DEPARTMENT: AGRICULTURE Integrated Food and Nutrition Programme for South Africa PUBLIC HEARINGS OF PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING FOOD SECURITY CAPE TOWN

DEPARTMENT: AGRICULTURE

Integrated Food andNutrition Programme for

South Africa

PUBLIC HEARINGS OF

PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING

FOOD SECURITY

CAPE TOWN

12 MARCH 2003

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South African Constitution

Section 27 (1)

Everyone has the right to have access to –

(a)sufficient food and water; and

(2) The state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to avail the progressive realisation of each of these rights

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State Obligation on Food and Nutrition

Respect citizens right to food; Provide protection to citizens against

violation of their right to food; and Fulfill citizens right to food where they

cannot do it on their own.

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Challenges

Net food importing rural black population; Unstable household food production; Lack of access to food; Uneven outreach, representativity, transparency &

competitiveness of food supply chain management systems;

Low income & job opportunities; Poor household nutrition and food safety; Weak human, social, physical & economic capital

infrastructure; Lack of information and communication systems; and Weak food crisis management system.

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Who are Vulnerable People? Low or no income; Infants and lactating mothers; Children; Child-headed households; Orphaned children; People with disabilities; Female-headed households; Pensioners; People infected and affected by chronic and debilitating

diseases; Disaster victims; Total of 2.2 million households or over 12 million people.

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Where are Vulnerable People

Former homelands; Commercial farms; Informal settlements; Black townships; and Inner cities.

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Income of Vulnerable People

They spend less than R600 per month:• 167 684 spend less than R200• 962 625 spend R200 – R300• 473 784 spend R300 – R400• 631 947 spend R400 – R500

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Vision

Universal physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe

and nutritious food by all South Africans at all times to meet their

dietary and food preferences for an active and healthy life.

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Approach

Tackle the worst problem first; State measures should enable beneficiaries to take charge

of their means to realize their food needs; Integrate short- to medium- and long-term measures; Reduce producer, processing and consumer beneficiary

linkages; Organize consumers into a countervailing force; Build outreach, representativity, transparency &

competitiveness in the food supply chain system; Basic food basket for different household sizes; and All stakeholders should contribute something.

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Strategic Objectives

Increase household food production and trading; Increase community income & job opportunities; Improve household nutrition and food safety; Improve safety nets and food emergency

management systems; and Improve information and communication

management systems.

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Target

Reduce the number of the hungry

and malnourished HHs in 2015

by half.

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Targeted Beneficiaries Areas:

• 13 rural development nodes;• 8 urban renewal nodes; and• Poverty pockets outside the nodes.

People:• Children;• Child-headed households;• Orphaned children;• People with disabilities;• Female-headed households;• People with low or no income;• Victims of declared natural or other disasters, and• People infected and affected by chronic and debilitating diseases.

Income:• Spend up to R300 per month.

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Programmes & Processes

STAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE ANALYSIS OF FOOD INSECURITY SITUATION

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY

SOCIAL SAFETY NETS & FOOD EMERGENCY

NUTRITION AND FOOD SAFETY

CAPACITY BUILDING

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

FOOD PRODUCTION & TRADING

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Food Production and Trading

Raise household, community and school food garden production;

Intensity crop production and livestock diversification; Improve training, financial and marketing services; Improve sustainable community resource management; Provide research development and technology transfer; Organize and empower beneficiary food producers,

processors and consumers; Promote business and entrepreneurial development; Establish strategic grain reserves; Improve risk management systems; and Build a representative, transparent, well-spread and

competitive food supply management chain system.

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Community Development Projects

Promote non-farm rural income & job opportunities; Build community amenities and services (health, education,

roads, water, telecommunications, energy); Promote labour-intensive natural resource restoration and

rehabilitation works projects; Develop local and regional markets and marketing

networks; Promote formation and development of community-based

organisations; Link small and medium to larger agro enterprises; Provide community education and training; and Promote rural and agri-tourism.

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Nutrition & Food Safety

School feeding; Nutrition education; Nutrition for lactating mothers, infants and

children; Nutrition for people infected and affected by

chronic and debilitating diseases; Vitamin supplementation; Food handling; Labeling; Public food safety education; and Food safety regulation.

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Safety Nets & Food Emergencies

Child support; Pension support; Fiscal and monetary incentives; Disability income; and Food emergency support.

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Information and Communication Management

Profile of beneficiary groups; Food and nutrition insecurity, vulnerability and

information mapping systems; Nutrition and food safety education; Education and training; Early warning systems; Communication strategy; Monitoring and evaluation systems; Service delivery standards; and Key performance indicators.

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Institutional Arrangements & StructuresInter-Ministerial Committee

National Steering Committee

Food & Nutrition Agency

Provincial Coordinating Units

District Coordinating Units

Local Coordinating Units

B Beneficiary Households/Groups/Associations

National Food and Nutrition Forum

Provincial Food and Nutrition Forum

Food and Nutrition Projects:

•Food Production and trading;

•Community Development Projects;

•Nutrition and food safety;

•Safety nets and food emergencies;

•Information and Communication management

District Food and Nutrition Forum

Local Food an Nutrition Community Action Groups

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Lead Department Responsibilities

Agriculture:• Overall IFNSP co-ordinator;• Food Production and Trading.

Social Development:• National Food Emergency.

Public Works:• Community Development Programme.

Education:• School Nutrition.

Health:• Integrated Food Safety and Nutrition.

Statistics South Africa:• Information and Communication Management.

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Provide a forum for departments, provinces and national agencies;

Provide policy and strategic guidance for provinces; Approve national work plans and conditional grants to

provinces; Review the progress and impact of the programme; Convene specialised expert panels to provide guidance on

specific areas such as irrigation and water control, crop production, livestock, etc, as required.

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Food and Nutrition Agency

Ministry of Agriculture and Land Affairs

Managing Director

Finance and Administration Unit

Research & Policy Unit

Provincial Co-ordination Unit

Programmes Co-ordination Unit

Information and Communications Unit

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Food and Nutrition Agency

Responsible for the overall supervision and coordination of the Programme and for planning, ensuring effective link between all interest parties, ensuring timely supply of inputs, facilitating overall monitoring, evaluation and reporting;

Responsible to the NSC and would have a secretariat within the DOA;

Responsible for the preparation of future phases of the programme.

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Provincial Steering Committee

Provide policy and strategic guidance in the province; Approve work plans and review progress and impact; Responsible for implementation in the provinces and

represent the province in the NSC; Received support for supervision and advice from the FNA; Provincial Coordinator a member of the PSC; and Provide support to the DC and subject matter specialist; The District Coordinator is responsible for the day-to-day

supervision of the subject matter specialists; The subject matter specialists are site-managers to each

programme intervention area and the first responsible in interaction with communities.

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District Steering Committee

Responsible for the day-to-day supervision of the subject matter specialists;

Identify and provide council and community owned land for food garden production;

Assist community organisations with technical, financial and administrative matters;

Build multipurpose centres for marketing and financial services; The subject matter specialists are site-managers to each

programme intervention area and the first responsible in interaction with communities;

Register and support the formation of community organisation; Devolve implementation responsibility to community, service and

business organisations; Ensure inclusion community food and nutrition needs in the

integrated development plans.

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Beneficiaries

Affiliate to or form community organisations; Take their food and nutrition needs to local

government; Ensure that their food and nutrition needs are

included in the integrated development plans; Assume the implementation of projects within

their localities; Contribute to the running of their projects.

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Implementation Principles

All stakeholders must plan and budget; Implementation through decentralized Annual Work Plans

and Budgets (AWPB); Devolve implementation responsibility to end-users; Provide participants with means to implement activities; Improve the capacity to manage and implement activities; Clear procedures for withdrawal, spending and accounting

of funds; and Provide support and co-ordination through a management

unit that reports to a national steering committee.

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Expected Outputs

Profile or targeted beneficiaries; Basic foods basket for beneficiary households; Supply chain management system for basic foods; Strategic grain reserves; Food an nutrition agency; Food and nutrition insecurity map; Beneficiaries’ cooperatives/groups; National food emergency scheme; School holiday nutrition scheme; and School nutrition scheme.

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Expected Outputs

School gardens scheme; Home food gardens; Community food gardens; Food benefit transfer system; Food fortification scheme; Community works schemes; and Community food centres.

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Key Performance Indicators

Reduced number of food insecure households;

Affordable food products; Increased nutritional levels; Increased jobs and income levels; Increased safety nets; and Established food emergency

management systems.

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Implementation Plan

Establish:• National food and nutrition task team;• Provincial food and nutrition task

teams;• District food and nutrition task teams;• Local food and nutrition action groups;• Community-based food and nutrition

organisations; and• Food and Nutrition Agency (FANA).

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Implementation Plan

Audit existing food an nutrition security schemes;

Design food coupon scheme; Set key performance indicators; Set service delivery standards; Consult on food security legislation; and Convene a food and nutrition summit.

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Implementation Plan

Establish management and administrative structures;

Design information and communication systems;

Design monitoring and evaluation systems;

Approval of priority programmes; Design a framework of spending the R400

million for each of the next two years; and Approval of plan of action.

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National Food Emergency Scheme Allocation

Province No. Households Rands (millions)

Eastern Cape 35 000 31.5

Free State 30 000 27.0

Kwazulu-Natal 30 390 27.4

Northern Cape 4 670 4.2

North West 72 000 64.8

Limpopo 50 890 45.8

Mpumalanga 12 000 10.8

Gauteng 5 000 4.5

Western Cape 5 000 4.5

Total 244 950 220.5

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Thank You

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DEPARTMENT: AGRICULTURE Integrated Food and Nutrition Programme for South Africa PUBLIC HEARINGS OF PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING FOOD SECURITY CAPE TOWN