Integrated Food Security and Nutrition Programme for South Africa

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Integrated Food Security andNutrition Programme
for South Africa

• PRESENTATION ON FOOD SECURITY
• PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND LAND
  AFFAIRS
• 08 FEBRUARY 2005

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South African Constitution

• Section 27 (1)
• Everyone has the right to have access to
• (b) sufficient food and water and
• The state must take reasonable legislative and
  other measures, within its available resources,
  to avail the progressive realisation of each of
  these rights.
• State Obligation on Food and Nutrition
• Respect citizens right to food
• Provide protection to citizens against violation
  of their right to food and
• Fulfill citizens right to food where they cannot
  do it on their own

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STATE OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY

• Rainfall in November 2004 was mainly restricted
  to Mpumalanga and Kwazulu Natal. Isolated good
  falls from November recorded throughout the in
  the Free State and North West Provinces, but in
  most cases not sufficient to start planting.
• The CEC released revised intentions to plant
  summer crops for the 2004 /05 production season
  on November 2004. The area planted to maize is
  expected to be 3, 051 million ha.
• The final calculated size of summer crops for
  2003/04 production season on 2December 2004 for
  the commercial maize is calculated as 9,482
  million tons. Thus an underestimation of 775 750
  tons or 8.2.
• The CEC also released the fourth production
  forecast of winter crops for the 2004/05
  production season on 22November . The expected
  wheat crop is 1, 864 million tons, while the area
  planted is 851 200 hectares.

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STATE OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY

• Cattle , sheep, pig numbers decreased
  respectively by 0,2 , 1,8 and 0,6 from August
  2003 to August 2004. Goat numbers increased by
  o,2 over the same period.
• Import /Export Progress
• With the final adjustment from South African
  Grain Information Services (SAGIS) as a result of
  actual deliveries of grain recorded exceeded the
  CEC estimates, and resulted in the total South
  African maize harvest at 9.71 million tons 8.7
  above the final figure of 8.934 million tons.
• This much higher level of production resulted in
  a projected exportable surplus from 2.0 million
  tons to 2.75 million tons.
• Only 374, 000 tons out of 725 000 tons planned
  for export has been shipped since May 2004. Of
  this amount, 251000 tons were destined for SADC
  countries, with BLNS countries taking 157, 342
  tons, and Zimbabwe taking 48, 379 tons. Other
  SADC recipients include Angola (23, 545 tons) and
  Mozambique (21, 300 tons).

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IMPORT/EXPORT PROGRESS Cont.

• Planned exports represent 26 of the total
  exportable surplus, while total exported so far
  is just 14.With the slow progress on export
  rates South Africa faces a large carry over
  stock, which may influence farmers to reduce
  planted area in the 2004/ 05, and may continue to
  keep farm gate prices of maize low.
• It is expected for wheat that the South African
  gross wheat production will amount to 1, 759
  million tons ( including the estimated 7000 tons
  from developing agriculture) Total requirements
  are estimated at 2, 741 million tons . With
  import arrangements in place the total closing
  stocks at the end of September 2005 are estimated
  at 651 000 tons slightly above the desired stocks
  of 591 000 tons.

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IMPORT/EXPORT PROGRESS

• The domestic demand for rice at the end of
  2004/2005 season is projected at 762 000 tons. It
  is expected that 8000 tons will be imported.
• South Africa receives no food aid.

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HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY VULNERABILITY

• The extent of food insecurity
• 1.5 million children experience under nutrition
• 14-15 million people suffer from food insecurity
• Malnutrition over time is worsening
• At national level a quarter and a third of
  households are unable to purchase food for
  dietary requirements of children and elderly and
  the sick.
• Greater percent of households in rural areas
  experiencing hunger relative to urban areas.

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HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY VULNERABILITY

• Some determinants feeding into the hypotheses
  underpinning the measurement of food insecurity
• Households main income from wages salaries(57)
  followed by social grants(14),remittances(10)
  and others including informal sector, natural
  resources, agriculture etc(19)
• Agriculture income contributes less than 4 total
  income for poorest quintiles even for poorest
  households agriculture income is minimal
• Greater reliance on purchased food not own
  produced food exposing households to adverse
  effects of price fluctuations.
• The rate of growth of the macro economy is
  therefore the most important determinant of
  income and food security (with increasing
  pressure on social grants

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Integrated Food Security and Nutrition Programme
ANALYSIS OF FOOD INSECURITY SITUATION
STAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE
CAPACITY BUILDING
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY
FOOD PRODUCTION TRADING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
NUTRITION AND FOOD SAFETY
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS FOOD EMERGENCY
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CURRENT INITIATIVES

• To curb food insecurity and vulnerability
  affecting an estimated 14million households
  South Africa implements a government wide
  programme i.e. The Integrated Food Security
  Programme within which the following activities
  are in place
• National and Provincial initiatives
• Agriculture Land care,CASP (hungry and
  malnourished,subsistence producers,LRAD
  beneficiaries,emerging/commercial farmers)
• Health Department Integrated Nutrition Programme
  (INP)- Food fortification progamme, food
  supplements, food markets I.e hospitals, land for
  food gardens.
• Social Development Comprehensive Social Security
  System, Food Drop in Centers (Soup kitchens for
  indigent,sick and after school feeding),emergency
  food relief direct food aid.
• Public Works EPWP (food systems base community
  asset building projects , income generation).
• Education Department School feeding scheme, land
  for school gardening,curriculum development,
  provision of market for school feeding scheme.

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CURRENT INITIATIVES Cont.

• Provincial Campaigns
• Various forms of Agricultural Starter Packs
  Programmes
• Xoshindlala in KZN?
• Letsema/Kgora in North West?
• Siyazondla in EC

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Achievements to Date

• Special fund allocation to DSD to distribute food
  parcels to 245 000 households since 2003/04
  financial year.
• Food fortification programmed launched by DoH in
  2003
• Distribution of food production starter packs to
  59 000 households the past two years.
• The release and adoption of recommendations of
  the Food Price Monitoring Committee.
• The transfer of school feeding scheme from DoH
  to DoE
• The allocation of R200m to WFP for SADC food
  emergency operations in the six severely affected
  countries.
• Launch of the pilot FIVIMS project in
  Ga-Sekhukhuni District

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ISSUES OF FOCUS FOR 2005/06

• Establishment and roll-out of an effective Food
  Insecurity and Vulnerability Information
  Monitoring System to be rolled out to 10 District
  Municipalities in 2005.
• The adoption of a right based approach to food
  security as reflected in the SA Constitution,
  following the adoption by UN-FAO Council the
  Voluntary Guidelines on the Right of Access to
  Food within the context of National Food
  Security.
• Fostering effective partnerships with various
  stakeholders for effective delivery through
  municipality IDPs
• Effective planning and implementation of EPWP to
  strengthen the development of local food supply
  and distribution systems.
• Continued SADC-RISDP Support. RSA donated
  through the WFP US16m.of 70 was targeted for
  production support in the six countries affected
  by food emegencies, 20 allocated for direct food
  aid and 10 aimed at strengthening Regional Food
  Insecurity and Vulnerability Information Systems
  capability

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ISSUES OF FOCUS FOR 2005/06
FIVIMS ZA is embedded on AGIS
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FIVIMS-ZA will consist of

• A database produced through the FIVIMS-za survey
  that strengthens AGIS by-feeding into AGIS to
  complement existing data and to provide lower
  resolution information (that at municipal and
  provincial level)
• Survey analysis provided through reports,
  tables, graphs and maps.
• Ongoing monitoring through future FIVIMS
  surveys and other refreshed data( Stats SA
  municipal level sources).
• Food insecurity and vulnerability models that
  interprets and explain livelihoods

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FIVIMS-ZA will consist of

• Reporting capability through trained personnel
  who understand vulnerability and food insecurity.
• Dissemination strategy to ensure outputs reach
  policy makers, programmers, technicians and
  councilors at various levels(esp.local)
• Dissemination strategy that ensure information
  flow from local level into system to enhance
  data and to confirm analysis.
• A repository of relevant papers and analyses (to
  further enable the interpretation of data)