Highlights1. Background
– SADC Background– Establishment & Objectives
2. Mission3. Operational Structure
– Institutional Framework– Organisational Structure– Research Process
4. Current Work– Current Studies/Programs– Projects’ Timeframe
5. The Proposal– Rationale and Objectives– Outputs
FANRPAN Background
SADC Background
• SADC region (200 million people) face food insecurity challenges.
• Agriculture is the prime driver of economic development across SADC.
• Agricultural investments by governments have remained low.
SADC Background (ctnd)
• Agricultural yields for crops and livestock have been level or declining.
• Food aid and imports have almost doubled in the last 10 years.
• HIV/AIDS pandemic, natural disasters (droughts, floods) and civil conflicts have compromised region’s efforts to ensure food security.
Establishment & Objectives
• Against this background, SADC Ministers of Agriculture recommended the formation of FANRPAN in 1994 to:– Promote appropriate agricultural policies in
order to reduce poverty– Increase food security and promote
sustainable agricultural development
Establishment & Objectives
• FANRPAN was formed to:– Promote appropriate agricultural policies in order to
reduce poverty– Increase food security and promote sustainable
agricultural development – Focus on promoting regional trade and exchange of
information across member states – Provide a conducive policy and legal framework,
including functional input supply and markets for surplus products
Mission
FANRPAN Mission
• To coordinatecoordinate, influenceinfluence and facilitatefacilitate policy research, analysis and dialogue at the nationalnational, regionalregional and globalglobal levels in order to develop the food, agriculture and natural resources sector.
• The Mission is achieved through networkingnetworking, capacity buildingcapacity building and informationinformation generation generation for the benefit of the SADC region
Operational Structure
Institutional Framework
• An autonomous stakeholder-driven policy research analysis and implementation network
• Regional secretariat based in Harare, Zimbabwe
• Strategically positioned to deal with policy aspects of food security
• Represented in 11 of the 13 SADC countries through an inter-sectoral platform designated as a country node
Institutional Framework
FANRPAN Structure
FANRPAN Research ProcessCountry Issues
Debated at CountryLevel
Regional SynthesisCross-cutting Issues
Coordination ofRegional Research
Dissemination of Outputs
At Country & Regional Levels
Advocacy ThroughSADC Ministers
Current Work
Current Studies/Programs
Impact of HIV & AIDS on Agriculture & Food Security
• This is part of a five-year EU funded project
• The 2 year study is aimed at determining the impact of HIV & AIDS on food security and recommend mitigation and coping strategies for adoption by Ministries of Agriculture in the region
Rural Livelihoods Project in Southern Africa
• FANRPAN implemented the policy module of the International Institute of Agriculture’s “Improving Rural Livelihoods In Southern Africa Project”
• The objective of the study was to come up with recommendations on designing policies for unlocking constraints to rural economy diversification
• The project ended in October 2004
Strengthening Capacity of Farmer Based Organisations
• The objective was to strengthen the capacity of farmer-based organisations in policy analysis and advocacy in order to enhance their role in policy priority setting and communication for decision making in rural development
• FANRPAN collaborated with the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)
Biodiversity Policy Issues For Food Security
• FANRPAN commissioned policy papers on agricultural biotechnology policy issues from 11 SADC countries
• A regional synthesis paper was produced
• This study is part of a wider debate on the role of biotechnology in agriculture, the subject of genetically modified food and biosafety
Maize Marketing Study
• This is a 2 year study being undertaken in collaboration with Michigan State University
• The objective is for policy makers to implement more effective food policies leading to improved food policies leading to improved household security
Contract Farming
• This is a study to come up with action plans that can be used to expand the use of contract farming as a mechanism for commercialisation of smallholder agriculture in the SADC region
• The study is being undertaken in phases over a three year period by teams from country nodes in S. Africa, Malawi & Zambia
CTA Communication & Networking
• The Centre for Technical Cooperation (CTA) supports FANRPAN’s communication and networking activities
• The support is for publications, policy dialogue and networking
PROJECTS TIMEFRAME
The Proposal
Rationale & Objectives
• To strengthen the capacity of the regional secretariat
• To enable FANRPAN to undertake priority regional policy research studies and advocacy on identified issues
• To strengthen the capacity of country level policy nodes to conduct policy dialogue session
Rationale & Objectives
• To strengthen linkages with SADC, NEPAD and AU
Outputs
• Capacity of the Regional Secretariat Strengthened
• Capacity of the Country Level Nodes Strengthened
• Priority Regional Policy Studies and Advocacy on Identified
Outputs (Ctnd)
• Issues that are Common to All Countries Conducted Through a Systematic Regional Framework
• Priority National Policy Studies and Advocacy on Identified
• Issues Conducted Systematically Through the Country Nodes
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