Status of the CIP and Policy Commitments AU/NEPAD Agriculture Policy Exchange and Learning Event May 14, 2013 1 1 Structure of Presentation I. Status of Country Investment Plan II. Institutional Architecture III.Policy Objectives IV.Status of Implementation of Commitments V. Constraints 2 I. Status of Investment Plan • Country Investment Plan (PNISA) & the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition launched in April 2013. • PNISA’s overarching goals: Agriculture growth: 7% per annum Malnutrition reduction: from 44% in 2010 to 20% in 2020 3 II. Institutional Architecture Levels: 1)National: a) Political (Ministers): Comité de Coordenação do Sector Agrário (CCSA): b) Technical (National Directors): Comité Técnico (CT) 2)Local: Development Corridors Members: • Ministries of Agriculture (head), Planning & Development, Finance, Fisheries, Industry & Commerce, Public Works & Housing, Environment, Science & Technology, Women & Social Affairs, Transport & Communications, and Energy; • Private sector, civil society and development partners. 4 II. Institutional Architecture (cont.) Agriculture Development Corridors Challenge: Six corridors for the PNISA Cabo Delgado Niassa Nampula Tete Pemba Lichinga Zambezia Nacala Manica Sofala Vale do Zambeze Corridors go across many districts and ten provinces, requiring greater coordination Beira Gaza Inhambane Limpopo Maputo Maputo 5 (>3000km of coastline) III. Policy Objectives Currently, five policy objectives with 16 commitments between Government, Private Sector and Development Partners were developed to accelerate implementation of the PNISA. 1. Policies and Regulations on Inputs 2. Land Use Rights 3. Liberalization and Facilitation of Trade for Agricultural Products 4. Availability of and Access to Credit 5. Multisectoral Implementation of the Nutrition Action Plan 6 IV. Status of the Implementation of Commitments 1. POLICIES AND REGULATIONS ON INPUTS SEEDS AND FERTILIZERS New regulations approved • Drafted in an inclusive and participatory manner; • Harmonized with the SADC protocol; • Allowed private sector accreditation; • Stopped Free distribution of seeds (except in emergency situations). 7 IV. Status (cont.) 2. LAND USE RIGHTS • The system for the management of land information designed and piloted in rural areas; • Simplification of procedures for the transfer of DUATs in rural areas produced and published; • Directives for strengthening land tenure security in rural communities, and for partnerships between communities and investors being drafted; • The systematic registration of land occupied by good-faith occupiers is underway. 8 IV. Status (cont.) CULTURAS 3. LIBERALIZATION ALIMENTARES OF TRADE FOR AGRICULTURE • Revision of the tax system to improve access to market for smallholders 4. ACCESS TO AND AVAILABILITY OF FINANCE • Drafting of regulations on mobile finance services and private credit bureaus 5. MULTISECTORAL ACTION PLAN FOR NUTRITION • Created National Food Fortification • Drafting of fortification 9 Committee legislation for for food V. Constraints 1. Capacity (human, financial, social, institutional) to implement policy and regulations 2. Coordination challenges among actors for policy change 3. Land regulation reform in Mozambique is an extremely emotive issue touching the core of political and social ideology Remember: Regulatory reform takes time, operating within existing processes and laws 10 “For Agricultural Productivity, Food Security and Nutrition, and the Production of Wealth” 11