USAID/West Africa
Supporting Resilience
Presentation Outline
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West Africa Mission Context
Coordination between
USAID/Senegal & USAID /WA
Regional Partners
Projects
Operational
& Technical
Support
Regional
Activity
Country
WHERE WE WORK
Benin
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Burkina Faso
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Cameroon
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Cape Verde
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Chad
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Cote d’Ivoire
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Equatorial Guinea
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Gabon
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The Gambia
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Ghana
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Guinea
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Guinea Bissau
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Liberia
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Mali
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Mauritania
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Niger
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Nigeria
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Sao Tome
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Senegal
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Sierra Leone
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Togo
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USAID/West Africa Results Framework
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING
ADVANCED BY WEST AFRICANS
DO 1: Systems of
Non-violent
Conflict
Management
Strengthened in
West Africa
IR 1.1: Ability of People
to Address Problems
Peacefully Strengthened
IR 1.2: Targeted
Government Institutions
Strengthened to
Engage Citizens on
Contentious Issues
IR 1.3: Ability of
Institutions Operating at
the Regional Level
Strengthened to Respond
to Governance
Challenges
DO 2: Broad Based
Economic Growth and
Resilience Advanced
through West Africa
Partners
IR 2.1: Regional
Integration Increased
IR 2.2: Holistic
Management of Targeted
Trans boundary
Ecosystems Promoted
IR 2.3: Regional Trade and
Investment in Targeted
Products and Services
Increased
IR 2.4: Sustainable
Agricultural
Productivity Improved
DO 3: Utilization of
Quality Health
Services Increased
through West
Africa Partners
Support Objective:
Enable USAID to
Advance USG
Strategic Objectives
in West Africa
IR 3.1: Best
Practices Scaled-up
IR 1: Learning &
Leveraging for More
Effective USAID
Programming
IR 3.2: Enabling
Environment at the
National and
Regional Level
Strengthened
IR 3.3: Demand
Increased
IR 2: Operations
Strengthened to
Manage Risk and
Increase
Effectiveness &
Efficiency
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Overall Mission Goal: Social and Economic
Well-Being Advanced by West Africans
Development Objective 2:
Broad-based Economic Growth and Resilience
Advanced through West Africa Partners
• Intermediate Results:
2.1 – Regional Integration Increased
2.2 – Holistic Management of Targeted Trans-boundary Ecosystems Promoted
2.3 – Regional Trade and Investment in Targeted Products and Services
Increased
2.4 – Sustainable Agricultural Productivity Improved
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Feed the Future Initiative
Regional Scope with Focus Countries:
17 Countries (ECOWAS +Chad, Mauritania)
FtF Focus: Mali, Senegal, Ghana, Liberia.
Key WA FtF Objectives:
• Increase regional trade
• Increase agricultural productivity ; access to inputs
• Increase capacity of regional agricultural
organizations- policy formulation & reform
implementation
– Value Chain Focus:
– Maize, rice, sorghum/millet, and livestock
Cross-Cutting Themes:
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Gender
Climate Change
Nutrition
Youth
Resilience
Regional Resilience Context
Resilience: The ability of
people, households,
communities, countries, and
systems to mitigate, adapt to
and recover from shocks and
stresses in a manner that
reduces chronic vulnerability
and facilitates inclusive
growth.
Resilience: A Systems Approach
Information for Decision Making
• Agrometerological information—AGRHYMET
• Land Use Land Cover Data
• ECOAGRIS
Food Security Systems
• Famine Early Warning
• “Cadre Harmonise”, Food Security Tool
Regional Policies & Initiatives
• Trade Regimes: Customs, Tariffs (CET)
• ECOWAP PlanRAIPNAIP
• AGIR
• Food Reserve Plan Zero Hunger Strategy
• Rice Offensive
• Climate Smart Agriculture
Natural Systems
• Ecosystems: Watersheds, Soil Health, Pastoral lands
Coordination: One Voice, Two Approaches
West Africa Regional Mission
Sahel Technical Office
Regional Level-ECOWAS, CILSS,
CORAF ROPPA, regional
organizations
National Level- Burkina, Niger,
Sahel Zone, national organizations
Systems (policies, regulatory
frameworks)
Non presence countries
Communities and vulnerable
populations, Household Level
AOR/COR for Regional Programs
COR/AOR for Sahel Programs
Specific Sahel Countries
Designation of Activity Managers in Supervises Country
specific cases
Representatives, Country
Managers
• Communication: regular information sharing and joint TDY
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preparation as needed. We complement each other!
Regional Partners
Regional Institutions and Partnerships:
• Economic Community of West African States
(ECOWAS)
• West African Health Organization (WAHO)
• West African Economic and Monetary Union
(UEMOA)
• Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought
Control in the Sahel (CILSS)
• Alliance for Resilience in the Sahel & West
Africa (AGIR)
• West & Central African Council for Ag
Research & Development (CORAF)
• Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) (formerly
Club du Sahel)
• Other Development Partners & Donors
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
What is ECOWAS?
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15 member countries
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Mission: to promote economic integration in "all
fields of economic activity…”
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Resilience: Through Regional Agriculture
Investment Plan (RAIP): promote prevention,
management, and recovery from food and natural
crises. Early warning, and risk management
systems.
USAID/West Africa role:
•National Investment Plan Integration  Nutrition, Risk, Resilience
•Analytical Tools- CET, Rice, Trade, Seeds, Fertilizer
•Assessments: Organizational Capacity, Regional Agency, ECOWAS Bank of
Investment & Development
•Development Partner Web database
•Climate Smart Agriculture work shop in MayNAIP integration
Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS)
What is CILSS?
• 13 member countries, 1973
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Includes regional agency AGRHYMET
for agricultural statistics, hydrological
and meteorological info, and early
warning systems
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Standardizes food security
vulnerability assessments
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Harmonizes biosafety and pesticide
regulations
CILSS Role in Resilience:
• Leads AGIR
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Implements early-warning systems
USAID/West Africa role:
• Food Security Training-information systems,
regional trainings
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Trade: data collection, market assessment
and road harassment monitoring
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Environment and AGIR
In the last 30 years, USAID/WA has funded
approximately $100 Million to CILSS
Global Alliance for Resilience in the Sahel and West Africa (AGIR)
What is AGIR?
• 17 member countries of ECOWAS,
UEMOA, and CILSS
• European Union and CILSS-led under
guidance of Sahel West Africa Club
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Works at local-, national-, and
regional-levels to improve resilience in
the region
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Helps integrate resilience, into
regional and national agriculture
investment plans (RAIP and NAIP)
AGIR’s Role in Resilience:
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USAID/West Africa supports AGIR
through funding to CILSS
--AGIR “Information Hub”
Other: Funded 3N Assessment through
Africa Lead
Four Pillars
• Improve social protection
• Strengthen the nutrition
• Sustainably improve agriculture and food
productivity. Raise the incomes of vulnerable
households and their access to food
• Strengthen governance in food and nutritional
security
CORAF - West & Central Africa Council on Research & Development
What is CORAF?
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21 member countries: eight Sahel; eight coastal
countries; five central Africa
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Develops new technologies to benefit farmers
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Collects and disseminates agricultural data and
policy options
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Strengthens and coordinates national research
centers and “Regional Centers of Excellence”
CORAF’s Role in Resilience:
•Technologies: short-season and droughtresistant seeds, post-harvest equipment
•Disseminating best practices
USAID/West Africa role:
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Support Organizational Capacity Building,
M& E System development, strategic planning
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Funds dissemination and research coordination
activities
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Funds West Africa Seed Program, implemented by
CORAF
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Leads Development Donor Partner Group
A CORAF field study in the Atebubu-Amantin
district of Ghana on dual-purpose cowpea seeds.
Other Institutions and Partnerships
West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA):
8 countries, integration and harmonization with ECOWAS
• Trade
• Fortification harmonization
• Leadership in cotton
West African Health Organization (WAHO): Agency of ECOWAS
• Health and nutrition leadership, fortification
Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) (formerly Club du Sahel):
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Regional food security platform for discussion between donors and
regional organizations including AGIR
Other Donors and Development Partners
Regional Projects
Regional Projects that Support Resilience
Policies and Initiatives
• Africa Lead: Capacity Building & Analysis (3N Assessment)
• Trade Hub and African Partners Network: Food Across Borders
• West African Seed Program (WASP) & West Africa Fertilizer
Program (WAFP) West African Water Supply, Hygiene, and
Sanitation Program (WA-WASH)
• STEWARD Project
• Land Mapping
Bilateral Focus
• Niger Food Security Program – Aziki (closing March 2014)
• Cotton Program (C-4 Countries: Burkina Faso, Benin, Mali, Chad)
• Peace Corps Small Grants Program
Trade: Food Security is Regional
Trade: Sahel Specific
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ECOWAS & Hub Rural
hosted January meeting
on trade progress.
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Assessment underway
to track livestock trade
flows from Niger to
Nigeria . Cowpeas
through Kantchari next
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Trade has remained
stable at $42 M per
month from October
2013-January 2014
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website to receive
reports!
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Projects that Support Resilience Policies & Initiatives
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West African Seed Program (WASP): Managed by CORAF this project works to
harmonize regional seed policy in ECOWAS states and increase seed access and
availability throughout the region. USAID is providing $9 million for WASP activities
between 2012 and 2017.
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West Africa Fertilizer Program (WAFP): Managed by IFDC, this project helps harmonize
regional fertilizer regulations, improve farmer access and affordability of fertilizers,
and promote integrated soil fertility management. USAID is providing $20 million for
WAFP activities between 2012 and 2017.
Sahel Specific Work:
 Regulatory Harmonization support
 Regional Trade Association development
 Private Sector Linkages, Access to finance
 Certified Seed Commercialization & Fertilizer blending and deep placement
Gambia
Guinea
Guinea
Bissau
Liberia
Mauritania
Sierra
Leone
Chad
Togo
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Capo Verde
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Côte d’Ivoire
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Senegal
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Nigeria
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Niger
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Mali
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Ghana
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Burkina Faso
Measures to be
undertaken by ECOWASUEMOA- CILSS Member
States
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Publication in the Official
Gazette (2.1)
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Review of the Regulatory
framework (2.2) :
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Infrastructure and equipment investments
Target
Countries
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Benin
Status of Harmonized Seed Regulations per Country
National Seed Law
Decree on National
Catalogue of Plant Species
and Varieties
Decree – National Seed
Committee
Decree on Regulation related
to Seed Production, Quality
Control, Certification, etc.
Decree on Seed Sector
Support Fund (SSSF)
Development of
Procedures Manuals
for (2.3) :
Variety Release
Seed Quality Control &
Certification
Phytosanitary Certification
Strengthening capacities
on (2.4) :
Human Resources
Capital Resources
Financial Resources
The Niger Food Security Program
What is the Niger Food Security Program?
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Holistic approach; model for resilience efforts.
CLUSA implements
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Livelihood security: irrigation, high value and
native crops, improved seeds and animal health
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Rehabilitate degraded farmlands; link to credit
and veterinary services, seeds
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Safe drinking water and sanitation
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USAID has provided $12.8 million between
2010 and 2014 including funds from
Environment, Agriculture and Complex
Crisis Fund streams.
Achievements ( a few among many):
• 33,500 rural households use an improved
drinking water source; 3,000 + women farmers
have access to irrigation.
• 15,100 women in 44 communities rehabilitated
over 2,600 hectares of land for food production
Cotton: Past Project (2006-2013) and Future Project 2014-2018
Key Objectives New Program:
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Improve the incomes and productivity of cotton producers
and processors in the C-4 Countries: Mali, Burkina Faso,
Benin and Chad
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Improve the profitability of rotational crops (cowpeas,
maize, sorghum/millet)
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Increase benefits to women working in cotton production.
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Strengthen partnerships between national and regional
institutions.
Past Successes (WACIP):
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Trained over 1100 extension agents and provided
hands‐on trainings for 900,000+ farmers
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Increased yields for seed cotton (17%), maize (18%) and
cowpeas (31%) for 75,944 WACIP‐supported farms
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Increased gross margins (returns) per hectare for seed
cotton (43%), maize (7%) and cowpeas (153%) for
WACIP‐supported farms
Nutrition: Fortify West Africa
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Harmonize mandatory fortification standards: (2006 and 2008
adopted by ECOWAS and now combined with UEMOA)
– Vegetable cooking oil-Vitamin A (10 of 15 countries)
– Wheat flour-iron, zinc, folic acid, B Vitamins (11 of 15
countries )
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Quality Control: industry TA, import testing– partnering with
over 47 millers
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Public Awareness & Advocacy: Branding with Enrichi
Results: 76% coverage231 million out of 308 million people
• Niger and Senegal have mandatory fortification standards
• Burkina has voluntary standards for both
• Mali has voluntary cooking oil and mandatory wheat flour
Projects that Support Resilience Policies & Initiatives
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West African Water Supply, Hygiene, and Sanitation Program (WAWASH):
Innovative, rural low-cost water and sanitation technologies
hygienic behaviors at the community-level in
Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger.
USAID/West Africa is providing $20 million between 2011 and
2015.
Water supply is closely linked to agricultural production and economic
resilience while improved hygiene and sanitation impacts resilience to
disease, as well as economic resilience through human productive
potential.
Projects that Support Resilience Policies & Initiatives
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Sustainable and Thriving Environments for West African Regional Development (STEWARD):
USAID and the U.S. Forest Service support STEWARD, which aims to develop and
support regional and trans-boundary conservation initiatives. STEWARD is a joint
investment of EGAT, AFR, USAID/West Africa and the U.S. Forest Service. USAID/West
Africa is providing $18 million between 2011 and 2015.
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Land Mapping: USAID/WA supports
Agrhymet through partnership with the US
Geological Survey (USGS)
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Improve regional land use and land
cover mapping
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Increase agromet skills at the nationallevel throughout the region; training &
capacity
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“Hot spot” mapping to analyze change
over time
Thank you!