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AFRICA FORUM OUAGADOUGOU – BURKINA FOSO 04-08 OCTOBER, 2010 PRESENTATION OF THE SUB REGIONAL PLATFORM OF FARMERS’ ORG

AFRICA FORUM OUAGADOUGOU – BURKINA FOSO 04-08 OCTOBER, 2010 PRESENTATION OF THE SUB REGIONAL PLATFORM OF FARMERS’ ORGANISATIONS IN CENTRAL AFRICA (PROPAC). SUBMITTED BY CHIEF FORNGUEH ALANGEH ROMANUS CHE,

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AFRICA FORUM OUAGADOUGOU – BURKINA FOSO 04-08 OCTOBER, 2010 PRESENTATION OF THE SUB REGIONAL PLATFORM OF FARMERS’ ORG

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  1. AFRICA FORUM OUAGADOUGOU – BURKINA FOSO04-08 OCTOBER, 2010PRESENTATION OF THE SUB REGIONAL PLATFORM OF FARMERS’ ORGANISATIONS IN CENTRAL AFRICA (PROPAC) SUBMITTED BY CHIEF FORNGUEH ALANGEH ROMANUS CHE, MEMBER OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL OF PROPAC AND AFRICA FORUM FOCAL POINT FOR CENTRAL AFRICAN SUB REGION Cell: +237 77 99 03 26 E-mail: alabongalazebong@yahoo.com

  2. AFRICA FORUM – OUAGADOUGOU 04-08 OCTOBER 2010 CONTEXT The population of the Central Africa Sub Region is estimated at 120 million inhabitants. More than 80 % of the population depends essentially on agricultural for livelihood. Farmers, who constitute the largest fraction of the population face a generalized poverty situation aggravated by: • The sudden disengagement of States due to Structural adjustment Programs imposed in the 80’s by liberalization and globalization economic policies; •  Inadequate and inappropriate nature of aid at the base • Lack of official recognition of farmers’ organisations •  Lack of harmony in relation to interventions destined to the rural world.

  3. AFRICA FORUM – OUAGADOUGOU 04-08 OCTOBER 2010 Whereas the new social and economic order requires an active participation from all actors: public authorities, farmers’ organisations, development partners. Conscious of the important role to be assumed in the new context in order to supply agricultural production requirements (agriculture, breeding, Small-scale fishing, Savings and credit, health, information, training and Communication); farmers’ leaders in Central African Sub Region decided to unite themselves in socioeconomic groups.

  4. AFRICA FORUM – OUAGADOUGOU 04-08 OCTOBER 2010 PROPAC’S BIRTH PROPAC was born in the year 2005, thanks to a process that started way back in January 1998, through the « Ebolowa call » in Cameroon. During the Ebolowa Forum, the issue of consultation forums for Farmer Organisations was underscored as being imperative for the reinforcement of the organizational and managerial capabilities of Farmer Leaders for the betterment and protection of rural interests, and above all, for the promotion of socioeconomic integration within ECCAS/CEMAC zones. The consultation process continued until February 2005 when PROPAC was created as a regional non profit making farmers’, apolitical and non denominational organization.

  5. AFRICA FORUM – OUAGADOUGOU 04-08 OCTOBER 2010 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES To harmonize Central African Farmers’ Organizations' strategies and action plans as well as making their preoccupations a main concern in the elaboration, implementation, assessment of policies and strategies; including agricultural and rural development programmes at local, national, regional and international levels.

  6. AFRICA FORUM – OUAGADOUGOU 04-08 OCTOBER 2010 These include: • Reinforcing farmers’ organisations cooperative competences, including their organizational, institutional and managerial capacities with the aim of rendering them to be professional, • Participating in elaborating, executing and assessing policies and programmes in favour of rural communities; including lobbying and advocacy on behalf of small farmers. • Emphasizing on mainstreaming gender approaches in rural areas, • Fostering the setting up of appropriate funding systems in conformity with small farmers needs, • Fostering the sustainable management of natural resources and environmental protection.

  7. AFRICA FORUM – OUAGADOUGOU 04-08 OCTOBER 2010 CONTACT ADDRESS International Association authorized by law N° 90/053/19/12/1990z Declaration N° 000172/A/MINATD/DAP/SDLP/SAC of 28th Dec. 2005 Head Office: Yaounde Cameroon P.O.Box 7445 Yaounde Cameroon Tel/Fax: +237 22 23 41 90 / 99 82 59 40 Email: propac_cm@yahoo.fr Location: Street Martin Tabi Essomba n° 1.252 Contact Person: Mrs Elisabeth Atangana, PROPAC President

  8. AFRICA FORUM – OUAGADOUGOU 04-08 OCTOBER 2010 Cameroon Tchad RCA Guinée Equatoriale RDC Sao Tomé et Principe Burundi Gabon Angola Congo Brazzaville

  9. AFRICA FORUM – OUAGADOUGOU 04-08 OCTOBER 2010 THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE REGION Central African Sub Region (CASR) is one of the sub regions in the African continent that is vulnerable to Climate Change (CC) and Climate Variability with visible effects on its ecosystems and its inhabitants. With a steady increase in population without a corresponding increase in agricultural production, With an Increase in pandemics, pests and diseases without a corresponding response by the international science community, There is no doubt that potential signals of severe hunger, poverty and misery have been brandished before us.

  10. AFRICA FORUM – OUAGADOUGOU 04-08 OCTOBER 2010 EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN CASR CC effects in the CASR ranges from: - 1. Variation in temperatures from the drier subtropics to the moist tropics, • Decrease of annual rainfall in some parts of the sub region, • Increase of annual rainfall in some parts of the sub region, • Heavy torrential rains, • Floods, to • Land slides.

  11. AFRICA FORUM – OUAGADOUGOU 04-08 OCTOBER 2010 CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT • Increased soil erosion, • Increased soil infertility, • Drought, • Increased pest and diseases • Decrease in agricultural production, • Hunger, • Poverty, • Increased malnutrition cases and, • Increased morbidity rate.

  12. AFRICA FORUM – OUAGADOUGOU 04-08 OCTOBER 2010 There is an increasing fear that if nothing is done, in the future, CASR will witness: – • Frequent droughts and dry situations, • Heavy torrential downpours, • More variable and extreme weather events, • Increased erosion and vegetation damage through runoff.

  13. AFRICA FORUM – OUAGADOUGOU 04-08 OCTOBER 2010 THE KIND OF REGIONAL RESPONSE NEEDED Considering the importance attached to this development agenda at local, national, regional and at the international arena, it is of prime importance for development practitioners to develop a set of pragmatic strategies that will go a long way to advance in a broad based front, the national and regional policy agendas towards supporting the adaptation to, and mitigation against climate change among small farmers.

  14. AFRICA FORUM – OUAGADOUGOU 04-08 OCTOBER 2010 PROPOSED REGIONAL RESPONSE NEEDED A. THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCTIFIC COMMUNITY • To develop evidence based agriculture and climate change manuals and related information that underlines the increasing agricultural and climate change issues influencing the ecosystems and the daily lives of humanity. These material will be communicated and distributed to political principals and legislators with the view to change their mind sets and hence, pave the way for informed decisions. • To conduct evidence base research that will introduce environmental friendly alternative measures of increasing production and productivity, • Develop early warning systems.

  15. AFRICA FORUM – OUAGADOUGOU 04-08 OCTOBER 2010 B. POLICY DECISION MAKERS - Institute policies that promotes environmental education schools, - Institute policies that underscores ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY as a condition to all administrators to be appointed to posts of responsibility. C. INTERNATIONAL DONOR COMMUNITY - To institute a condition in their funding policies that favours special attention to the environmental components of all potential projects to be funded. • To review their approaches and devlop a new orientation that enhances the promotion of projects and initiatives that addresses strategic needs than practical needs, - To promote initiatives that enhances strategic thinking than adhoc decision making.

  16. AFRICA FORUM – OUAGADOUGOU 04-08 OCTOBER 2010 D. THE ROLE OF REGIONAL FARMER ORGANISATION - Considering the fact that farmers are the “managers of the soil” and the pivot of food security in the continent, RFO will have as task to educate and sensitize the farmers in the Sub Region on the disadvantages of unsustainable practices. - To carry out continuous lobbying and advocacy with all the stake holders to motivate them play their respective roles.

  17. AFRICA FORUM – OUAGADOUGOU 04-08 OCTOBER 2010 CASE STUDIES CONTRIBUTIONS BY NATIONAL FARMERS’ ORGANISATIONS Eleven best practices have been identified and documented from ten member countries of PROPAC. They are:- • ANGOLA (1), • BURUNDI (1), • CAMEROON (2), • CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC (1), • CONGO BRAZZAVILLE (1), • DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (1), • GABON (1), • GUINEE EQUATORIAL (1), • SAOTOME AND PRINCIPE (1), • TCHAD (1).

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