Partnerships for food security

FARA, Accra Ghana

AIFSC priorities East and south African countries Identified as a country/sub-regional need Identified as a gap in existing agricultural research for

development Opportunities for bridging the gap between research and

development Opportunities for leveraging off existing work Opportunities for co-investment, in particular with private

sector partners Encourage south-south institution support Recognising the impact of gender on food security Opportunities for where Australian comparative

advantage can have impact and alignment with national interests

Smallholder farmers Seven out of ten Africans gain

their livelihoods through farming Likely to be a woman 1 hectare or less Yield is one quarter the global

average Basic equipment – hoe and saved

seed Lacking information and decision

making

=> Struggling to feed a continent of nearly one billion people

Africa is more vulnerable to changing world food prices

Source: FAO 2011 The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2011. Rome

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Sufficient, accessible and nutritious food

MDGs, in-country priorities, Australian Aid Frameworks

Focus of interventions

Outcomes

Impact

Policy frameworks

Increased food production

Increased income Improved access to knowledge

Increased institutional and

individual capacity

Improved nutrition and diversity in

diets

“Food security” = availability, access and utilisationBroad platform

Sustainable and productive

farming systems

Markets, value chains and

social systems

Food nutrition and safety

Communica-tions and

knowledge management

Education, training and

capacity building

Increased access to more nutritious and safe food and

less post harvest waste

Greater access to agricultural

innovations

Outputs of interventions

for smallholder female and male farmers and other poor households

Innovations in information

and knowledge delivery and

facilitated partnerships

Critical mass trained to address

food security issues, enduring

institutional partnerships

Program themes

Accelerating research delivery and adoption of innovations for food security

(research) (capacity building)

Better market

access and returns, and

stronger value chains

Better informed and

supported policy

development

Sustainable and productive

farming systems

Markets, value chains

& social systems

Food nutrition

and safety

Evergreen Agriculture$5.5million(+ $2 million)4 yearsUganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi

Adoption Pathways$3 million(+ $1.8 million)4 yearsEthiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique

Blue water use

Family poultry and crops

Vegetable-based farmingUnderstanding

farming systems

Primary impactSecondary impact

scope

project

Small-scalemechanisation$4 million(+ $2.3 million)4 yearsEthiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Current activitiesReview of ACIAR’s projects in Africa – impacts and adoption

Foresight for food security

Landcare for Food Security

FARA priority themes AIFSC priority? Area of fit

Crop diversification ✓ P3, Vegetable scoping study

Integrated crop livestock systems ✓ P1, P3, Evergreen Ag, Poultry crop interactions, Water

Research uptake and scaling out ✓ MISSION, Pathways project, Impact and adoption study

Knowledge mgt ✓ P4, HarvestChoice

Value chain analysis ✓ P2

Foresight use ✓ HarvestChoice, Farming Systems

Socio economic impacts ✓ P2, Pathways project, Small scale mechanisation project

Food safety, quality & nutrition ✓ P3

Ag financing ✗

Biotech. stewardship ✗

Capacity strengthening ✓ P5, Landcare scoping study

Success of Newcastle Disease vaccine

• Assoc. Prof. Robyn Alders involved for over 20 yrs

• Thermo-tolerant vaccine produced (ACIAR $) and distributed over several African countries (AusAID $)

• Sustainable system for vaccine production and coordinated distribution – vaccination and evaluation every 4 months

• 70-80% protection of flock against disease

AIFSC poultry–crop project

• Assessing poultry and crop value chains:o strategic linkages to improve efficiency of both chains?o ↑ poultry production/trade through supplementary

feeding from crops?o ↑’d efficiency of poultry production contribute to

ecologically sustainable ag and food security?o ↑ human nutrition

o specialists in human health & nutrition, animal health, value chains, gender/social issues

KenyaUgandaTanzaniaRwandaBurundi

AusAID, Nairobi Food Security Team

ILRI, Nairobi Seminar

AfricanEnterpriseChallengeFund – KPMG & B&MGF

African Union,Addis Ababa

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