Partners Meeting June 24, 2009

1. Partners Meeting June 24, 2009 Lindiwe Majele Sibanda (Ph.D.) policy@fanrpan.org www.fanrpan.org

2. Who is FANRPAN?

3. FANRPAN-Regional FANR Policy Network FANRPAN

4. Introducing FANRPAN • Created in 1997, and registered in 2002 • Focus: • Improving policy research, analysis and formulation on key SADC priority themes • Developing human and institutional capacity for coordinated policy dialogue among all stakeholders • Improving policy decision making by enhancing the generation, exchange and use of policy-related information • Stakeholder categories: • Farmers, Government, Researchers, Private sector • Members/National nodes in 13 southern African countries: • Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

5. FANRPAN’s Strategic Plan (2007 – 15) Vision A food secure southern Africa free from hunger and poverty Mission To promote effective Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) policies by • facilitating linkages and partnerships between government and civil society, • building the capacity for policy analysis and policy dialogue in southern Africa, and • supporting demand-driven policy research and analysis

6. FANRPAN Structure: Organogram FANRPAN Country Nodes Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe MEMBERS Board of Governors Government, Farmers, Private Sector, Donor, REC, Research Institutions GOVERNANCE CEO Director: Finance and Administration REGIONAL SECRETARIAT Director: Communications Director: Programmes Director: Policy Trade and Markets Food Security Natural Resources and Environment HIV and AIDS PROGRAMMES • Biosafety • Biotechnology • Food Prices • CAADP • Women in Policy • Inputs Subsidy - Voucher • Seed Security • Water • Biofuels • Climate Change • Targeting for Relief and Development • Household Vulnerability

7. FANRPAN Structure: Node Hosting Institutions • Angola – Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Wambo University • Botswana – Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA) • Lesotho – National University of Lesotho, Institute of Southern African Studies (ISAS) • Malawi - Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET), • Mauritius – Department of Agricultural Production and Systems, School of Agriculture University of Mauritius • Mozambique – Faculdade de Agronmia e Engenharia Florestal, Eduardo Mondlane University • Namibia - Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU) • South Africa – National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) • Swaziland – Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, University of Swaziland and Coordinating Assembly of NGOs (CANGO) • Tanzania - Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) • Zambia - Agricultural Consultative Forum (ACF) • Zimbabwe – Agricultural Research Council

8. FANRPAN Structure: Network of Networks Commercial Farmers Farmers CSOs Commodity Associations Government Malawi Small-scale farmers associations Zimbabwe Namibia Private Sector Zambia Botswana FANRPAN Regional Secretariat Researchers Angola Mozambique Madagascar Tanzania Lesotho Mauritius Swaziland South Africa

9. FANRPAN Structure: Membership Size • Totals include other membership groups within associations

10. Voice Capacity Building Policy Research 3 1 2 FANRPAN Strategic Framework

11. Strategy Implementation Arrangements(Who does what?)

12. Programme Coordinators International Partners Regional Secretariat National Nodes (Knowledge Brokers) Technical Committee Board of Governors Strategy Implementation Arrangements(Who does what?)

13. What Research do we do?

14. Food Systems Agricultural Systems Natural Resources and Environment Social Protection FANRPAN’s Thematic Thrusts

15. Institutional Strengthening • Strengthen country node secretariats and steering committees • Establish and maintain database of node members and FANR experts • Establish Policy dialogue calendar • Bench mark the capacity of node hosting institution and regional secretariat and implement capacity strengthening • Food Systems • Strategies to cope with the impact of global environmental change on food systems, (production, processing and packaging, distribution, retail and consumption) • Effects of restructuring food markets on food security in the SADC region focusing on selected food sub systems e.g. (vegetables, cereal particularly maize grain, beef and dairy products) • Agricultural policy priorities for improving rural livelihoods in Southern Africa • Agricultural Systems • Improved access to inputs (fertiliser and seed) by smallholder farmers • Making markets work for the poor Programme and Projects

16. Social Protection • Undertake longitudinal surveys to update databases on the impact of HIV and AIDS on agriculture • Review national AIDS policies and advise on social protection policies for vulnerable groups • Institutionalise the use of the Human Vulnerability Index (HVI) developed by FANRPAN, for improved targeting of vulnerable groups. • Natural Resources and Environment • Policies for stimulating bio-energy utilisation in southern Africa • Policies for promoting and supporting small scale irrigation • Policies for improved water access by the poor • Mainstreaming agro-forestry into broader agricultural development policies Programme and Projects

17. Categories of Regional Research Programmes Region COMESA Region SADC Weakest link Country A Best shot Summation Country C Country B

18. Summary of Research Projects

19. FANR Research Projects (cont)

20. How do we inform policy processes?

21. FANRPAN Policy Processes • Partnerships • Multi-stakeholder Policy Dialogues • International Advocacy Engagements • Electronic/Digital Media • Website • Compact Discs • Print Media • Policy Brief Series • Newsletters • Policy Advisory Notes • Project Brochures

22. FANRPAN Partnerships by Stakeholder Grouping • Regional Economic Communities (REC ): 2 • Government: 4 • Sub-Regional Organisations: 2 • Farmer Organisation: 2 • Private Sector: 2 • University: 13 • Civil Society Organisations (CSO): 5 • International Organisation and CGIARs: 10

23. FANRPAN Partnerships by Stakeholder Grouping • REC • Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): 2006 • Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) – Draft under discussion • Government • The Government of the Republic of South Africa: 2006 - Host Agreement and Diplomatic Status • Angola: 2007 - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development • South Africa: 2006 – National Agricultural Marketing Council • Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe: 2002- Host Agreement and Diplomatic Status • Sub-Regional Organisations • Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), 2008 • African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE), 2008 • Farmer Organisation • Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) • Southern Africa Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU): 2005 • Private Sector • CropLife Africa Middle-East, 2006 • Southern African Policy and Economic Series Trust, Zimbabwe: 2002

24. FANRPAN Partnerships by Stakeholder Grouping • University • Eduardo Mondlane University. Faculdade de Agronmia e Engenharia Florestal, 2008 • Department of Agricultural Production and Systems, School of Agriculture University of Mauritius, 2008 • National University of Lesotho, Institute of Southern African Studies (ISAS), 2008 • Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA), 2008 • Competing Claims on Natural Resources Programme, Wageningen University, 2007 • Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique, 2006 • Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University: 2004 • Directorate of Research and Unit Development, University of Botswana: 2002 • Agriculture Policy Research Unit, University of Malawi: 2002 • Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa: 2002 • Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Zambia: 2002 • Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension: University of Zimbabwe: 2002 • Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension: University of The North, South Africa: 2002 • CSO • Coordinating Assembly of NGOs (CANGO), 2008 • Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET), Malawi: 2005 • Agricultural Consultative Forum (ACF), Zambia: 2005 • Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit, Namibia: 2002 • Economic and Social Research Foundation, Tanzania: 2002

25. FANRPAN Partnerships by Stakeholder Grouping • International Organisation and CGIARs • World Vision International, 2009 • Oxfam America, 2008 • Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture, 2007 • International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF): 2007 • Global Environment Change ad Food Systems (GECAFS): 2006 • International Water Management Institute (IWMI), 2005 • International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC): 2004 • Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, UK: 2004 • International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT): 2002 • International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): 2002

26. REGIONAL LEVEL • Coordination of multi-country studies • Synthesis of issues from Nodes • Into Agenda for Annual Regional Dialogue • Network Administration and Development • (Networking, Fund Raising, Membership drive) Multi – Stakeholder Dialogues NATIONAL LEVEL Ongoing Research Studies National Policy Dialogues (Periodic) Policy Advisory Notes Emerging Issues and FANR Policies Tracking Issues for Regional Dialogue • Southern Africa Region • (Representatives from all FANR Stakeholder Groups) • Farmers’ Organisations • Governments • Private Sector • Researchers • Development Partners Across 13 Countries (All Members from Stakeholder Groups) Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

27. YEARTHEME 2001: Agricultural policy making in Southern Africa: Issues and challenges 2002: Strengthening institutional capacity for policy research and analysis among stakeholders in the SADC region 2003: Regional Stakeholder Meeting on Agricultural Recovery, Food Security and Trade Policies in Southern Africa 2004: Policy strategies needed to promote permanent agricultural recovery and productivity growth in the SADC region 2005: Creating a conducive policy environment for a food secure Southern Africa 2006: Creating a conducive policy environment for inputs intensification and market development for increased production and productivity 2007: Meeting the demand for effective Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis in Southern Africa “Triggers” for Agricultural Growth in Southern Africa 2008: Regional Strategies for Addressing the Global Food Crisis 2009:True Contribution of Agriculture to Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Southern AfricaMaputo, Mozambique(first week September) Annual Regional Dialogues

28. Information Dissemination to Strengthen Policy Advocacy Usage Statistics for www.FANRPAN.org

29. FANRPAN Events

30. 2009 FANRPAN Development Partners’ Meeting Venue: Johannesburg, South Africa Date: 24-26 June 2009 To attend: Funding partners; FANRPAN Board Members; Technical Partners; Regional Economic Community Secretariats

31. 2009 FANRPAN Annual Regional Dialogue Theme: The True Contribution of Agriculture to Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Southern Africa Venue: Maputo, Mozambique Date: 31 August – 6 September 2009 Participants will include: Permanent Secretaries of Ministries of Agriculture, Trade and Commerce, representatives of regional organizations, including SADC and COMESA, FANRPAN Board and Secretariat members, funding partners and representatives from country nodes who include, farmer organizations, agri-business, development partner agencies, media and parliamentarians

32. FANRPAN Regional Policy Dialogue Lusaka, September 2007 Hon. Obed Dlamini Former Prime Minister Swaziland Prof. HK Amani Former FANRPAN Board Chair Dr. Lindiwe M. Sibanda FANRPAN CEO Hon. Ben Kapita Minister of Agriculture Zambia Dr. Sam Mundia Permanent Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Zambia THANK YOU!