FANRPAN Initiatives

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FANRPAN Initiatives International Conference on
The Changing Global Landscape in Rural
Development Critical Choices for
Results-Oriented Research in Southern
Africa 24 26 November 2010,Pretoria, South
Africa Ian Mashingaidze

policy_at_fanrpan.org www.fanrpan.org
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Food, Agriculture and Policy Analysis Network
(FANRPAN)

• Aim
• To promote appropriate agricultural and natural
  resources policy in order to reduce poverty,
  increase food security and enhance sustainable
  agricultural development in the SADC region
• Vision
• A food secure southern Africa free from hunger
  and poverty
• Mission
• To promote evidence based policy development in
  the Food Agriculture and Natural Resources sector
  
• How
• facilitating linkages and partnerships between
  government and civil society
• building the capacity for policy analysis and
  policy dialogue in southern Africa
• Create capacity to demand evidence for policy
  development

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1. The Household Vulnerability Index (HVI)

• The challenge of multiple vulnerabilities faced
  by rural communities, e.g. HIV/AIDS, climate
  change
• Measuring household vulnerability
• Evidence to inform policy development and
  response interventions
• HVI tool
• A tool to assess household vulnerability on the
  basis of the five livelihoods assets (human,
  financial, natural, physical and social)
• Measures the vulnerability of households and
  communities to the impact of diseases and shocks
  such as HIV/AIDS, erratic weather patterns and
  poverty
• A total of 15 variables (called dimensions) are
  assessed, and a statistical score is calculated
  for each household.
• The result, the HVI, is used to classify
  households into 3 categories low , moderate and
  high vulnerability
• HVI tool pilot in Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe
  (2009 2010)

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Results from HVI pilot assessments (Swaziland)
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Roll out of HVI tool

• Lesotho UNICEF to use HVI to target 60,000 of
  the 200,000 OVCs in the country for social
  protection (cash grants, bursaries, nutrition
  support, etc.)
• FANRPAN to use HVI data for modelling climate
  change impact scenarios. Results to be used to
  generate evidence-based policies and programmes
  to assist vulnerable households to manage the
  risk and vulnerability associated with climate
  change
• Support academia and research institutes to
  engage in policy analysis
• Stimulate policy makers to demand research
  evidence to inform policy processes

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2.

• The Platform for African European Partnership
  in Agricultural Research for Development
• Objective to build joint African-European
  multi-stakeholder partnerships in agricultural
  research for development contributing to
  achieving the MDGs
• End poverty and hunger
• Universal education
• Gender equality
• Child health
• Maternal health
• Combat HIV/AIDS
• Environmental sustainability
• Global partnership

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Benefits of PAEPARD to stakeholders

• Beneficiaries of the partnerships
• African non-research (private sector, NGOs,
  Farmer associations)/African research scientists
• European non-research/European research
  scientists
• Benefits
• Opportunities for partnership
• Capacity building relevant to the stakeholder
  sectors
• Information on calls for proposals
• Knowledge and information sharing

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PAEPARD Partners
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Roles and responsibilities of consortium partners
WP/PARTNERS LEADERS CO-LEADERS
WP1 Mobilizing EP AGRINATURA CSA
WP2 Mobilizing AP PAFFO FANRPAN
WP3 Information communication AGRINATURA FARA/CTA
WP4 Capacity building RUFORUM ICRA/CTA
WP5 Innovation partnerships FARA/CTA COLEACP
WP6 Advocacy AGRINATURA/NRI PAFFO
WP7 Management FARA AGRINATURA/EFARD
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Expected results from PAEPARD project

• Facilitation of impact-oriented and
  entrepreneurial ARD partnerships for agricultural
  research, training and innovation
• Information and knowledge exchange
• Advocacy on alignment of priorities to resource
  allocation for African and European ARD
• European universities/research institutions
  respond to African agenda
• European and African initiatives linked to
  regional , e.g. CAADP, EU Strategy for Africa and
  African priorities

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3. Supporting CAADP Processes

• Strengthen civil society and non-state actor
  engagement in policy dialogue, analysis and
  implementation of the CAADP process
• Objectives
• Facilitating multi-stakeholder consultative
  dialogues on CAADP
• Enhance understanding and engagement of non-state
  actors in the CADDP agenda
• Produce progress reports on milestones and
  country indicators, CAADP implementation debates,
  advisory notes to government

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CAADP implementation status

• National Compacts signed (Africa 22, of which
  COMESA 7)
• Compacts to be signed by end of 2010
• Seychelles
• Sudan
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe
• Other member states progressing

Rwanda March 2007 Burundi August 2009 Ethiopia August 2009 Swaziland March 2010 5. Uganda March 2010 6. Malawi April 2010 7. Kenya July 2010
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Countries Government Focal persons CAADP TC Experts Draft report TC discussed Final Report Stakeholder Approval by RT Conference Post Compact
buy-Ins Appointed Launched appointed engaged submitted report Re-submitted Workshop Government Compact Signed Activities started
Rwanda                        
Burundi                        
Ethiopia                        
Uganda                        
Swaziland                      
Malawi                     19-Apr  
Zambia                     14-Apr  
Kenya                        
Djibouti                    
Sudan                        
Zimbabwe                        
Seychelles                        
Madagascar                        
Comos                        
DR congo                        
Mauritius              
Egypt              
Eritrea                        
Libya                        
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• Thank you