USAID/West Africa Supporting Resilience

Presentation Outline

• West Africa Mission Context

• Coordination between

USAID/Senegal & USAID /WA

• Regional Partners

• Projects

WHERE WE WORK

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Benin n n

Burkina Faso n n

Cameroon n n

Cape Verde n

Chad n n

Cote d’Ivoire n n

Equatorial Guinea n

Gabon n

The Gambia n

Ghana n n

Guinea n n

Guinea Bissau n

Liberia n n

Mali n n

Mauritania n n

Niger n n

Nigeria n n

Sao Tome n

Senegal n n

Sierra Leone n n

Togo n

Total 21 14

USAID/West Africa Results Framework

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SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING

ADVANCED BY WEST AFRICANS

DO 1: Systems of Non-violent

Conflict Management

Strengthened in West Africa

IR 1.1: Ability of People to Address Problems

Peacefully Strengthened

IR 1.2: Targeted Government Institutions

Strengthened to Engage Citizens on Contentious Issues

IR 1.3: Ability of Institutions Operating at

the Regional Level Strengthened to Respond

to Governance Challenges

DO 2: Broad Based Economic Growth and Resilience Advanced through West Africa

Partners

IR 2.1: Regional Integration Increased

IR 2.2: Holistic Management of Targeted

Trans boundary Ecosystems Promoted

IR 2.3: Regional Trade and Investment in Targeted Products and Services

Increased

IR 2.4: Sustainable Agricultural

Productivity Improved

DO 3: Utilization of Quality Health

Services Increased through West

Africa Partners

IR 3.1: Best Practices Scaled-up

IR 3.2: Enabling Environment at the

National and Regional Level Strengthened

IR 3.3: Demand Increased

Support Objective: Enable USAID to

Advance USG Strategic Objectives

in West Africa

IR 1: Learning & Leveraging for More

Effective USAID Programming

IR 2: Operations Strengthened to

Manage Risk and Increase

Effectiveness & Efficiency

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Development Objective 2:

Broad-based Economic Growth and Resilience Advanced through West Africa Partners

• Intermediate Results: 2.1 – Regional Integration Increased 2.2 – Holistic Management of Targeted Trans-boundary Ecosystems Promoted 2.3 – Regional Trade and Investment in Targeted Products and Services Increased 2.4 – Sustainable Agricultural Productivity Improved

Overall Mission Goal: Social and Economic

Well-Being Advanced by West Africans

Feed the Future Initiative

Regional Scope with Focus Countries:

17 Countries (ECOWAS +Chad, Mauritania)

FtF Focus: Mali, Senegal, Ghana, Liberia.

Key WA FtF Objectives:

• Increase regional trade

• Increase agricultural productivity ; access to inputs

• Increase capacity of regional agricultural

organizations- policy formulation & reform

implementation

– Value Chain Focus:

– Maize, rice, sorghum/millet, and livestock

Cross-Cutting Themes:

• Gender

• Climate Change

• Nutrition

• Youth

• Resilience

Resilience: The ability of

people, households,

communities, countries, and

systems to mitigate, adapt to

and recover from shocks and

stresses in a manner that

reduces chronic vulnerability

and facilitates inclusive

growth.

Regional Resilience Context

Information for Decision Making

• Agrometerological information—AGRHYMET

• Land Use Land Cover Data

• ECOAGRIS

Food Security Systems

• Famine Early Warning

• “Cadre Harmonise”, Food Security Tool

Regional Policies & Initiatives

• Trade Regimes: Customs, Tariffs (CET)

• ECOWAP PlanRAIPNAIP

• AGIR

• Food Reserve Plan Zero Hunger Strategy

• Rice Offensive

• Climate Smart Agriculture

Natural Systems

• Ecosystems: Watersheds, Soil Health, Pastoral lands

Resilience: A Systems Approach

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• Communication: regular information sharing and joint TDY

preparation as needed. We complement each other!

Coordination: One Voice, Two Approaches

West Africa Regional Mission Sahel Technical Office

Regional Level-ECOWAS, CILSS,

CORAF ROPPA, regional

organizations

National Level- Burkina, Niger,

Sahel Zone, national organizations

Systems (policies, regulatory

frameworks)

Non presence countries

Communities and vulnerable

populations, Household Level

AOR/COR for Regional Programs

Designation of Activity Managers in

specific cases

COR/AOR for Sahel Programs

Specific Sahel Countries

Supervises Country

Representatives, Country

Managers

Regional Partners

Regional Institutions and Partnerships:

• Economic Community of West African States

(ECOWAS)

• West African Health Organization (WAHO)

• West African Economic and Monetary Union

(UEMOA)

• Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought

Control in the Sahel (CILSS)

• Alliance for Resilience in the Sahel & West

Africa (AGIR)

• West & Central African Council for Ag

Research & Development (CORAF)

• Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) (formerly

Club du Sahel)

• Other Development Partners & Donors

What is ECOWAS?

• 15 member countries

• Mission: to promote economic integration in "all

fields of economic activity…”

• Resilience: Through Regional Agriculture

Investment Plan (RAIP): promote prevention,

management, and recovery from food and natural

crises. Early warning, and risk management

systems.

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

USAID/West Africa role:

•National Investment Plan Integration Nutrition, Risk, Resilience

•Analytical Tools- CET, Rice, Trade, Seeds, Fertilizer

•Assessments: Organizational Capacity, Regional Agency, ECOWAS Bank of

Investment & Development

•Development Partner Web database

•Climate Smart Agriculture work shop in MayNAIP integration

Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS)

What is CILSS?

• 13 member countries, 1973

• Includes regional agency AGRHYMET

for agricultural statistics, hydrological

and meteorological info, and early

warning systems

• Standardizes food security

vulnerability assessments

• Harmonizes biosafety and pesticide

regulations

USAID/West Africa role:

• Food Security Training-information systems,

regional trainings

• Trade: data collection, market assessment

and road harassment monitoring

• Environment and AGIR

In the last 30 years, USAID/WA has funded

approximately $100 Million to CILSS

CILSS Role in Resilience:

• Leads AGIR

• Implements early-warning systems

Global Alliance for Resilience in the Sahel and West Africa (AGIR)

What is AGIR?

• 17 member countries of ECOWAS,

UEMOA, and CILSS

• European Union and CILSS-led under

guidance of Sahel West Africa Club

• Works at local-, national-, and

regional-levels to improve resilience in

the region

• Helps integrate resilience, into

regional and national agriculture

investment plans (RAIP and NAIP)

AGIR’s Role in Resilience:

• Four Pillars

• Improve social protection

• Strengthen the nutrition

• Sustainably improve agriculture and food

productivity. Raise the incomes of vulnerable

households and their access to food

• Strengthen governance in food and nutritional

security

USAID/West Africa supports AGIR

through funding to CILSS

--AGIR “Information Hub”

Other: Funded 3N Assessment through

Africa Lead

What is CORAF?

• 21 member countries: eight Sahel; eight coastal

countries; five central Africa

• Develops new technologies to benefit farmers

• Collects and disseminates agricultural data and

policy options

• Strengthens and coordinates national research

centers and “Regional Centers of Excellence”

USAID/West Africa role:

• Support Organizational Capacity Building,

M& E System development, strategic planning

• Funds dissemination and research coordination

activities

• Funds West Africa Seed Program, implemented by

CORAF

• Leads Development Donor Partner Group

CORAF’s Role in Resilience:

•Technologies: short-season and drought-

resistant seeds, post-harvest equipment

•Disseminating best practices

CORAF - West & Central Africa Council on Research & Development

A CORAF field study in the Atebubu-Amantin

district of Ghana on dual-purpose cowpea seeds.

Other Institutions and Partnerships

West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA): 8 countries, integration and harmonization with ECOWAS

• Trade

• Fortification harmonization

• Leadership in cotton

West African Health Organization (WAHO): Agency of ECOWAS

• Health and nutrition leadership, fortification

Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) (formerly Club du Sahel):

• Regional food security platform for discussion between donors and

regional organizations including AGIR

Other Donors and Development Partners

Regional Projects

Bilateral Focus

• Niger Food Security Program – Aziki (closing March 2014)

• Cotton Program (C-4 Countries: Burkina Faso, Benin, Mali, Chad)

• Peace Corps Small Grants Program

Regional Projects that Support Resilience

Policies and Initiatives

• Africa Lead: Capacity Building & Analysis (3N Assessment)

• Trade Hub and African Partners Network: Food Across Borders

• West African Seed Program (WASP) & West Africa Fertilizer

Program (WAFP) West African Water Supply, Hygiene, and

Sanitation Program (WA-WASH)

• STEWARD Project

• Land Mapping

Trade: Food Security is Regional

Trade: Sahel Specific

• ECOWAS & Hub Rural

hosted January meeting

on trade progress.

• Assessment underway

to track livestock trade

flows from Niger to

Nigeria . Cowpeas

through Kantchari next

• Trade has remained

stable at $42 M per

month from October

2013-January 2014

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• West African Seed Program (WASP): Managed by CORAF this project works to

harmonize regional seed policy in ECOWAS states and increase seed access and

availability throughout the region. USAID is providing $9 million for WASP activities

between 2012 and 2017.

• West Africa Fertilizer Program (WAFP): Managed by IFDC, this project helps harmonize

regional fertilizer regulations, improve farmer access and affordability of fertilizers,

and promote integrated soil fertility management. USAID is providing $20 million for

WAFP activities between 2012 and 2017.

Sahel Specific Work:

Regulatory Harmonization support

Regional Trade Association development

Private Sector Linkages, Access to finance

Certified Seed Commercialization & Fertilizer blending and deep placement

Projects that Support Resilience Policies & Initiatives

Status of Harmonized Seed Regulations per Country

Measures to be

undertaken by ECOWAS-

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Publication in the Official Gazette (2.1)

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Review of the Regulatory framework (2.2) : Y Y Y Y N Y Y N N N Y N N N N N Y 47

National Seed Law Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N Y 59

Decree on National Catalogue of Plant Species and Varieties

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Decree – National Seed Committee

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Decree on Regulation related to Seed Production, Quality Control, Certification, etc. Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y N N N N N Y 65

Decree on Seed Sector Support Fund (SSSF)

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Development of Procedures Manuals for (2.3) :

Variety Release Y N Y Y N Y N N N Y N N N N N N Y 35 Seed Quality Control &

Certification Y N Y Y N Y N N N Y N N N N N N Y 35

Phytosanitary Certification Y N N Y N N Y Y N N N N N N N N Y 29 Strengthening capacities

on (2.4) :

Human Resources Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y N Y N N N Y 65

Capital Resources Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y N N N Y Y N Y 72

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[1] Infrastructure and equipment investments

What is the Niger Food Security Program?

• Holistic approach; model for resilience efforts.

CLUSA implements

• Livelihood security: irrigation, high value and

native crops, improved seeds and animal health

• Rehabilitate degraded farmlands; link to credit

and veterinary services, seeds

• Safe drinking water and sanitation

• USAID has provided $12.8 million between

2010 and 2014 including funds from

Environment, Agriculture and Complex

Crisis Fund streams.

Achievements ( a few among many):

• 33,500 rural households use an improved

drinking water source; 3,000 + women farmers

have access to irrigation.

• 15,100 women in 44 communities rehabilitated

over 2,600 hectares of land for food production

The Niger Food Security Program

Key Objectives New Program:

• Improve the incomes and productivity of cotton producers

and processors in the C-4 Countries: Mali, Burkina Faso,

Benin and Chad

• Improve the profitability of rotational crops (cowpeas,

maize, sorghum/millet)

• Increase benefits to women working in cotton production.

• Strengthen partnerships between national and regional

institutions.

Past Successes (WACIP):

• Trained over 1100 extension agents and provided

hands‐on trainings for 900,000+ farmers

• Increased yields for seed cotton (17%), maize (18%) and

cowpeas (31%) for 75,944 WACIP‐supported farms

• Increased gross margins (returns) per hectare for seed

cotton (43%), maize (7%) and cowpeas (153%) for

WACIP‐supported farms

Cotton: Past Project (2006-2013) and Future Project 2014-2018

Nutrition: Fortify West Africa

• Harmonize mandatory fortification standards: (2006 and 2008

adopted by ECOWAS and now combined with UEMOA)

– Vegetable cooking oil-Vitamin A (10 of 15 countries)

– Wheat flour-iron, zinc, folic acid, B Vitamins (11 of 15

countries )

• Quality Control: industry TA, import testing– partnering with

over 47 millers

• Public Awareness & Advocacy: Branding with Enrichi

Results: 76% coverage231 million out of 308 million people

• Niger and Senegal have mandatory fortification standards

• Burkina has voluntary standards for both

• Mali has voluntary cooking oil and mandatory wheat flour

• West African Water Supply, Hygiene, and Sanitation Program (WA-

WASH):

• Innovative, rural low-cost water and sanitation technologies

• hygienic behaviors at the community-level in

• Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger.

• USAID/West Africa is providing $20 million between 2011 and

2015.

Water supply is closely linked to agricultural production and economic

resilience while improved hygiene and sanitation impacts resilience to

disease, as well as economic resilience through human productive

potential.

Projects that Support Resilience Policies & Initiatives

• Sustainable and Thriving Environments for West African Regional Development (STEWARD):

USAID and the U.S. Forest Service support STEWARD, which aims to develop and

support regional and trans-boundary conservation initiatives. STEWARD is a joint

investment of EGAT, AFR, USAID/West Africa and the U.S. Forest Service. USAID/West

Africa is providing $18 million between 2011 and 2015.

• Land Mapping: USAID/WA supports

Agrhymet through partnership with the US

Geological Survey (USGS)

• Improve regional land use and land

cover mapping

• Increase agromet skills at the national-

level throughout the region; training &

capacity

• “Hot spot” mapping to analyze change

over time

Projects that Support Resilience Policies & Initiatives

Thank you!