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Swaziland Experience in the Use of Agric Input Vouchers Support to Farmers.

Swaziland Experience in the Use of Agric Input Vouchers Support to Farmers. Draft study FANRPAN Dialogue &AGM- 2-5 September 2008 Lilongwe- Malawi. Situation Analysis:. small land-locked country (17,364KM2) population is 927,718 (1997 census) 1m. lower-middle income economy .

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Swaziland Experience in the Use of Agric Input Vouchers Support to Farmers.

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  1. Swaziland Experience in the Use of Agric Input Vouchers Support to Farmers. Draft study FANRPAN Dialogue &AGM- 2-5 September 2008 Lilongwe- Malawi

  2. Situation Analysis: • small land-locked country (17,364KM2) • population is 927,718 (1997 census) 1m. • lower-middle income economy . • 69% of populatn below poverty line of E71.00 (~US$10.00) per month • HIV prevalence- 26% (DHS- 2006/07). • Kingdom headed by HMK Mswati III

  3. Situation Analysis Co3n’t. • HMK- judicial, executive & legislative Powers • Parliament constituted-House of Assembly 65 seats & House of Senate with 30. • system is not a multi-party based. • Government headed by the P.M. DP HMK • Ministers appointed HMK advice of P.M. • 26th of July 2005 a new Constitution

  4. Land Ownership: • Swazi Nation Land (SNL)-held by HMK on behalf of the Swazi people- Subsistence- no irrigation. • TDL- Individual Tenure Farms- commercial- irrigation facilities.

  5. Drought: • 2 out 4 regions never recorded a good harvest since 1992. • Swd declared drought a disaster • Relief task force-the Disaster Task Force. Now-National Disaster Managn’t Agency.

  6. Food Distribution • Institutionalized for more than a decade, as a response to food crises & chronic food insecurity. • Partners- NDMA, WFP, VAC, NGOs • Targeting- VAC assessments, NDMA, NGOs.

  7. Food and Inputs 4 Child-Headed H.H as a Social Protection Intervention Project: • JICA committed a total of E24 m ($3 m) over 3 years – start 2004 season • to be used in source food and agricultural inputs, materials. • Aim- support food security, and preserve home assets of selected child-headed households in the 4 regions. • Govn’t purchased inputs & delivered them.

  8. Emergency Drought Response project- Save the Children Swd& UK • humanitarian response to food crisis due to drought & forest fires in 2007/08. • Combined food aid & cash transfers. • Targeting : VAC Participatory techniques of proportional piling- Most Vuln-Middle wealth& well-off. • M&E has interesting results.

  9. restore smallholder crop production- Agricultural (ITFs) • MOAC requested FAO to assist 50 000 households inputs. • FAO supported 30 000 HH, EU 20 000, WV- 2120 . Vouchers $43/ hh- E300 • ITF- in 25 Tinkhundla centers • Targeting VAC assessments NDMA, NGOs, WFP and FAO.

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