Transcript FANRPAN Contract Farming Project

FANRPAN’s Role in Generating Evidence for
Policy Harmonization In the SADC Region
by
Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda
[email protected]
www.fanrpan.org
FOCUS ON SOUTHERN AFRICA (SADC)
• SADC region: 14 Member states, 228
million people
• The Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources
(FANR) sector drives economic development
contributes 35% to GDP employs over 70%
• Vastly Disparate levels of economic and policy
development.
• Region faces food insecurity challenges.
• Agricultural investments by governments have
remained low.
SADC HARMONIZATION
TARGETS
• 2008 Free Trade Area
• 2010 Customs Union
• 2015 Common Marketallowing unrestricted cross
boarder movement of labour
and capital
SADC Harmonization Processes
• SADC Treaty-July 1992 in 9 areas
• 22 Protocols-signed include trade
• 3 MOUs signed on: i) Macroeconomic
convergence, ii) coop on taxes,
iii)stds, quality assurance, accreditation
• 2 Charters -Tourism, social human rights
• 6 Declarations
Establishment of FANRPAN
• SADC Ministers of Agriculture
recommended the formation of
FANRPAN in 1994 to:
• Promote appropriate agricultural
policies at national and regional level in
order
– to reduce poverty
– Increase food security and
– Promote sustainable agricultural
development
FANRPAN’s Corporate Identity
• A multi-country FANR policy research
and advocacy network
• A multi-stakeholder FANR policy
dialogue platform
• A multi-partner network of agricultural
institutions
FANRPAN’s Corporate Identity
• An autonomous regional FANR policy outfit
• A knowledge management and information
exchange network
• Recognized by governments, universities,
private sector and civil society as a source of
expert FANR policy research and analysis
Institutional Framework
Studies/Programmes
Strengthening FANRPAN
Capacity
Biotechnology Policy Issues
Profiling SADC Farmer
Organisations
Communication &
Networking
HIV & AIDS
Seed Trade
Fertilizer Trade-Harmonization
Maize Marketing
Contract Farming
BioSafety
Agricultural Policy Harmonisation
Project 2005•
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Funded by USAID
Objectives:
1. To build a strong network that is better
able to respond to the policy analysis and
research needs of SADC
2. To strengthen the capacity of country level
policy nodes to conduct policy dialogue
and research
Harmonisation of Regional Policies
– Seed trade
– Fertilizer trade
– HIV & AIDS policies
– Biosafety
FANRPAN Success Story
• Relocation of the regional secretariat office from
Harare to Pretoria July 2005.
• FANRPAN gets Diplomatic Status - Host agreement with SA
govt signed on 8 March, 2006
• New Partnerships with Private Sector - MOU with Crop-Life
International; SACAU – a regional Farmer Organisation
• New Partnerships with RECs - MOU with the SADC, COMESA,
FARA and NEPAD
• New joint initiative between ARC of South Africa and
FANRPAN - endorsed by NEPAD.
• New Partnerships with CGIAR Centers – MOU with IWMI, a
regional core research team (ICRISAT, ISU, SADC-SSN, Michigan
State university) to guide the FANRPAN agricultural inputs trade
studies.
Success Stories (cont’d)
• Transfer of node coordination responsibilities from University to CSOs in
Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa.
• Identification of two and five-year targets aimed at strengthening the
various areas of FANRPAN’s capacity.
• Documentation of governance and board rules and procedures, human
resources policies and procedures and communication procedures.
• An increased appreciation of the importance and needs of FANRPAN by its
development partners – 108 key partners attended 2005 high level
regional policy dialogue
• 8 policy studies commissioned in partnership with international
organisations: IWMI, ICRISAT, MSU, IFPRI.
Success story (cont’d)
• 30 Publications: policy briefs, newsletters,
study reports (Contract Farming, PVP, HIV and
AIDS, Biosafety);
• Stakeholder policy dialogues/ engagements –
5 regional - Maize, Biosafety, HIV and AIDS,
Inputs Trade, Contract Farming;
• 18 National dialogues in three countries:
Zambia, Malawi, Mauritius
• On-Coming Dialogue events: Angola 19 June,
Mozambique-23 June, Malawi 27 June, RSA –
July;
• New Website launched May 2006;
www/fanrpan.org
Way Forward
• Revised strategic plan and institutional
positioning
• Focus on few long term policy programmes:
– FANR INPUTS -seeds, fertilizer,
– Biosafety
– HIV and AIDS
• Strengthen Institutional Capacity for policy
research and advocacy at national level
INVITATION
• FANRPAN-ANNUAL HIGH LEVEL
POLICY DIALOGUE
• 12-14 SEPTEMBER, 2006
• CENTURION, SOUTH AFRICA.
Thank you!