Overview of FANRPAN
By Lindiwe Majele Sibanda
Linds@ecoweb.co.zw
Lmsibanda@mweb.co.za
Highlights
1. Background
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SADC
FANRPAN Establishment & Objectives
2. Mission
3. Operational Structure
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Institutional Framework
Organisational Structure
Research Process
4. Current Work
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Current Studies/Programs
Projects’ Timeframe
5. Key Strategies for Capacity Strengthening
FANRPAN Background
SADC Background
• SADC region (200 million people) face
food insecurity challenges.
• Agriculture is the prime driver of economic
development across SADC.
• Agricultural investments by governments
have remained low.
SADC Background (ctd)
• Agricultural yields for crops and livestock
have been level or declining.
• Food aid and imports have almost doubled
in the last 10 years.
• HIV/AIDS pandemic, natural disasters
(droughts, floods) and civil conflicts have
compromised SADC’s efforts to ensure
food security.
Establishment & Objectives
• Against this background, SADC Ministers
of Agriculture recommended the formation
of FANRPAN in 1994 to:
– Promote appropriate agricultural policies in
order to reduce poverty
– Increase food security and promote
sustainable agricultural development
Establishment & Objectives
• FANRPAN was formed YEAR 2001 to:
– Promote appropriate agricultural policies in order to
reduce poverty
– Increase food security and promote sustainable
agricultural development
– Focus on promoting regional trade and exchange of
information across member states
– Provide a conducive policy and legal framework,
including functional input supply and markets for
surplus products
Mission
FANRPAN Mission
• To coordinate, influence and facilitate policy
research, analysis and dialogue at the national,
regional and global levels in order to develop
the food, agriculture and natural resources
sector.
• The Mission is achieved through networking,
capacity building and information generation
for the benefit of the SADC region
Operational Structure
Institutional Framework
• An autonomous stakeholder-driven policy
research analysis and implementation network
• Regional secretariat based in Harare, Zimbabwe
• Strategically positioned to deal with policy
aspects of food security
• Represented in 11 of the 13 SADC countries
through an inter-sectoral platform designated as
a country node
Institutional Framework
FANRPAN Structure
FANRPAN Research Process
Country Issues
Debated at Country
Level
Regional Synthesis
Cross-cutting Issues
Coordination of
Regional Research
Dissemination of
Outputs
At Country & Regional Levels
Advocacy Through
SADC Ministers
Current Work
Current Studies/Programs
Impact of HIV & AIDS on Agriculture &
Food Security
• This is part of a five-year EU funded project
• The 2 year study
• Aim: determining the impact of HIV & AIDS on
food security and recommend mitigation and
coping strategies for adoption by Ministries of
Agriculture in the region
Rural Livelihoods Project in Southern
Africa
• FANRPAN implemented the policy module of the
IITA’s “Improving Rural Livelihoods In Southern
Africa Project”
• Funded by USAID RCSA
• Objective: Recommendations on designing
policies for unlocking constraints to rural
economy diversification
• The project ended in October 2004
Profiling of SADC Farmer Based
Organisations
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Objectives
1. Strengthen the capacity of FOs in policy analysis and
advocacy
2. Develop a database of FOs (Commodity Associations,
Farmer Unions & Cooperatives)
3. Develop communication strategy for SACAU
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FANRPAN collaborates with the Southern
African Confederation of Agricultural Unions
(SACAU)
Biotechnology Policy Issues For Food
Security
• FANRPAN reviewed policies on agricultural
biotechnology in 11 SADC countries & produced
a regional synthesis paper
• This study is part of a wider debate on the role of
biotechnology in agriculture, the subject of
genetically modified food and biosafety
Maize Marketing Study
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This is a 2 year study undertaken in
collaboration with Michigan State
University
Objectives:
1. Improve functioning of grain markets for small scale
households
2. Regionally coordinated strategies for promotion of
regional trade
3. Capacity building through mentored support of
FANRPAN network economists by MSU
Contract Farming
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Objectives:
1. Exploit the potential of contract farming as an
institution that can assist to commercialise small
scale farmers
2. Develop policies & acton plans that can be used to
expand the use of contract farming in SADC
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Definition: arrangements linking small-sale
farmers to some type of market as a way of
supporting them to become successful
independent commercial farmers
CTA Communication &
Networking
• Centre for Technical Cooperation (CTA)
• Support is for publications, policy dialogue
and networking
• 2005 annual regional policy dialogue: a
showcase of FANRPAN research outputs,
4 to 8 October, Birchwood Hotel,
Johannesburg
Agricultural Policy Harmonisation
Project
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Funded by USAID
Objectives:
1. To build a strong network that is better able
to respond to the policy analysis and
research needs of SADC
2. To strengthen the capacity of country level
policy nodes to conduct policy dialogue
sessions
Scope of FANRPAN Capacity
Strengthening Project
Governance
• Full board
• 3 Board meetings each year
Regional Secretariat
• Relocate to Pretoria
• Appoint:
– Program Officer
– Program Assistant
• Establish:
– Monitoring & Evaluation System
– Information & Knowledge Management
System
National Nodes
• Zambia, Malawi, South Africa, Mozambique,
Angola
• Appoint country program assistants
• Revitalise membership
• Sign MOUs with host institutions
• Coordinate FANR policy research & dialogues
• Compile membership directories
• Strengthen research partnerships: IFPRI, IITA,
MSU, ISU, ICRISAT, CTA
Harmonisation of Regional Policies
• Agricultural inputs regional policy
harmonisation in:
– Seed trade
– Fertilizer trade
– HIV & AIDS policies
Angola Country Node
• Set up new node
• Appoint Program Assistant
• Develop policy research programme
Sustainability Plan
• Come up with
– HR Plan
– Financial Systems
• Annual audits
PROJECTS TIMEFRAME