 2009 $ $ Revenue 2 608 419 1 550 714 Africa-Wide Civil Society Climate Change Initiative for Policy Dialogues- COMESA 487 561 162 524 Africa-Wide Civil Society Climate Change Initiative for Policy Dialogues- SDC - 53 706 BFP- Adoption and Cost Benefit Analyst Project - 61 400 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 300 000 - Centre for Technical Co-operation 07 - 10 788 Challenge Program Water and Food 333 063 164 965 Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme - COMESA 70 280 35 150 Department for International Development- Project 2 - 136 599 EU- Competence Platform on Energy Crop and Agroforestry Systems for Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems - 23 647 IFPRI- African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium Workshop - 33 505 International Food Policy Research Program - Adapting to Climate Change Project 19 969 19 985 International Food Policy Research Program - Workshop - 42 294 International Food Policy Research Program for Bio-Safety - 52 270 Rockefeller Foundation 20 385 - Southern Africa Trust - Project 2 - 10 000 Southern Africa Trust - Project 3 - 70 000 Swiss Agency for Development Co-orperation- HASSP 569 584 - Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation ACP- EU 07 198 868 99 521 USAID- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture- Project2 - 490 272 USAID- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture- Project3 366 232 58 768 USAID- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture- Project4 99 597 - USAID/OFDA- Small Scale Irrigation Program in Zimbabwe and Zambia - 8 300 World Vision International 42 880 17 020 Other Income 211 022 24 792 Net Administration fees received 164 393 21 887 Donations received 11 819 800 Interest Received 217 2 105 Property, plant and equipment donated 24 237 - Registration fees and sundry income 10 356 - Total Income 2 819 441 1 575 506 Expenditure (2 339 816) (1 727 214) (Deficit)/ surplus 479 625 (151 708) FOOD AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY ANALYSIS NETWORK

CASHFLOW STATEMENTfor the year ended 31 March 2010

2010 2009 Note $ $ Cash flows from Operating activities 555 984 (212 739) Cash (utilised in)/generated by operating activities 555 767 (218 844) Interest Received 8.1 217 2 105 Cash flows from investing activities Expenditure to maintain operating capacity Property,plant and equipment acquired (24 237) (1 062) (Decrease)/increase in cash resources 531 747 (213 801) Cash resources and beginning of year 8.2 49 448 263 249 Cash resources at end of year 8.2 581 195 49 448

FOOD AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY ANALYSIS NETWORKSTATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY


Accumulated

reserves $ Balance at 01 April 2008 190 186 Net deficit for the year (151 708) Balance at 01 April 2009 38 478 Net surplus for the year 479 625 Balance at 31 March 2010 518 103


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LINDIWE MAJELE SIBANDA (PhD)Chief Executive Offi cer (June 2004 – Current)Lindiwe is responsible for facilitating the development of tools and processes that promote harmonisation of policies at regional levels through reviews of policies, legal frameworks, insti-tutional arrangements, and governance processes. She has twenty years of experience in rural development, and is currently coordinating policy research and advocacy programs in thirteen southern African countries, all aimed at making southern Africa a food secure [email protected]

MS CHANSA CHISANGAProgramme Manager: Food Systems and Agricultural Systems (March 2009 – January 2010)Chansa is responsible for providing programmatic support to thematic thrust on Food Systems and Agricultural Systems. She provides research, project and administration support. Chansa also serves as the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Coor-dinator in FANRPAN. [email protected]

MR FRANCIS HALE Director: Communication and Policy Advocacy (March 2009 – January 2010)Francis leads the Communication and Advocacy functions of FANRPAN. He is responsible for implementing the communication strategy, ensuring its integrity and organisational relevance. Francis has extensive experience in the formulation and implementation of comprehensive organisational strategies with a special focus on strategic marketing, communications and gen-eral management, organisational development and project management for private and non governmental organisations. [email protected]

DR DAVID KAMCHACHADirector: Agriculture Inputs and Outputs Market (February 2009 – Current)David is responsible for leading, coordinating and implementing FANRPAN’s thematic thrust on Agriculture Inputs and Outputs Markets. He is currently leading the three country study on the use of input vouchers. David has over 10 years experience in managing and developing agri-cultural inputs markets especially fertilizer. David has over eight years of experience in project management. [email protected]

MR WOLE OLALEYEDirector: Policy and Research (June 2009 – December 2009)Wole is responsible for leading and coordinating policy development for FANRPAN. He is a development policy analyst and researcher with extensive experience in research and policy analysis capacity building across Africa. Wole has published and presented papers at various international high level forums, and lobbied governments and inter-state institutions on Africa’s trade, aid and [email protected]

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MS SITHEMBILE NDEMAProgramme Manager: Women Accessing Realigned Markets (WARM) Project (March 2008 – Current)Thembi is responsible for maintaining and managing a knowledge base of evolving issues on women farmers and agriculture in Southern Africa as well as the in the global context. She is also responsible for reporting and analysis of project progress against the annual work plan and [email protected]

MS SHARON ALFRED Offi ce Manager - Human Resources and Administration (May 2005 – Current)Sharon is responsible for coordinating activities in fi nance and administration departments, including events management, project budgeting, issuing of consultancy contracts and ensur-ing compliance to donor contractual regulations. She works closely with all departments in assisting staff to understand and implement organisational policies and procedures. Sharon has over ten years experience in offi ce administration, conference organisation and [email protected]

MR LUFINGO MWAMAKAMBA Protocol and Networking Offi cer (August 2005 – Current)Lufi ngo’s responsibilities as Protocol and Networking Offi cer for FANRPAN include managing relations with the host governments, funding partners and the networks membership. He is also responsible for promoting the organisation externally via publicity and community relations. [email protected]

MR SAMUEL MANDAFinance Offi cer (June 2007 – Current)Sam is responsible for ensuring implementation of fi nance policies and procedures, ensuring that donor requirements are met. He is also responsible for producing periodic donor and monthly management fi nancial reports. [email protected]

MS GETRUDE CHANAKIRA Finance Offi cer (May 2009 – Current)Getrude is responsible for internal treasury duties, payroll administration and custodianship of the fi nancial management system. She has a strong knowledge of fi nancial accounting, audit princi-ples and practice, and assists in the preparation of fi nancial [email protected]

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HON. SINDISO NGWENYASecretary General of COMESA & FANRPAN Board Chairperson Mr. Sindiso N Ngwenya is the current Secretary-General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the current FANRPAN Board Chairperson. COMESA is a regional economic community (REC) made up of nineteen countries in north, eastern, central and southern Africa accounting for about half of Africa’s population (400 million). COMESA is the largest of the eight RECs working under the leadership of the African Union and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).

PROF. JOHANN KIRSTENChairperson, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Pretoria Prof. Johann Kirsten is Professor and Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development at the University of Pretoria. He is also a part-time council member of the National Agricultural Marketing Council and serves as the Chairperson of the Food Price Monitoring Committee appointed by the Minister of Agriculture. He has published more than fifty articles in peer-reviewed journals, has co-edited four books and has been involved in many policy processes for the government. His main research interests relate the commercialisation of farming in poor communities, land reform, and agricultural policy in general.

MR. AJAY VASHEEPresident, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)Mr. Ajay Vashee is a top African farm leader, currently serving as the President of the Zam-bian National Farmers Union (ZNFU). Mr. Vashee was instrumental in the foundation in 1992 of the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU), a loose federation of farmers’ organisations in Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Namibia, and is its cur-rent President. He was a member of Zambia’s delegation to the WTO Ministerial Meetings in Seattle and Cancún and works closely with the International Trade Department on regional, bilateral, and multilateral trade negotiations, in particular the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Southern African Development Conference (SADC) and the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union. He represents ZNFU and SACAU in several international organisations, including being a member of the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP).

DR. SAM MUNDIAMinistry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Zambia - Former Permanent SecretaryDr Sam Mundia served as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Coopera-tives, Zambia. In 2007 he retired from formal government service, however he is still actively involved in the Zambian agricultural sector as a consultant and advisor. Dr Mundia is a medi-cal doctor and has several practices over which he maintains oversight.

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MS. VANGILE TITIDeputy Director-General: Programme Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, National De-partment of Agriculture South AfricaMs. Titi’s career spans four decades and includes working as a registered nurse and midwife and as a development facilitator in a number of NGOs abroad and in South Africa. These include the Association of Women’s Clubs (Zimbabwe) and Environment and Development Agency-Trust (EDA-Trust, SA). She has also worked as a researcher on poverty, trade and sus-tainable development with the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Canada. Since 1997, Ms Titi has worked in the public sector, first as a Chief Director for Agriculture and Veterinary Services in the Gauteng Province and currently as Deputy Director General for Sector Services and Partnerships at the National Department of Agriculture, South Africa. She has also served as a vice president for the Forum of African Voluntary Development Organisa-tions (FAVDO) and as a member of the FAO Programme Committee for two years represent-ing the Africa Region.

MS. MARGARET NYIRENDA - ObserverFANR Directorate, SADC Margaret Nyirenda has extensive experience in management policy formulation and imple-mentation and project evaluation. Starting in 1977, she worked for the government of Malawi for twenty years in various ministries, including agriculture. She was a Senior Economist in the department of Economic Planning and Development from 1984 to 1989, when she became Chief Executive of the Malawi Mudzi Fund, a pilot scheme which later merged into the Malawi Rural Finance Company, covering the entire country. From 1992 to 1997, Nyirenda was Deputy Chief Economist in the Ministry of Finance and Chief Economist of the agriculture, food secu-rity and nutrition sections in the Department of Economic Planning and Development.

Nyirenda joined the SADC Secretariat in 1997 and worked as Senior Economist and Desk Offic-er for Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources sector until March 2002. After the restructuring of the SADC, she became Supervisor (acting director) of FANR until her appointment as the Substantive Director.

DR. LINDIWE MAJELE SIBANDA - ex officioFANRPAN CEO Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda is an animal scientist by training and a practicing commercial beef cattle farmer. She received her BSc at the University of Alexandria, Egypt; her MSc and PhD at the University of Reading, UK. She has worked as a lecturer in agricultural and veterinary sciences, her research has involved working with smallholder communities to enhance produc-tivity of goats and rural productivity systems. She has extensive experience in function analysis and restructuring of agriculture related public institutions in Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

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APPENDIX 1 : FANRPAN PUBLICATIONS AND OUTPUTS 2007-2010

APPENDIX 1. FANRPAN PUBLICATIONS AND OUTPUTS 2007-2010

PUBLICATION TITLE PUBLICATION TYPE DATE1 FANRPAN Annual Report: 2005-2006 Annual Report 2007

2 FANRPAN Stakeholder Directory 2007 Stakeholders Directory 2007

3 Agricultural Input Vouchers in Southern Africa: Research findings from Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. Policy Brief Series March 2007

4 Promoting Regional Harmonization of FANR Policies: Enhancing Participation of FANRPAN Nodes in the CAADP Processes: Zambia Newsletter March 2007

5 From the Chief Executive Officer’s Desk: March-June 2007 E-Bulletin June 2007

6Status of Plant Variety Protection (PVP) in the SADC Region: A synthesis of FANRPAN country reports on the status quo and need to implement plant variety protection regulatory systems

Policy Brief Series July 2007

7 Meeting the demand for effective food, agriculture and natural resources policy analysis in Southern Africa Newsletter August 2007

8 Promoting development of agricultural input markets in Mozambique by Emílio Tostão Policy Brief Series September 2007

9 Summary of proceedings FANRPAN 2007 Annual Regional Multi-Stakeholder Policy Dialogue Proceedings October 2007

10Integrating the Non-Commercial and Commercial Input Markets through Input Vouchers:Recommendations for Zambia

Policy Brief Series October 2007

11Why is the Development of Agricultural Input Markets Sluggish in Mozambique?By Emílio Tostão

Project Report October 2007

12Input voucher study in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. By Julius H Mangisoni, Richard Kachule, Thompson Kalinda, Thabbie Chilongo, Mwalimu Simfukwe and Emílio Tostão

Synthesis Report November 2007

13The Potential Of Using An Input Voucher System To Integrate The Commercial and Noncommercial Input Distribution Systems In The Southern African Development Community

Policy Brief Series November 2007

14 Report on National Policies on Biofuels Sector Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Project Report December 2007

15 FANRPAN Stakeholder Directory 2008 Stakeholders Directory 2008

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Micro Agricultural Water Management Technologies and Policies• Evaluation of USAID/OFDA Small Scale Irrigation Programs in

Zimbabwe and Zambia 2003-2006: Lessons for Future Programs. By Douglas J Merrey, Amy Sullivan, Julius Mangisoni, Francis Mugabe and Mwalimu Simfukwe

• Qualitative Assessment of USAID/OFDA Small Scale Irrigation Programs: Zambia Treadle Pumps 2003-2006. By Amy Sullivan

• Evaluation of USAID/OFDA Small Scale Irrigation (Treadle Pump) Program in Zambia. By Mwalimu Simfukwe, Masiye Nawiko, Hyde Haantuba

• Qualitative Assessment of USAID/OFDA Small Scale Irrigation Programs: Zimbabwe Drip Irrigation Kits 2003-2006. By Amy Sullivan

• Quantitative Assessment of the Effectiveness of Drip Irrigation Kits in Alleviating Food Shortages and its Success in Zimbabwe: A case study of Gweru and Bikita Districts. By Francis T Mugabe, Joseph Chivizhe and Chipo Hungwe

Project Report February 2008

17A new partnership to improve food security in Southern Africa: World Vision International (WVI) & Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)

Press Release 29 May 2008

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18 HIV and AIDS’ impact on agriculture and food security programme portfolio Press release 6 June 2008

19 Natural resources and environment programme portfolio Press release 18 June 2008

20 Effective policies and strong institutions needed to address food crisis Press release 21 June 2008

21 FANRPAN convenes climate change meeting for senior policy makers Press release 23 June 2008

22 The Global Food Crisis: Who are the Architects of Our Livelihoods? Policy Brief Series August 2008

23 2008 FANRPAN Policy Dialogue, A Relevant Platform for Sharing Information on Food Security Newsletter September 2008

24 Five Years After the Maputo Declaration - Where Are We? Policy Brief Series October 2008


26 Using Input Vouchers For Improving Access To Agricultural Inputs - Who Are The Winners And Losers? By Dr David Kamchacha

Policy Brief Series December 2008

27 Africa’s Resources Key to Climate Change: Adaptation andMitigation Newsletter December 2008

28 Sustainable Development is about “Farming First” Press Release 4 March 2009

29 Regional Strategies for Addressing Global Food Crisis In Southern Africa: Issues and Actions Synthesis Report May 2009

30FANRPAN launches project to strengthen the capacity of women farmers’ influence in agricultural policy and development programmes in Southern Africa

Press Release 27 July 2009

31 Malawi & Mozambique Success Stories and Lessons from the Caribbean: The True Contribution of Agriculture to Economic Development Newsletter August 2009

32 DIALOGUE Issue 2 Volume VIII Newsletter September 2009

33True Contribution Of Agriculture To Economic Development And Poverty Reduction In Malawi: Who Needs To Know What? By Mr Ian Kumwenda, FANRPAN Malawi

Policy Brief Series September 2009


35 2009 FANRPAN Policy Dialogue Issues – The True Contribution of Agriculture to Economic Growth Issue 2 Volume IX Newsletter November 2009

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The Role of Targeting in Service Delivery to Vulnerable Populations – The FANRPAN Household Vulnerability Index (HVI) A synthesis of three country reports. By Tendayi Kureya and Unity Chipfupa, Development Data Trust and Dr Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, FANRPAN

Policy Brief Series December 2009

37 Roadmap for Future Policy Research Activities to Fill ‘Knowledge Gaps’ Identified Through Coordination Works and Policy Reviews. Project Report December 2009

38Analysis Of The Potential Contribution Of Improved Energy Crop And Agroforestry Systems To The Achievement Of The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Project Report December 2009

38The Status of Agricultural Water Use, Access, and Productivity in the Limpopo Basin — Opportunities for Poverty Alleviation By Dr Amy Sullivan

Policy Brief Series March 2010

40 FANRPAN launches regional seed project to boost food security Press Release 15 March 2010

41 Regional Strategies for Addressing the Global Food Crisis Mauritius: Issues and Actions Country Case Study

42 Regional Strategies for Addressing the Global Food Crisis South Africa: Issues and Actions Country Case Study

43 Regional Strategies for Addressing the Global Food Crisis Zambia: Issues and Actions Country Case Study

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APPENDIX 2 : FANRPAN MEMORANDA OFUNDERSTANDING WITH PARTNER ORGANISATIONS

APPENDIX 2. FANRPAN MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING WITH PARTNER ORGANISATIONS

PARTNER ORGANISATIONS DATE

Southern African Policy and Economic Series Trust, Zimbabwe

Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)

Host Agreement and Diplomatic Status, Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe

Directorate of Research and Unit Development, University of Botswana

Agriculture Policy Research Unit, University of Malawi

Economic and Social Research Foundation, Tanzania (ESRF)

Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit, Namibia (NEPRU)

Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension: University of The North, South Africa

Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Zambia

Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa

2002

Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)

Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, UK

2004

Civil Society Agriculture Network, FANRPAN Malawi Node

Agricultural Research Council (Memorandum of Agreement of Lease)

Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)

Agricultural Consultative Forum (ACF), FANRPAN Zambia Node

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

2005

Host Agreement with the South African Government

CropLife International

Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique

Global Environmental Change and Food Systems (GECAFS)

National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC)

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

2006

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Competing Claims on Natural Resources Programme, Wageningen University

Agricultural Research Centre, South Africa (ARC)

International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Angola

Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)

2007

Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA)

National University of Lesotho, Institute of Southern African Studies (ISAS)

Coordinating Assembly of NGOs (CANGO)

Eduardo Mondlane University, Faculdade de Agronomia e Engenharia Florestal, Mozambique

Department of Agricultural Production and Systems, School of Agriculture University of Mauritius

African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE)

Oxfam America

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)

2008

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Pan African Agribusiness Consortium (PanAAC)

Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF)

University of Venda

World Vision International

2009

The National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (NASFAM)

The Foundation for Community Development (FDC)

Panos Southern Africa

Citizens Network For Foreign Affairs (CNFA)

2010

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APPENDIX 3 : FANRPAN HIGH-LEVEL ENGAGEMENTS

APPENDIX 3. FANRPAN HIGH-LEVEL ENGAGEMENTS

ENGAGEMENT DATE

13th African Union Summit, 18th Ordinary Session Permanent. Representatives Committee. Tripoli, Libya. Attended the Thirteenth Session of The Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Sirte, Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from June 24th – July 3rd.

26 June – 3 July 2009

COMESA Policy Organs meeting and Summit of Heads of State. Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The theme of the summit was “Consolidating Regional Economic Integration through Value Addition, Trade and Food Security.”

28 May – 8 June 2009

United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (17th CSD). New York, USA. Invited as the member of the Scientific and Technology Community delegation. 2-8 May 2009

COMESA Climate Change Roundtable. Kadoma, Zimbabwe. Attended the Climate Change Roundtable in Zimbabwe. Made a presentation on Climate Change preparations for COP 15.

16-17 April 2009

Hyper Endemic Pillar Working Group Meeting. Johannesburg, South Africa. Participated at the Hyper Endemic Pillar Working Group Meeting which was held in Johannesburg on the 16th of April 2009.

16 April 2009

CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting. Pretoria, South Africa. Invited to give a response to keynote speech. Dr. Sibanda focused on ‘Where do our government ministers get policy advice?’ www.fanrpan.org/documents/d00677/CAADP_March2008_Sibanda.pdf

26-27 March 2009

Swiss Development Cooperation Workshop on Food Security. Harare, Zimbabwe. Made a presentation on the “legal” enabling framework and responses to regional policy integration.

4- 5 March 2009

Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting. New York, USA. Invited as the member of the Scientific and Technology Community delegation –Under the Leadership of Dr Gisbert Glaser In preparation for the UNCSD-17” Statement presented at the Madrid High-Level Meeting on Food Security for All” 12 February 2009. http://www.ransa2009.org/html/en/index.htm

23-27 February 2009

African Agriculture in the 21st Century: Meeting the Challenges, Making a Sustainable Green Revolution High level Meeting. Windhoek, Namibia. Invited to represent the scientific community in preparation for the 17TH UNCSD.

9-10 February 2009

FANRPAN Participates at the High Level Meeting on Food Security for All (RANSA) in Madrid, Spain. 26-27 January 2009

FAO 34th Session of the Committee on World Food Security. Panelist representing NGO/CSO perspectives for a roundtable discussion held as a Special Event in conjunction with the Committee on World Food Security, Rome.

17 October 2008

IUCN World Conversation Congress. Panelist at the “Ecosystems and food: What role for conservation in enhancing food security for the rural poor?” Barcelona. 7 October 2008

2008 Brookings Blum Roundtable. Discussant during the “Making Forests and Conservation Work for the Poor working group Initiatives” in Aspen, CO, USA. Participated in climate change dialogues alongside with former US Vice Present Al Gore; former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson; former US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright; Walter Isaacson of the Aspen Institute and George Soros, Chairman of Soros Fund Management, LLC and founder of The Open Society Institute.

1 August 2008

2008 Brookings Blum Roundtable. Made a Strategic Intervention on Food Security, during the session on “Greening the Development Paradigm”, Aspen, CO, USA. 2 August 2008

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COMESA Climate Initiative-Carbon Finance Platform Workshop. Presented on “Carbon Market-Fair Deal for AFRICA”, Johannesburg. 23 June 2008

United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16). Presented on “Re-orienting Extension Services and Research to Small Farmers Economic Growth” during a session on Enhancing Agricultural Productivity - Meeting the Sustainability, New York.

7 May 2008

United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16). Presented a statement on behalf of the Scientific and Technological Community at CSD-16 during “Making a Difference: Interactive Discussions with Major Groups”, New York.

15 May 2008

Salzburg Global Seminar “Toward a Green Revolution in Africa” Keynote & Lead roundtable discussions on: “Governance and Policy Processes”, Austria. http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d00526/

1 May 2008

SADC Regional Economic Integration meeting. Presented on “The impact of HIV and AIDS on Agriculture and Food Security in the SADC Region”, Mauritius. 20 April 2008

Inclusive Business in Agrifood Markets: Evidence and Action International Conference. Keynote speaker & key panel moderator for the session: “Evidence of change and innovation in the public sector”, Beijing, China.

2 March 2008

Agricultural Policy Strategy Workshop at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Presented on “Policy Networks and Capacity Building,” Seattle, Washington. 12 February 2008

Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa Conference. Presented on “Research-Based Advocacy for African Agricultural Development - Africa Open for Agribusiness,” Washington DC.

22 October 2007

Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa Conference. Presented on “A thousand challenges make a thousand opportunities for economic growth in Southern Africa”, Washington DC.

23 October 2007

Special Discussion Forum on Africa’s Current Affairs: Agriculture, Science & Technology, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa Des Moines, Iowa, USA. 19 October 2007

World Food Prize. Presented on the “Role of Women in Improving Food Security, Promoting Development and Advancing Science,” Des Moines, Iowa, USA. 17 October 2007

3rd RUFORUM AGM: Strategizing for Enhancing Relevance and Impact of Universities in Research for Development Keynote address on “The Role of Universities in Policy Development for the Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Sectors.”

27-29 August 2007

2007 AAAE Second International Conference: Agricultural Growth, Poverty Reduction and Millennium Development Goals in Africa. “African Policy Development Becomes a Game of Numbers: “From A War of Words to Snakes And Ladders and Finally Sudoku.”

August 2007

2007 AAAE Second International Conference: Agricultural Growth, Poverty Reduction and Millennium Development Goals in Africa. FANRPAN calls for analytical vigor to support the business of policy development.

August 2007

Forum for Agriculture Research in Africa (FARA) General Assembly. Keynote address, FARA biennial General Assembly. Presented on “Learning from Past Success of Research in Influencing Agricultural Policies” Johannesburg.

June 2007

Fourth World Congress for Rural Women. Keynote address on “Poverty, HIV/AIDS and Orphan Care - The Triple Tragedy of the African Matriarchs”, Durban. March 2007

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CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORTS - FANRPAN · In 2007, FANRPAN launched the Strategic Plan 2007-2015 to give impetus to the network and ensure that FANRPAN achieves its long-term objectives