Overview of FANRPAN
By Lindiwe Majele Sibanda
linds@ecoweb.co.zw
lmsibanda@mweb.co.za
Highlights
1. Background
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SADC Background
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. The Proposal
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Rationale and Objectives
Outputs
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 (ctnd)
• 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 region’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 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 is aimed at 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 International Institute of Agriculture’s
“Improving Rural Livelihoods In Southern
Africa Project”
• The objective of the study was to come up
with recommendations on designing
policies for unlocking constraints to rural
economy diversification
• The project ended in October 2004
Strengthening Capacity of
Farmer Based Organisations
• The objective was to strengthen the
capacity of farmer-based organisations in
policy analysis and advocacy in order to
enhance their role in policy priority setting
and communication for decision making in
rural development
• FANRPAN collaborated with the Southern
African Confederation of Agricultural
Unions (SACAU)
Biodiversity Policy Issues For
Food Security
• FANRPAN commissioned policy papers on
agricultural biotechnology policy issues
from 11 SADC countries
• A regional synthesis paper was produced
• 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
• This is a 2 year study being undertaken in
collaboration with Michigan State
University
• The objective is for policy makers to
implement more effective food policies
leading to improved food policies leading
to improved household security
Contract Farming
• This is a study to come up with action
plans that can be used to expand the use
of contract farming as a mechanism for
commercialisation of smallholder
agriculture in the SADC region
• The study is being undertaken in phases
over a three year period by teams from
country nodes in S. Africa, Malawi &
Zambia
CTA Communication &
Networking
• The Centre for Technical Cooperation
(CTA) supports FANRPAN’s
communication and networking activities
• The support is for publications, policy
dialogue and networking
PROJECTS TIMEFRAME
The Proposal
Rationale & Objectives
• To strengthen the capacity of the regional
secretariat
• To enable FANRPAN to undertake priority
regional policy research studies and
advocacy on identified issues
• To strengthen the capacity of country level
policy nodes to conduct policy dialogue
session
Rationale & Objectives
• To strengthen linkages with SADC,
NEPAD and AU
Outputs
• Capacity of the Regional Secretariat
Strengthened
• Capacity of the Country Level Nodes
Strengthened
• Priority Regional Policy Studies and
Advocacy on Identified
Outputs (Ctnd)
• Issues that are Common to All Countries
Conducted Through a Systematic
Regional Framework
• Priority National Policy Studies and
Advocacy on Identified
• Issues Conducted Systematically Through
the Country Nodes