Mitigating Global Food Crisis: Responses at National Level
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Mitigating Global Food Crisis:Responses at National Level
The Case of Madagascar
Contents
• Preamble: Three documents, one big event– The Madagascar Action Plan (MAP)
• Global Food Crisis Impact and Responses at National Level
• Introduction• Objective• The situation at a glance• Measures adopted by the Government• Conclusion
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naturellement !
Une vision pour Madagascar
Une vision pour Madagascar
et ses Ret ses Réégions
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Présidence de la République de Madagascar
Preamble: Three key documents, one big event
Iavoloha 9 - 10 June Iavoloha 9 - 10 June 20082008
ROUND TABLE FOR THE « MADAGASCAR ACTION PLAN »
OR MAP
•The Vision Madagascar Naturally!
•establish stronger links with the rural world for poverty reduction
•The Madagascar Action Plan (MAP)
•a 5-year road map to achieve the Vision
•A Round Table for the MAP
•round table of all stakeholders for the implementation of the MAP (ownership)
The 8 MAP Commitments
The 8 MAP Commitments (cont’d)
Global Food Crisis Impact and Responses at National Level
Action plan for Madagascarin the short and medium term
Introduction
• Soaring prices of cereals including rice, cooking oil, fuels, transportation, fertilizers, etc... in the world markets
• TICAD IV, Japan – Tunis in June 08
• FAO Summit in June 08
• Initiatives on food soaring prices (FAO, WB, IMF, EU, etc.)
Objective: to mitigate the impact of soaring prices on the world markets
particularly : (i) To increase food products supply of
domestic markets by improving agricultural productivity and production; and
(ii) To facilitate vulnerable population’s access to balanced alimentation
The situation at a glance
• Rice: stapple food
• Population: 18 millions
• Annual production: 3.5 millions tons
• Per capita consumption: 120 kg/yr
Evolution of rice price in Madagascar
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Measures adopted by the Government
• Re-adjustment of the annual budget
• Additional budget for Social protection
• Fiscal measures (VAT, transport subsidies, …)
• Support to off-season rice production
Approach How to transform the food crisis into an
opportunity?
• Integration of the MAP policies and strategies within sectorial programmes,
• Linkages with on going programmes and efficient institutions with success stories,
• Emergency programmes • Improving leadership and management capacities, • Strenghtening analysis capacity of food and nutrition
situation• Communication and information programme• Conformity with cross cutting issues (climate change,
gender, etc…)
Components
• Improvement of productivity
• Food security nets
In the short term
Objective: to increase food productivity and diversity• Off-season
– Communication - sensitization– Platform for fertilizers
• Main season– Set up of CSA (Centers for Agricultural Services)– Input supply (improved seeds, fertilizers, pesticides…)– Promoting urban and peri urban agriculture
In the medium term
Objective: to increase food productivity and diversity– Strengthening of extension services– Implementing watershed and irrigation scheme program– Research and Development (R&D)– Input supply– Promoting rural credit– Diversification of food production (sorghum, cassava)– Empowerment of farmers’ associations– Post harvest management (reducing post harvest losses,
transportation, drying,…) – Data base
- Storage and handling facilities (silo,….)- Marketing (export to COMESA, COI, SADC countries)
Conclusion
• In November 2007, Presidential Dialogue with stakeholders
• Platform of donors and actors
• African Meeting on SRI Intensive Rice Cultivation System (April 2009)
• African Union Summit, July 2009
• Collaboration with FANRPAN