Title: Integrated Food Security and Nutrition Programme for South Africa
1Integrated Food Security andNutrition Programme
for South Africa
- PRESENTATION ON FOOD SECURITY
- PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND LAND
AFFAIRS - 08 FEBRUARY 2005
2South 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
3STATE 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.
4STATE 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).
5IMPORT/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.
6IMPORT/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.
7HOUSEHOLD 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.
8HOUSEHOLD 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
9Integrated 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
10CURRENT 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.
11CURRENT INITIATIVES Cont.
- Provincial Campaigns
- Various forms of Agricultural Starter Packs
Programmes - Xoshindlala in KZN?
- Letsema/Kgora in North West?
- Siyazondla in EC
12Achievements 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
13ISSUES 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
14ISSUES OF FOCUS FOR 2005/06
FIVIMS ZA is embedded on AGIS
15FIVIMS-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
16FIVIMS-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)