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2017 FANRPAN Regional Food and Nutrition Security Policy Dialogue Durban, South Africa 🁢 15-17 August 2017

#Dialogue2017

FANRPAN Strategic Thematic Focus

Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) &

Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture (NSA)

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• The global and regional policy context in which FANRPAN operates is informed by four prioritized frameworks:

1. The African Union (AU) Agenda 2063

2. The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) 2003 and the Implementation Strategy and Roadmap to Achieve the 2025 Vision on CAADP

3. The United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

4. The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (also known as “COP”) and, in particular, the Paris Agreement it adopted in December 2015

Global Policy Frameworks Guiding FANRPAN’s Strategic Goals


African Union AGENDA 2063 ASPIRATIONS

SDG Goal 1 End poverty in all its forms everywhere

Africa of good governance, respect for human rights, justice and the rule of law

SDG Goal 2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved

nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

SDG Goal 6 Ensure availability and sustainable

management of water and sanitation for all

SDG Goal 12 Ensure sustainable consumption and

production patterns

SDG Goal 13 Take urgent action to

address climate change and its impacts

SDG Goal 15 Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of

terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification , halt and reverse

land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

SDG Goal 17 Strengthen the means of

implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable

development

Peaceful and secure Africa

Africa with a strong cultural identity, common heritage, values and ethics

Africa whose development is people-driven, relying on the potential of African people, especially its women and youth, and caring for children

An integrated continent, politically united, based on the ideals of Pan Africanism and the vision of Africa’s Renaissance

Prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development

FANRPAN’S Strategic Goals: 2016 - 2023

Climate change resilient and resource sustainable agricultural systems

Access to adequate, safe and nutritious food for all Africans

Driving transformation through the development and implementation of evidence-based policy

SDG Goal 14 Conserve and sustainably use the

oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development

Africa as a strong, united, resilient and influential global player and partner

FRAMING THE FANRPAN AGENDA


Opportunities to Address Africa’s Agricultural Challenges

Sound Policy, Policy

Implementation and Policy Leadership

Agricultural Transformation and Sustained

Growth

Systemic Capacity to

Enable Transformation

and Growth

Investment, Funding and Institutional Support for

Transformation

1

2 3


Resilient African agriculture and food systems, securing prosperity and health for all

Adequate, safe and nutritious food for Africa

Transformed African agriculture and food systems

through the development and implementation of evidence-

based policy

Climate change resilient and resource sustainable food

systems in Africa

1 2 3

Evidence-based, localized, agriculture and food system

policy adopted by African decision makers

Improved capacity of government and civil society to monitor and evaluate the

impact of agriculture and food policy in Africa

Improved crop and livestock productivity and production, with access to diverse, safe,

nutrient-dense food

Increased and impactful investment into the

development of nutrition sensitive food systems

Improved access to knowledge and resources to accelerate the adoption of climate smart agriculture

Increased investment into the sustainable and

inclusive use of natural resources, through climate

funds and other appropriate mechanisms

Strategic Goals

Vision Statement

Greater implementation of evidence-based agriculture

and food system policies by African governments and civil

society

Empowered and informed individuals making nutrition-

conscious choices within supportive social systems

Empowered and informed individuals making climate

smart choices within supportive social systems

Strategic Objectives

Theory of Change

An increased understanding, uptake and implementation of policy that is impactful, coherent and inclusive,

to enhance climate change resilience, prosperity, food security, and nutrition in Africa

1.1

1.2

1.3

2.1

2.2

2.3

3.1

3.2

3.3


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Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Theme



Strategic Goal 3: Climate change resilient and resource sustainable food systems in Africa

Strategic Objectives

Improved access to knowledge and resources to accelerate the adoption of

climate smart agriculture

3.1

Empowered and informed individuals making climate smart choices within

supportive social systems

3.2

Increased investment into the sustainable and inclusive use of natural resources, through climate funds and

other appropriate mechanisms

3.3

Address the following issues: • Adaptation • Mitigation • Resilience • Women and youth

empowerment • Climate financing • Communities of practices


Climate change is already a reality


• Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) -based practices that have the potential to:

1. Sustainably achieve food security (increase food production without further depleting water and soil resources)

2. Increase resilience of farmers and farming systems to climatic change

3. Improve capacity of systems to sequester carbon and mitigate climate change (increasing carbon stocks in terrestrial systems- farmland, grassland or forests)

Why Climate Smart Agriculture


• Expanding the evidence base and assessment tools to identify agricultural growth strategies

for food security that integrate necessary adaptation and potential mitigation

• Building policy frameworks and consensus to support implementation at scale

• Strengthening national and local institutions to enable farmer management of climate risks

and adoption of context-suitable agricultural practices, technologies and systems

• Enhancing financing options to support implementation, linking climate and agricultural

finance

Actions needed to implement climate-smart

agriculture?


• Ensuring efficient water use

• Protecting our harvests

• Strengthening capacity of key actors

What FANRPAN Is Doing


• Transforming Smallholder Irrigation into Profitable and Self-Sustaining Systems in Southern Africa (TISA) Project

• Focus Countries – Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe

• Goal: To improve farmer livelihoods, equity and community management in smallholder irrigation schemes in southern Africa

Ensuring efficient water use


• Focus Countries: Benin and Mozambique

• Objective:

To address major constraining factors of technology dissemination and adoption, knowledge and information sharing, rural advisory services (RAS) and policies related to PHM.

Protecting our harvests

Postharvest Management in Sub-Saharan Africa (PHM-SA) Project


Competitive Research Fund (CRF): Stemming Aflatoxin pre- and post-harvest waste in the groundnut value chain (GnVC) project

• Focus Countries: Malawi and Zambia

• Objective: To assess, validate and further develop promising pre and post harvest technologies for stemming aflatoxin

Protecting our harvests


Strengthening Policy Advocacy and Research Capacity for Enhanced Food Security in East and Southern Africa (SPARC) Project

• Focus Countries: All member countries

• CSA related objective: To enhance capacity of FANRPAN’s Country Nodes to undertake advocacy on CSA

Strengthening capacity of key actors


Capacity Strengthening of Policy Actors

Youth Championing Policy Development to Transform African Agriculture project

• Objective:

Produce a training manual designed to build and enhance the knowledge and hands-on skills of African youth for effective participation in agriculture policy development processes resulting in the transformation of the sector.


Policy Landscaping Study of Veterinary Medicines in SADC

• Focus Countries: SADC Member Countries

• Objective: To review SADC laws/regulations processes and procedures required to ensure regulatory harmonization of registration of veterinary medicines in SADC.

Strengthening policy advocacy and research capacity of key actors


Celebrating New Initiative

Agricultural and Food-system Resilience: Increasing Capacity and Advising Policy (GCRF-AFRICAP): Focus Countries: Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia Project designed around 4 themes: • Theme A: Building the Evidence Base for Climate-Smart Agri-Food Systems • Theme B: Developing Climate Smart Agri-Food System Pathways • Theme C: Making it Happen: building capacity for pathway implementation • Theme D: Research Management Capacity Building and Cross-Cutting Training


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Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture (NSA) Theme



Adequate, safe and nutritious food for all people in Africa

Climate change resilient and resource sustainable food systems in Africa

Resilient African agriculture and food systems securing prosperity and health for all

Transformed African agriculture and food systems through the development and implementation of evidence-based policy

1

2 3

i. Create

Strategic Goals and Objectives

Vision Statement

Theory of Change An increased understanding, uptake and implementation of policy that is

impactful, coherent and inclusive, to enhance climate change resilience, prosperity, food security, and nutrition in Africa

ii. Implement iii. Assess

i. Technical or Biophysical Dimension

ii. Behavioral / Social Dimension

iii. Financial Dimension


Resilient African food and agriculture systems yielding safe, affordable and nutritious food for all

Adequate, safe and nutritious food for all people in Africa

Transformed agricultural systems through the development and

implementation of evidence-based policy

Climate change resilient and resource sustainable food systems in Africa

1 2 3

Evidence-based, localized, agriculture policy adopted by

African decision makers

Improved capacity of government and civil society to monitor and

evaluate the impact of agriculture policy in Africa

Improved crop and livestock productivity and diverse yields, and

access to nutrient-dense foods

Strong institutions and social systems that support healthy,

nutritious, and sustainable livelihoods

Improved access to knowledge and resources to support the adoption of

climate smart agriculture

Increased investment into the sustainable and inclusive use of

natural resources, through climate funds and other appropriate

mechanisms

Strategic Goals

Vision Statement

Greater implementation of evidence-based agriculture

policies by African governments

Empowered and informed individuals making nutrition-

conscious choices

Strong institutions and social systems that protect food systems

against climate change Strategic

Objectives

Theory of Change

An increased understanding, uptake and implementation of policy that is impactful, coherent and inclusive,

to enhance climate change resilience, prosperity, food security, and nutrition in Africa

1.1

1.2

1.3

2.1

2.2

2.3

3.1

3.2

3.3


Why NSA? • The link between nutrition and agriculture, and the role of agricultural transformation

in preventing malnutrition, remains undefined

• Malnutrition continues to adversely impact Africa, with 20% of Africa’s people classified as “undernourished” (FAO 2014-16)

• While the global rates of malnutrition are declining, Africa has the highest rates of undernourishment and the number of malnourished children in Africa is increasing

• Africa’s predominantly smallholder farming households continue to suffer from poorly diversified and low nutrient diets

• Agriculture has a critical role to play in improving nutrition levels for all across the continent.


Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture

• This is one of two technical thematic areas of focus

• Addresses the following issues: • Production and income

• Knowledge and behavior

• Women and youth empowerment

• Nutrition financing

• Communities of practice

• Integrates the traditional objectives of agricultural development (production, productivity, food security and income) with nutrition


NSA Projects

• Agriculture to Nutrition (ATONU): Improving Nutrition Outcomes Through Optimized Agriculture Investments:

• Started August 2014. • Integrate nutrition into existing and pipeline projects

• Nutri-HAF Project, Ethiopia • Diversifying agriculture for balanced nutrition through fruits and vegetables in multi-storey cropping systems • Test nutritious vegetables that can grow under shade in the forest or in homegardens • Training and capacity building of smallholders and extension agents on nutrition, health and vegetable and

fruit production, processing and utilisation

• Provision of Technical Assistance to the IFAD-Nigeria Value Chain Development Programme to Make it Nutrition-Sensitive:

• Starting shortly • Integrate nutrition into rice and cassava value chains


ATONU Project

1,000 Days

Life cycle

Pre-conception

Conception to birth

0-6 months

6-24 months

• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

• Africa Agenda 2063 Goal 3: Healthy and well nourished citizens

• Malabo Declaration: reduce stunting to 10% by 2025

• Focus on how agriculture can deliver positive nutrition outcomes to smallholder farm families through the generation of robust evidence

• Project being implemented in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Tanzania • Target groups: women of child-bearing age and children in

first 1,000 days of life, high burden of malnutrition


ATONU Approach

• ATONU seeks to answer the question: “How can agriculture programs be designed to improve nutrition outcomes?”

• ATONU works with existing agricultural development projects and programmes to:

• Identify and design nutrition-sensitive interventions to deliver positive nutrition outcomes

• Assess and collect evidence of the impact of interventions

• Provides technical assistance to ensure effectiveness of nutrition-sensitive interventions in agriculture programmes


Food production for household consumption

Income-oriented production for food, health and other

non-food items

Empowerment of women as agents

Reduction in real food prices associated with increased

agricultural production

Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Growth

Agriculture-Nutrition Pathways


Can be anywhere along the agricultural value chain, depending on the design and objectives of project

Primary Production

Post-harvest

Market / Income

Utilization / Consumption

Nutrition Outcomes

Opportunities for Nutrition-Sensitive

Interventions


• ATONU is working with the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) Project in Ethiopia and Tanzania

• ACGG is being implemented by ILRI

• The objective of ACGG is: to improve the production and productivity of chickens kept by smallholder households by introducing improved and tropically adapted genotypes

• ATONU is integrating and assessing the impact of a package of nutrition-sensitive interventions (NSIs) into ACGG to provide evidence for agriculture’s potential to deliver positive nutrition outcomes

Pilot Projects


Pathway Nutrition-Sensitive Intervention

Production for household consumption

Introduction of improved and adapted chicken genotypes (ACGG)

Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) on nutrition education and hygiene to increase consumption of eggs and chicken meat

Promotion of home gardens for improved dietary diversity

Income-oriented production for purchase of food

Increased expenditure on nutritious food from household incomes from sale of eggs and chicken

Women empowerment Changes in women’s time use and status (decision-making) within the household

NSIs and Pathways


Service Providers: • Ethiopia: Harvard Chan School of Public Health and local partner • Tanzania: Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA)

Evaluation Questions: • What is the impact of implementing ACGG alone? • What is the added value of implementing NSIs (SBCC, income expenditure on nutritious

food, women empowerment and home gardening)

Main Indicators • Dietary diversity in women of reproductive age • Weight and anaemia (Ethiopia) in women of reproductive age • Dietary diversity, anaemia (Ethiopia) (and growth) in young children below 5 years

Impact Evaluation


Two pilot projects,

one each in Tanzania

and Ethiopia

Elaborated nutrition-sensitive

interventions and impact evaluation

study designs

Conducted baseline

surveys and delivering NSIs

1. Providing TA to other

projects

2. Evidence and lessons will be used

for policy engagement

and advocacy

Progress to Date


ATONU has developed frameworks that may be used to do the following:

1. Assess country readiness for nutrition-sensitive agriculture

2. Assess project/program suitability for integrating nutrition-sensitive interventions

3. Selection and design of nutrition-sensitive interventions

4. Impact evaluation of nutrition-sensitive interventions

• ATONU is available to provide technical assistance to existing and pipeline

projects that would like to deliver positive nutrition outcomes

ATONU Products and Technical Assistance


Well-nourished rural smallholder farm

families

Policy makers and investors incorporate nutrition in the

design of agricultural policies and programmes

Validated evidence of nutrition-sensitive

interventions

Ag-Nutrition community of practice equipped to

design nutrition-sensitive agriculture

projects

Agricultural experts working with nutrition and health

experts to deliver positive nutrition outcomes

What Will Success Look Like?


BLOGS & NEWS • What can agriculture do for nutrition? http://www.glopan.org/news/what-can-agriculture-do-nutrition

• Women Farmers – The Cornerstone of African Agriculture http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01950/

• Climate Change & Malnutrition Biggest Global Challenges : http://www.gfar.net/news/climate-change-and-malnutrition-biggest-global-challenges

• Wicked : https://blog.gfar.net/2016/04/08/wicked/

PRESENTATIONS • Overview of ATONU & Africa Chicken Genetic Gains Projects : http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01987/ATONU-

ACGG%20Project%20Overview%20%20-%20June%2021.pdf

• ATONU Nutrition Sensitive Interventions: http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01987/ATONU%20-%20Nutrition%20Sensitive%20Interventions.pdf

• ATONU Frameworks: http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01987/ATONU%20Frameworks%20-%20ANH%20week%20presentation.pdf

SOCIAL MEDIA : #ATONU @FANRPAN

PUBLICATIONS • The Insider – Internal Newsletter - (This is a monthly production that outlines the work carried out by each Work Package)

• ATONU project, in partnership with New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), contributed to the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Report 2016: African Agriculture Status Report (AASR): Progress towards an Agriculture Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa’. ATONU work is show cased in Chapter 10 (http://agra.org/aasr2016/chapter-10) titled “Achieving Food Security and Nutrition”. The publication is available at http://agra.org/aasr2016/

ATONU Publications

http://www.glopan.org/news/what-can-agriculture-do-nutrition









http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01950/

http://www.gfar.net/news/climate-change-and-malnutrition-biggest-global-challenges













https://blog.gfar.net/2016/04/08/wicked/

http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01987/ATONU-ACGG Project Overview - June 21.pdf





http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01987/ATONU - Nutrition Sensitive Interventions.pdf



http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01987/ATONU Frameworks - ANH week presentation.pdf



http://agra.org/aasr2016/


Sponsorship by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

ATONU Partners


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