RENEWAL 3 Regional Workshop 12-14 March 2007 Heia Safari Lodge, South Africa

1. RENEWAL 3 Regional Workshop 12-14 March 2007 Heia Safari Lodge, South Africa

2. Objectives of the workshop • To review major current issues concerning AIDS, livelihoods, food and nutrition security in the region • To finalize research plans for RENEWAL’s third phase • To provide a platform for sharing information amongst partners and stakeholders, and initiating new collaborations.

3. RENEWAL: origins and evolution Stuart Gillespie International Food Policy Research Institute Regional Network on AIDS, Livelihoods and Food Security Heia Safari Lodge, South Africa, 12 March 2007

4. HIV and AIDS Food insecurity and malnutrition - chronic - acute

5. A brief history of RENEWAL • 2000 Exploratory work on AIDS and food security • 2001 IFPRI-DFID Consultation

6. Loevinsohn and Gillespie 2003

7. Susceptibility Vulnerability of Livelihood Systems Effect on Assets HIV Human, Financial, Social, Natural, Physical, Political Effect on Institutions Community-based, Civil society, Market, State, Global Outcomes Nutrition, Food Security, Education, Community Cohesion, Income Responses Vulnerable Groups - Orphans, Elderly and Youth Headed Households, Individual, Household, Community Stigma and Discrimination

8. The Vicious Cycle of Malnutrition and HIV Insufficient dietary intake Malabsorption , diarrhea Altered metabolism and nutrient storage Increased HIV Nutritional replication deficiencies Hastened disease progression Increased morbidity Increased oxidative stress Immune suppression Source: Semba and Tang, 1999

9. Key gaps • Understanding of dynamic interactions • Understanding of how to respond • Capacity to respond

10. A brief history of RENEWAL • 2000 Exploratory IFPRI work on AIDS and food security • 2001 IFPRI-DFID Consultation, First national workshop in Mangochi, Malawi • 2002 RENEWAL launched (Malawi, Uganda) IFPRI/ISNAR Research on AIDS, food security and food aid

11. The Regional Network on HIV/AIDS, Rural Livelihoods, and Food Security (RENEWAL) Facilitated by IFPRI, RENEWAL brings together national networks of • researchers, • policymakers, • public & private organizations, and • NGOs to focus on the interactions between HIV/AIDS and food and nutrition security. www.ifpri.org/renewal

12. Goal • To ensure food and nutrition security in the context of AIDS epidemics, and • To maximize the food and nutrition sector’s contribution to a comprehensive global response to AIDS

13. Action research Capacity Communications Core pillars/processes of RENEWAL

14. RENEWAL active in Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia

15. A brief history of RENEWAL • 2000 Exploratory IFPRI work on AIDS and food security • 2001 IFPRI-DFID Consultation, First national workshop in Mangochi, Malawi • 2002 RENEWAL launched (Malawi, Uganda) IFPRI/ISNAR Research on AIDS, food security and food aid • 2003 Network-building, think tanks, workshops Zambia and South Africa join RENEWAL • 2004 ISNAR transition to IFPRI 8 studies initiated (RENEWAL 1) Case studies and synthesis on OVCs

16. RENEWAL NATIONAL NETWORK National Focal Institution NATIONAL COORDINATOR IFPRI contract NATIONAL ADVISORY PANEL (NAP) Guides, prioritizes & endorses proposals PROPOSALS Developed jointly by RENEWAL Partners and IFPRI International Peer Review • RENEWAL PROJECTS • Action Research • Capacity Strengthening • Communications • Implemented by RENEWAL Partners REGIONAL COORDINATOR IFPRI - Nairobi FUNDING International and country level donors & agencies DIRECTOR IFPRI - Geneva RENEWAL NETWORK FACILITATOR International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

17. First Phase RENEWAL Studies (2004-2005)

18. A brief history of RENEWAL • 2000 Exploratory IFPRI work on AIDS and food security • 2001 IFPRI-DFID Consultation, First national workshop in Mangochi, Malawi • 2002 RENEWAL launched (Malawi, Uganda) IFPRI/ISNAR Research on AIDS, food security and food aid • 2003 Network-building, think tanks, workshops Zambia and South Africa join RENEWAL • 2004 ISNAR transition to IFPRI 8 studies initiated (RENEWAL 1) Case studies and synthesis on OVCs • 2005 Food Policy Review 7 (>150 studies reviewed) Durban Conference Kenya joins RENEWAL, Ethiopia start-up activities • 2006 8 new studies initiated (RENEWAL 2) International AIDS Conference, Toronto “AIDS, Poverty and Hunger” published

19. Second Phase RENEWAL Studies (2005-2006)

20. Conclusions of the 2005 Durban Conference Simultaneously: • Strengthen individual, household and community capacity to avoid HIV and to respond to AIDS • Preserve and enhance livelihood options and strategies - incentives for community mobilisation and development - address real constraints (labor-saving or cash-saving?) • Protect vulnerable groups - Social protection is more than “safety nets” • children affected by HIV and AIDS • Strengthen governance and capacity

21. RENEWAL 3 Protecting Livelihoods and Ensuring Food Security in the Time of AIDS 2007-2010

22. RENEWAL 3 • Research in three thematic areas: • AIDS, agriculture and livelihood security • AIDS, community resilience and social protection • AIDS and nutrition security • Capacity strengthening • Communications • Five “hub” countries, but now also linking with others (e.g. Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Mozambique) • By 2010, networks become self-governing.

23. Theme 1: AIDS, Agriculture and Livelihood Security • Food insecurity and risk of exposure to HIV • Multiple stressors / vulnerabilities and interactions with AIDS • Impacts of AIDS on assets and investment incentives • Internally, what modifications are needed so that the agricultural sector can contribute to poverty reduction in the context of AIDS? • Externally, how can the agricultural development community contribute to a comprehensive response to AIDS? • AIDS and the environment

24. Theme 2: AIDS, Community Resilience and Social Protection • Identify ways to strengthen and extend community responses • Linking state-led support to community-driven responses • AIDS-sensitive social protection • Dynamics ~ responding to changing constraints and needs of people, households and communities affected by AIDS • Protecting children affected by AIDS ~ principles, processes, interventions

25. Theme 3: AIDS and Nutrition Security • Nutritional support ~ linking to ARV therapy effectively • Sustainable nutrition security of affected households and communities • HIV lens ~ operational implications of rethinking nutrition from this perspective • Defining the role of nutrition in social protection

26. Capacity strengthening • New strategy involves training and orientation in: • thematic knowledge, research methods, data analysis skills, project management, proposal writing, writing for publication, communication skills. • Strengthening RENEWAL’s physical network and connectivity • National and regional workshops • Maintaining and extending research partnerships, with South-South and North-South links. • Learning grants scheme • Capacity progressively strengthened as communications increases access to relevant information

27. Communications and knowledge management • “Inreach” and outreach • New outreach strategy to be implemented • Messages, stakeholders, tools • Who, what, how • Revamped RENEWAL website • Updating living evidence base on web • Tool pool (concepts, principles, methods, processes) • Bibliography of key documents (links to other sites) • Building on RENEWAL and Durban conference networks (links to UNAIDS, SADC, NEPAD, SARPN etc) • Briefs, papers, CDs, journal articles, books

28. IMPACT