FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY
DRAFT POLICY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
September, 2014
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page no.
List of Tables....................................................................................................................... 2
List of Figures ..................................................................................................................... 2
LIST OF ACRONYMS .......................................................................................................... 3
1)
INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 4
2)
RATIONALE FOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION POLICY
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN DEVELOPMENT ........................................................... 5
3)
GOAL OF FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY POLICY ....................................... 5
3.1
Implementation plan prioritized outcomes .................................................................. 6
4)
ANALYSIS OF UNDERLYING CAUSES OF POVERTY, FOOD INSECURITY AND
MALNUTRITION IN SOUTH AFRICA ..................................................................... 7
5)
FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMS AND INTERVENTION’s SWOT ANALYSIS ........ 9
6)
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT FOR THE FOOD AND NUTRITION
SECURITY POLICY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ................................................... 13
6.1
Office of the President / Cabinet ............................................................................... 14
6.2
Government Departments ......................................................................................... 14
6.3
Technical Multi-Stakeholders’ Forum ......................................................................... 15
6.4
Development Partners, Private Sector, Civil Society Organizations, NGOs and CBO’s 15
6.4
South Africa Vulnerability Assessment Committee .................................................... 16
6.5
General Public ........................................................................................................... 16
7)
MONITORING AND EVALUATION MECHANISMS ............................................. 17
8)
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FINANCE AND BUSINESS MODEL .......................... 19
7)
GLOSSARY OF CONCEPTS USED IN THIS PLAN ................................................ 51
8)
LIST OF REFERENCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY .............................................................. 53
List of Tables
Table 1: Food and Security Programs and Interventions in South Africa SWOT
analysis ................................................................................................................................... 11
Table 2: Food and Nutrition Security Policy Implementation Plan Prioritized
Outcomes, Targets, Outputs and Activities ....................................................................... 20
List of Figures
Figure 1: Proposed Institutional Arrangement and Information Flow ...................... 17
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LIST OF ACRONYMS
CBOs
Community Based Organisations
DAFF
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
DoSD
Department of Social Development
DoBE
Department of Basic Education
DoH
Department of Health
DTI
Department of Trade and Industry
EDC's
Early Childhood Development Centres
EPWP
Expanded Public Works Programme
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organisation
FNSAC
Food and Nutrition Security Advisory Committee
HIV/AIDS
Human Immune Virus/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
HRSC
Human Science Research Council
INP
Integrated Nutrition Programme
IFSS
Integrated Food Security Strategy
IFSNP
Integrated Food Security and Nutrition Programme
IGAs
Income Generating Activities
NGOs
Non-Governmental Organisations
NPFNS
National Policy on Food and Nutrition Security
RSA
Republic of South Africa
SAVAC
South Africa Vulnerability and Assessment Committee
SANHNES
South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
STATS SA
Statistics South Africa
SWOT
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
UNICEF
United Nations Children Fund
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1)
INTRODUCTION
Food and nutrition security is part of the Section 27 Constitutional rights in South
Africa. The constitution states that every citizen has the right to access to sufficient
food and water, and that the state must by legislation and other measures, within its
available resources avail to progressive realization of the right to sufficient food
(RSA, 1996). Food security exists when every household individual at all times have
enough nutritious food for an active, healthy and productive life (FAO, 1996).
South Africa has progressively engaged in the fight against hunger and poverty
through its policies and programme interventions since the democratic dispensation
(1994). An integrated approach to ensuring delivery of food security programmes
has been pursued through the implementation of the Integrated Food Security and
Nutrition Programme (NPFNS), Government of South Africa approved the National
Policy on Food and Nutrition Security and the Household Food and Nutrition Security
Strategy in 2013 to continue responding to the hunger challenges in the country.
The National Policy on Food and Nutrition Security provides a common reference for
all players in tackling the food and nutrition insecurity problem with emphasis on
synergy that will minimize undue duplication and inefficient deployment of resources.
Recognizing the importance of implementing the food and nutrition security
programs and plans, Government strategically assigned particular Ministries to colead its commitment areas.
The Household Food and Nutrition Strategy recognizes measures including social
grants, feeding schemes, fortification of staples, moderation of food prices and
subsistence farming supports to address household-level food and nutrition
insecurity. However, the Strategy alludes to limitations of these interventions, as
inadequate and recommends that they must be expanded, enhanced or better
focused, used in more effective combinations, and/or complemented by additional
interventions. It is also clear that, because of the complexity of both the challenge
and necessary responses, better programme co-ordination and monitoring are
essential. As a response to the above challenges, the Intergovernmental Technical
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Working Group on food and nutrition security has developed an integrated food and
nutrition security implementation plan.
2)
RATIONALE FOR FOOD SECURITY AND
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN DEVELOPMENT
NUTRITION
POLICY
The rationale for the development of the Food Security and Nutrition Policy
Implementation Plan is to provide a medium to long term Results Based Framework
for the direction of Food Security and Nutrition Implementation in South Africa. This
plan is expected to provide synergy for implementation of food and nutrition
programs aimed at reducing poverty and addressing the causal factors for the
current food and nutrition situation. The process of developing the plan will entail
holding meetings, reviewing documents, internal SWOT analysis and general
consultations.
The process will include individual and group tasks that will be undertaken which
give rise to synthesized issues contained in this document. This consultative nature
of the planning process will enable the Inter-Governmental Working Group to
obtain and access a wide range and in-depth information relevant for the
development of realistic and deliverable outcomes and outputs pursued in this plan.
While offering broad and clear guidelines on the role and functions of all different
stakeholders, the implementation plan will also provide a clear framework for
monitoring and evaluating national progress towards common and shared
outcomes on food and nutrition security. Essential to this will be effective
mechanisms for ensuring transparency and accountability of all key stakeholders to
the South African population.
3)
GOAL OF FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY POLICY
The main goal of the National Food and Nutrition Security Policy is to ensure
availability, accessibility and affordability of safe and nutritional food at national and
household levels (NPFNS, 2013). This goal will be attained through implementation
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of five pillars which constitute the foundation of the policy and allows for multisectoral integration of initiatives and programmes. These pillars include availability
of improved safety nets, improved nutrition education, alignment of investment in
agriculture, improved market participation and risk management.
The implementation plan has been developed through a multi-stakeholder
consultative process to guide and facilitate implementation of the National Food
and Nutrition Security Policy. It translates the policy into clear explicit prioritised
outcomes, targets, expected outputs, activities and inputs.
3.1
i)
Implementation plan prioritised outcomes
Improved access to food through social protection and development
programs/ schemes: This outcome will ensure improved food availability,
affordability and accessibility through adoption of broad-based and inclusive
approaches. This will be realized through promotion of market access; income
generating activities and infrastructure development; improving of access to
social grants; targeting; irrigations schemes; feeding programs; smallholder food
production support;
community works program; community and institutional
gardens; self-reliant and diversified food production; rural development
and
mainstreaming of gender and youth.
ii)
Improved health, nutrition and hygiene: This outcome will ensure
improved health and nutrition status and hygiene have been inculcated in daily
practices of South Africans. This will be achieved through improved food
utilization; safe storage, handling, preparation and distribution of food in feeding
programmes; fortification of staples; nutrition awareness and promotion of
healthy life style.
iii)
An integrated multi-sectoral food and nutrition security early warning
and monitoring information system: This will be realized through
developing a food and nutrition security monitoring and evaluation framework,
better management of nutrition and food security information, databases,
improved coordination of food security and nutrition intervention. This will
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encompass two aspects; 1) enhancing co-ordination of
food and nutrition
security vulnerability assessment and analysis and 2) strengthening monitoring
and evaluation of food and nutrition security interventions.
iv)
Establishment of food value chains for improved rural economies: This
outcome focuses on promotion of rural food value chain supply in order to
ensure better market access for both subsistence and small holder producers.
This is envisaged through establishment of agro-processing and distribution of
commodities including contractual markets, synchronization of production and
demand, processing and packaging of commodities and agro-logistic support.
Through this outcome, both subsistence and smallholder producers will be supported
with production capital (inputs and resources) to act as agricultural hubs for the
establishment of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries. A number of
development partners, civil society organizations and Government Departments
including
health,
education
(National
School
Nutrition
Programme),
social
development, agriculture, cooperative governance, trade and industry under the
umbrella of Government Food Purchase Programme are expected to play an
important role to realize this outcome.
The development of the implementation plan has been premised on a participatory
and inclusive engagement of all the relevant actors in various sectors, hence
ensuring a shared ownership of the process and outcomes. The involvement of all
key stakeholders is important for the successful implementation of the policy. In this
regard, effective participation of all key stakeholders during the implementation of
the plan is crucial, providing a platform for effective policy dialogue, review and
shared responsibility, stronger and broadened partnerships, and strategic alliances
with regional integration initiatives particularly CAADP the SADC.
4)
ANALYSIS OF UNDERLYING CAUSES OF POVERTY,
INSECURITY AND MALNUTRITION IN SOUTH AFRICA
FOOD
Poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition are a concern to policy makers in South
Africa as they deprive citizens of their food Constitutional right (Van der Berg,
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2014). Stats SA (2013) indicated that 13.4 per cent of households experience
hunger whereas 11.4 per cent are vulnerable to hunger in South Africa. Household
food insecurity and malnutrition springs from an inability to meet nutritious daily
food requirements and anxiety about the ability to produce, and or access food in
future (Shisanya & Hendriks, 2011). Ensuring household food security is widely
acknowledged as important in advancing the living standards of the rural poor.
Although South Africa has enough food to feed its population, but available data
suggests high incidence of household food insecurity (about 13.8 million South
Africans) (Stats SA, 2013).
Poor and food insecure households are typically comprised of socio-economically
and or geographically disadvantaged people (Stats SA 2013) who typically do not
have access to diversified, adequate and nutritious food (Stats SA, 2013). High
unemployment rate, inadequate social welfare systems, unstable household food
production, climate change, high fuel and food prices, lack of productive assets
(financial, human, physical, social and natural), geographical location and high HIV
/ AIDS infection rate contribute to poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition in
South Africa (DAFF, 2011).
Malnutrition is also directly related to food intake and infectious diseases such as
diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections and measles. SANHNES (2012) data
indicates that stunting levels increased from 23.4 to 26.5 per cent whilst wasting
and underweight declined from 5.1 to 2.2 and 11 to 6.1 per cent, respectively
between 2005 and 2012 (Shisana et al., 2013 and Labadarios et al., 2011). This
implies that both food insecurity and malnutrition reflect underlying social and
economic conditions at household, community and national levels that might be
supported by political, economic and ideological structures (UNICEF 1998).
Poor institutional arrangements also contribute to food insecurity and malnutrition.
Drimie and Ruysenaar (2010) indicated poorly executed institutional arrangement
and uncoordinated and disintegrated strategies and interventions pose a major
constraint to improved food and nutrition security in South Africa. There is more
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emphasis on agricultural productivity rather than multi-dimensional aspects of food
and nutrition security. Addressing food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty in South
Africa should involve a comprehensive understanding of availability, accessibility,
utilisation and stability elements which by its nature is multi-disciplinary. The key
challenge with regard to coordination is the poor clarification of roles and
responsibilities for the various sectors involved and agencies across departments
that are responsible for the implementation of food and nutrition related
programmes.
Drimie and Ruysenaar (2012) noted that food and nutrition security requires multidimensional stakeholders and does not fit easily into the existing structures.
Literature (Drimie and Ruysenaar 2012; Watkinson 2003; Hamid 2005; Misselhorn
2006) also argues that the sector-specific organisation of government sectors and
agencies contributes to limited communication, sharing of experiences and new
technologies hence require cross-cutting integration and alignment of sectors for
improved food and nutrition security.
5)
FOOD SECURITY
ANALYSIS
PROGRAMS
AND
INTERVENTION’s
SWOT
In order to operationalize this food security and nutrition implementation plan, it is
necessary to spell out some of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and
constraints in food security and nutrition programs and interventions in South
Africa. However, this implementation plan will acknowledge key opportunities and
constraints for the food and nutrition security implementation plan outside
government
programmes.
Concurrently
the
implementation
will
identify
Government programs and interventions strengths and weaknesses which will
determine the capacity to respond effectively to the opportunities and constraints
within the existing system.
The analysis will further assist in the identification of outcomes and outputs by
drawing on institutional capacity and the needs that the food security
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implementation plan is trying to address in its objectives. All this will be grounded
within the linkages of the National Food and Nutrition Security policy, the
Household Food and Nutrition Security Strategy and to the national context of the
social protection as espoused in the National Develop Plan which identifies food and
nutrition security as a key element of both poverty reduction and inequality.
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Table 1: Food and Security Programs and Interventions in South Africa SWOT analysis
Strengths
Weaknesses
1. Existing operational structures 1.
in place
Opportunities
Poor
coordination
of 1. Conducive operational 1. Political context
programs and interventions
environment
 Political
 Enabling social and political
 Inability to identify an active,
interference due to
environment for public and
rigorous,
dynamic
and
sensitivity of Food
civil society participation
functioning
Institution
/
and
Nutrition
Committee spear heading and
 Solid recognition by many
Security issues
coordinating National program /
bodies
strategies / interventions
2. Socio economic
 Inability to have a multi-agency
2. Potential for resource factors
committee / research institutions
mobilization
to carry out regular food security
 Global
economic
assessments to give feedback to
 Continued
donor
recession
existing programs / interventions
confidence and trust that
 Poverty as a tool
/ national committees
spur
support
and
for
manipulation
 Government and civil society
structures across the country as
vehicles for timely service delivery
 Availability of resources shared
through existing partnership
 Diversity in relevant expertise
drawing
from
broad-based
institution for appropriate policy
directions
 Dynamic
and
committed
institutions,
NGOs
and
development partners with core
competencies in the sector
2.Non-discriminatory programme
2. Inadequate resources
targeting
 Cross-section of target groups –
children, youths, women and men
and the aged in the implemented
programmes
Constraints
commitment
3. Potential for alliance
 Inadequate
and
unstable
building
financial status and funding
 Loss of institutional memory and
 Increased
openness
in
technical expertise due to high
food, nutrition security and
staff turnover
poverty reduction activities
 Limited technical staffing at
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and high risk sexual
behaviour of the
target groups
 Disruption of social
support
systems’
resilience due to
HIV and AIDS
 Inadequate
targeting
3 Clear vision, mission and values
various institutions
 Continued networking and
3. Inadequate working capacity
collaboration in several
identified
3. Limited access to
forums to gain experiences
 Emphasis of assessment on
information
 Ascertained and clear identity with
transitory food security and
for effective delivery of
common values
technology
services
locally
and
livelihoods
 Better understanding of local
internationally
 Inadequate
monitoring
and
 Limited
context
 Existing strong partnership
evaluation of programs and
information reach
 Fair
knowledge
about
the
and collaboration amongst
interventions
grassroots
development nexus
and with other stakeholders
 Inadequate
and
ineffective
 Uneven access to
7. Networking and collaboration
implementation of operational
information
systems
technology
ie
 Solid recognition from government,
4.
Relevance
of
the
4.
Inadequate
planning,
targeting
donors, and civil society of food
program
and nutrition security programs implementation , monitoring
and evaluation
and interventions’ existence
 High numbers of problems
4. Shifting donor
that rural communities face
 Inadequate adherence to work
policies
and
in the catchment, most of
schedules
priorities
which are associated with
 Inadequate
monitoring
and
poverty, present a great
 High dependence of
evaluation
of
programs
/
opportunity
for
the
some institutions on
strategies / interventions
government
and
civil
external
support
societies
to
continue
from development
development activities to
partners’ resources
address more problems and
needs
in
the
rural
communities
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6)
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT FOR THE FOOD AND NUTRITION
SECURITY POLICY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
The effective implementation of Food and Nutrition Security policy hinges on
appropriate governance and management arrangements. A number of stakeholders
will therefore have an important role in improving collaboration and partnership in
implementation of food and nutrition security programs and livelihood vulnerability
interventions in South Africa. This would require development of protocols for
partnerships and coordination, dissemination forums and information sharing,
participatory consultations and assessments and inclusive engagements and joint
implementation of food and nutrition security assessments and analysis to promote
inclusive interactions in SAVAC operations. This also stipulates the need for
enhanced collaboration of all players including government departments (national,
provinces and municipalities), donor partners, NGOs, CBO’s and research and
technology institutions in implementing and coordinating food and nutrition security
interventions.
The national, provincial and local municipalities will be required to coordinate and
partner with existing stakeholders in their spheres of government as they implement
their food and nutrition security programs and interventions. These arrangements
require conducive environment for Government and non-state actors to interact and
implement relevant interventions and programs. This arrangement therefore seeks
continued focus, commitment, transparency and accountability of all players. For
successful implementation of the policy, there is need for clarity on roles and
responsibilities of different stakeholders. The major functions of the proposed
implementation and coordination mechanism are:

Implementation: Plan, facilitate and coordinate the day-to-day
management of the policy implementation process and the reporting
mechanisms. This will also include the tasks of developing specifics
programmes and projects;

Mobilize Investment Finance: Facilitate and promote the necessary
partnerships, due diligence processes, as well as national budget
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engagement
processes
as
needed
to
mobilize
resources
for
implementing the policy;

Capacity Development: Establish priorities for institutional capacity
development for key players involved in implementing the policy and
supporting capacity development efforts;

Policy alignment and engagement: Given that food and nutrition
security is multi-sectoral and cuts across sectors, there is need to
provide space and support to efforts aimed at aligning multi-sectoral
policies and regulations to the food and nutrition security policy . There
is also need for the implementation process to be aligned to the CAADP
and other regional agricultural policies; and,

Performance management and impact enhancement: This
includes
monitoring
and
evaluation,
networking,
as
well
as
development of communication and social marketing strategies.
Given these strategic roles the following government departments and institutions
are considered central to the implementation of the policy:
6.1
Office of the President / Cabinet
The office of the President through an advisory intergovernmental committee will
provide national oversight responsibility in implementation of this policy plan. The
office undertakes this function through vertical and horizontal interactions with
relevant government institutions, development partners, research institutions, Civil
Society Organizations and other stakeholders. This would require legislation of the
policy, improved coordination, intergovernmental relations and integration of food
and nutrition security interventions and programs.
6.2
Government Departments
Government departments have responsibility for implementing the Food and
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Nutrition Policy Plan through established mechanisms, programs and various
institutions. Therefore there is a need for strengthened coordination, alignment and
monitoring of program implementation among national, provincial and local
government and various stakeholders. Various departments shall also provide
guidance and technical leadership, share information, resolve implementation issues,
provide periodic information to Food and Nutrition Advisory Committee, research
institutions, general public, donor partners, civil societies, and private sector and
foster a conducive environment for effective implementation of the policy plan.
6.3
Technical Multi-Stakeholders’ Forum
This will be a national consultative forum of all stakeholders including donor
partners, civil societies, government institutions, UN agencies, research institutions
and other stakeholders which will hold periodic meetings for the purpose of sharing
information and experiences and progress of implementation of the policy and
interventions. The Forum shall be chaired by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries. The role of this forum will be to monitor, assess implementation and
lobby for appropriate programs and interventions. It will provide technical policy
direction and guidance for implementing the policy.
6.4
Development Partners, Private Sector, Civil Society Organizations,
NGOs and CBO’s
The involvement of donor partners and other stakeholders in this group entails
inclusiveness of all stakeholders in the implementation of interventions and
programs related to food and nutrition security. This is important to promote
resource mobilization, information sharing, alignment and harmonization of food
security and nutrition programs and avoid duplication of activities. Development
partners will also provide necessary support including financial gaps, technical
assistance, facilitation of policy dialogue and advocacies and support monitoring and
evaluation of sector performance.
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The successful implementation of this policy and strategy will therefore depend on
the effective cooperation and coordination of all the stakeholders. CSO’s will
strengthen public sector governance by giving voice of the public, hold policy makers
and public administrators accountable, foster participatory development and monitor
implementation of Food and Nutrition Security Policy. CSO’s and NGOs would have
to adopt Food and Nutrition Security Policy and its implementation plan, mobilize
resources, promote partnerships, evolve strategies, interventions, programs and
plans that are consistent with the goal and outcomes of the Food and Nutrition
Security Policy through complementary efforts to achieve desired and sustainable
outcomes.
6.4
South Africa Vulnerability Assessment Committee
The purpose of the SAVAC is to contribute towards reduction of poverty, food
insecurity and malnutrition through provision of accurate and timely national and
provincial vulnerability, nutrition and food security information to inform policy
makers and the general public on early warning information. The multi-agency forum
will conduct vulnerability assessments and help government, donor partners and civil
society at provincial and national levels to build the necessary skills and capacity to
undertake vulnerable assessments. SAVAC will therefore inform and guide policy and
programmes that aim to alleviate poverty, livelihood vulnerability and food insecurity
among urban and rural South Africans.
6.5
General Public
Participation of the general public in this implementation plan is very important
because all the interventions and programs proposed in this plan are implemented at
their level. The community needs to be involved at all levels of program, intervention
and project implementation. There is a need of a community buy in and ownership
of programs and intervention to improve reliability and sustainability.
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Figure 1: Proposed Institutional Arrangement and Information Flow
7)
MONITORING AND EVALUATION MECHANISMS
Food and nutrition security information is a necessary element of Food and Nutrition
Security Policy because it helps in decision making, monitoring and evaluation of
programs and interventions. In South Africa, there are several food security and
nutrition related information systems currently being used by sectors and
stakeholders without proper coordination.
This information include statistics in agriculture, health, nutrition, meteorology,
demography, income and expenditure, population, macroeconomic indicators,
market and price, institutional arrangement, natural and environmental resources.
Monitoring and evaluation of Food and Nutrition Security implementation plan will
assist policy makers and various program implementers to assess progress towards
established goals and outcomes.
It will require comprehensive appraisal,
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coordinated and harmonised analysis that looks at the medium and long term
impacts of a policy and exposes areas which worked, not worked and issues which
should be done differently in future implementation.
Monitoring and evaluation of implementation plan of Food and Nutrition Policy
requires participation of all stakeholders including local communities, government
departments, donor partners, civil societies, local governments, non-governmental
organisations and community based organisations. The processes of monitoring and
evaluation envisaged in this plan require periodic assessments of poverty, food
insecurity and malnutrition status over the implementation period. Community based
monitoring and evaluation would therefore be crucial in the implementation of
activities. This role will be conducted using existing structures of government
departments, implementation partners, research institutions and external consultants
to assess if the policy plan, goal and outcomes are met according to expected
deliverables over time.
Given this background the following monitoring and
evaluation arrangements shall be put in place to assess the progress at output and
outcome levels:
 Baseline survey shall be conducted at the commencement of the implementation
of policy to establish and verify the status quo. The baseline survey should be
contracted out to institutions with adequate skills and experience;
 Output and outcome indicators will be finalised at stakeholder workshops to be
convened by the Inter-governmental working group as the working secretariat for
the implementation plan;
 Development of Food and nutrition security policy Participatory Monitoring and
Evaluation mechanism, consisting of evidence–based monitoring and evaluation
system to track inputs, processes, outputs and outcomes of the implementation
process.
 The key monitoring and evaluation reports shall include the following:
 Monthly progress reports to be presented in monthly meetings;
 Quarterly progress reports to be presented in quarterly meetings;
 Annual progress reports to be presented in annual meetings; and
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 Midterm and end of program evaluations for specific programmes and
projects.
The Intergovernmental working group will be tasked with developing a common
reporting framework in consultation with other relevant stakeholders in which
monthly reports are consolidated into quarterly reports/updates for dissemination to
all key stakeholders
8)
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FINANCE AND BUSINESS MODEL
The implementation of South Africa’s food and nutrition security policy will need
financial and policy as well as political commitment from all stakeholders namely
government, private sector, farmers and development partners. It is therefore
envisaged that government will be able to avail the requisite public sector
budgetary financing that is required to trigger finances from other actors. The
private sector and development partners are expected to support government with
both financial and technical resources in strategic areas in line with the strategic
pillars and outcomes of the policy which include availability of improved safety nets,
improved nutrition education, alignment of investment in agriculture, improved
market participation and risk management. Catalytic investment by government
and development partners will be specially targeted at strategic areas which
provide leverage for the farmers and private sector to operate competitively. Strong
partnerships between government and private sector will need to be formed so that
sustainable and inclusive food and nutrition security programmes are structured.
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Table 2: Food and Nutrition Security Policy Implementation Plan Prioritized Outcomes, Targets, Outputs and Activities
OVERALL OBJECTIVE: IMPROVED FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY FOR ALL SOUTH AFRICANS
Outcome 1 –Target outcomes, outputs and activities
OUTCOME 1
Improved access to food through social protection and development programs/ schemes
OUTCOME
TARGETS
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
OUTPUT 1
Improved access to diverse nutritious foods by households and individuals through social protection programmes
OUTPUT
TARGET –
ANNUAL
2014/2015
Number of
children accessing
nutritious food
through registered
ECDs
19800 of schools
providing
nutritious meals to
learners.
Number of
learners
accessing
nutritious food
through the
national school
nutrition
programme
Reduced number households vulnerable to hunger from 11.4% to 9.5% by 2019.
Reduced number of individuals vulnerable to hunger from 13.4% to ……..
Reduced number of households with limited access to food from 23.1% to ……..
Reduced number of individuals with limited access to food from 26.0% to ……..
2015/2016
Number of children
accessing nutritious
food through
registered ECDs
2016/2017
Number of children
accessing nutritious
food through registered
ECDs
2017/2018
Number of children
accessing nutritious
food through registered
ECDs
2018/2019
Number of children accessing
nutritious food through
registered ECDs
Number of schools
providing nutritious
meals to learners.
Number of schools
providing nutritious
meals to learners.
Number of schools
providing nutritious
meals to learners.
Number of schools providing
nutritious meals to learners.
Number of learners
accessing nutritious
food through the
national school
nutrition
programme
Number of learners
accessing nutritious
food through the
national school nutrition
programme
Number of learners
accessing nutritious
food through the
national school nutrition
programme
Number of learners
accessing nutritious food
through the national school
nutrition programme
Feasibility
Draft framework for
Framework finalised
Piloting in 4 provinces
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assessment
conducted
INTERVENTION /
ACTIVITY
Provide nutritious
food to vulnerable
individuals and
households
expanding the current
school nutrition
programme to include
holidays and weekends
developed
9 Provincial Food
Distribution Centres
operational
9 Provincial Food
Distribution Centres
operational
9 Provincial Food Distribution
Centres operational
9 Provincial Food
Distribution
Centres
established
Number of people
accessing
nutritious food
through CNDCs
200 000
households
accessing
nutritious food
17 million of
eligible individuals
accessing social
grants
100% of allocated
SRD funds
disbursed to
eligible individuals
and households
9 Provincial Food
Distribution Centres
operational
Number of people
accessing nutritious
food through
CNDCs
400 000
households
accessing nutritious
food
Number of eligible
individuals
accessing social
grants
100% of allocated
SRD funds
disbursed to eligible
individuals and
households
Number of people
accessing nutritious
food through CNDCs
Number of people
accessing nutritious
food through CNDCs
Number of people accessing
nutritious food through
CNDCs
600 000 households
accessing nutritious
food
800 000 households
accessing food
1 million households
accessing nutritious food
Number of eligible
individuals accessing
social grants
Number of eligible
individuals accessing
social grants
of eligible individuals
accessing social grants
100% of allocated SRD
funds disbursed to
eligible individuals and
households
100% of allocated SRD
funds disbursed to
eligible individuals and
households
100% of allocated SRD funds
disbursed to eligible
individuals and households
RESPONSIBILITY
MEASUREMENT
BUDGET (R‘000)
MTEF
MTSF
ASSUMPTIONS / RISK
INPUT
ECDs, other
feeding
programmes
DSD, DBE & LMs
Number of children
accessing nutritious
food in ECDs
21
Delay in the registration of
ECDs and programmes by
the relevant Department
The National
School Nutrition
Programme
Lead Department:
Basic Educationsupported by:
COGTA & DAFF
Number of learners
accessing nutritious
food
None availability of food and
food safety
PFDCs & CNDCs
infrastructure
DSD, DoCG (LMs)
Number of households
and individuals
accessing nutritious
food
Compliance with prescribed
menu
Food safety and quality
assurance
SRD
DSD, SASSA
Number of households
and individuals
accessing SRD
Limited SRD funding
Provide social
grants to eligible
individuals
ICROP
DSD, SASSA
Number of individuals
receiving social grants
Appropriate search , targeting
and documentation of
individuals
Develop and pilot
a framework
(modalities) to
expand school
feeding
programme
Budget allocation
DBE & DSD
A framework to expand
school feeding
programme
Funding and labour barriers
for the NSNP expansion to
include weekend and
holidays
22
OUTCOME 1
Improved access to food through social protection and development programs/ schemes
OUTCOME
TARGETS
1.5 1 million hectares of under-utilised land under production by 2019.
OUTPUT 2
OUTPUT
TARGET –
ANNUAL
1.6 1250 additional hectares under irrigation by 2019.
Increased local food and livestock production
2014/2015
16 000 smallholder
producers
accessing
agricultural support
2016/2017
16 000 additional
smallholder producers
accessing agricultural
support
2017/2018
16 000 additional
smallholder producers
accessing agricultural
support
2018/2019
16 000 additional smallholder
producers accessing
agricultural support
70 000 additional
subsistence producers
accessing agricultural
support
70 000 additional
subsistence producers
accessing agricultural
support
70 000 additional subsistence
producers accessing
agricultural support
Additional 200 000 Ha
of under-utilised land
put to production
Additional 200 000 Ha
of under-utilised land
put to production
Additional 200 000 Ha of
under-utilised land put to
production
330 additional hectares
under irrigation
330 additional hectares
under irrigation
330 additional hectares under
irrigation
INPUTS
2015/2016
16 000 additional
smallholder
producers
accessing
agricultural support
70 000 additional
subsistence
producers
accessing
agricultural support
Additional 200 000
Ha of under-utilised
land put to
production
260 additional
hectares under
irrigation
RESPONSIBILITY
MEASUREMENT
BUDGET
MTEF
MTSF
ASSUMPTION /RISK
Subsidised primary
production inputs /
grants
DAFF- supported
by: DSD, RD&LR
and COGTA
Number of households
involved in agriculture
for additional food
70 000 subsistence
producers
accessing
agricultural support
200 000 Ha of
under-utilised land
put to production
1.29 million
hectares
INTERVENTION /
ACTIVITY
Promote and
support
diversified
household food
production
Agricultural
awareness
campaigns /
initiatives
Number of households
involved in agriculture to
supplement their income
23
Sufficient financial resources
Clear tools and dissemination
pathways
Timely support to farmers
Mainstream
participation of
designated
(youth, women,
people with
disabilities, older
persons, farm
workers &
dwellers) groups
in agriculture
initiatives.
Agriculture Youth
Strategy, Women
Entrepreneurship
Awards in
Agriculture,
NARYSEC
initiatives
Promotion of
agricultural
sciences in
learning institutions
DAFF supported by Number of youth,
NYDA, RD&LR &
women, people with
DoHE
disabilities, older
persons, farm workers
& dwellers mobilised
and involved in
agriculture
DBE & DHE
Number of schools and
colleges offering
agricultural studies
Youth interest in agriculture
Opportunity to use acquired
skills
Promote and
support
establishment of
household,
community and
institutional
gardens
CASP, IlimaLetsema, CRDP
initiatives
Lead Department:
DAFF Supported
by COGTA, DSD,
DRD & LR
Effective agricultural
extension services/Capacity
NSNP
Lead: DBE,
Number of school
supported by DAFF gardens
Effective agricultural
extension services/Capacity
CWP
Lead: CoGTA,
supported by
DAFF, DSD,
DRDLR
Number of institutional
gardens
Effective agricultural
extension services/Capacity
Fetsa Tlala,
RECAP, PLAS
DRDLR and DAFF
Number of Ha in
production
Acquired/ accessed land to
be used for agricultural
production
CASP and Ilima-
Lead Department:
Number of households
Timely provision of
Increasing access
and optimal
utilisation of land
for agricultural
production
(development of
under-utilized
land)
Provision of
Number of community
gardens
24
Learner interest in agriculture
agricultural
inputs, including
mechanisation
services/
packages
Provision of
extension support
services
Optimise and
expand irrigation
schemes and
provision of
irrigation
packages
Increase access
to water
Letsema
DAFF supported by and farmers supported
DRDLR
agricultural inputs,
ERP
Lead Department:
DAFF
CASP and IlimaLetsema
Lead Department:
DAFF
Number of farmers and
households receiving
support services
Number of food
producers utilizing
irrigation infrastructure
Sufficient capacity to render a
package of extension
services
Group dynamics / conflicts
Water use licences
issued to HDIs and
resource poor
farmers
DWS supported by
DAFF and DRDLR
Number of resource
poor famers and HDIs
issued water use
licences
Number of indigent
households provided
with free basic water
Water available in the water
resources (Rivers and
aquifers) The water use
applied for relevant and
appropriate in the area
concerned.=
Blanket Approach to the
provision of Free Basic Water
(free basic water provided to
even those who can afford)
Rainwater harvesting
technologies placed in areas
with appropriate annual
precipitation.Vandalism of
rainwater harvesting vessels.
Stock theft, diseases
Free Basic Water
provided to
indigent
households
Promote and
support water
harvesting
technologies
Promote and
support
household and
community
livestock
production
Dissemination of
rainwater
harvesting
guidelines and
technologies
Veld and livestock
management
DWS, supported by Number of households,
DAFF, WRC and
communities and
DRDLR
resource poor farmers
supported with water
harvesting technologies
Lead Department
Number of farming
DAFF & DRDLR
households owning
COGTA, DSD,
livestock
25
26
OUTCOME 1
OUTCOME TARGETS
Improved access to food through social protection and development programs/ schemes
OUTPUT 3
Improved income generating opportunities and livelihood diversification initiatives
OUTPUT TARGET –
ANNUAL
2014/2015
Number of job
opportunities created
through EPWP & CWP
INTERVENTION /
ACTIVITY
Mobilize and support
participation of household in
strategic income generating
programmes
INPUTS
1.7 Reduced upper bound poverty (moderate poverty) from 45.5% to zero by 2029
1.8 Reduced lower bound poverty (Less extreme poverty) from 32.2% to zero by 2024
1.9 Reduced food poverty (extreme poverty) from 20,2% to zero by 2019
2015/2016
Number of job
opportunities created
through EPWP &
CWP
RESPONSIBILITY
2016/2017
Number of job
opportunities
created through
EPWP & CWP
MEASUREMENT
Livelihood
diversification
programmes (i.e. cashfor-work etc)
DAFF, DR&LR,
COGTA, DOH, DSD,
DBE and DTI, etc.
Link poor and vulnerable
people to work opportunities
(EPWP & CWP)
Promote and support local
cooperatives, including
women (e.g. supply school
uniforms and food to SNP)
CWP & EPWP
Lead: COGTA
supported by sector
Dep’ts
DTI, EDD, DMSME
Number of
income
generating
projects initiated
No of jobs
created
No of
beneficiaries from
strategic income
generating
programmes
Number of people
linked to work
opportunities
Number of
cooperatives
supported
Promote entrepreneurship
and mentorship
Entrepreneur youth
capacity development
Training and mentoring
of cooperatives
Cooperative guidelines
and protocol
DTI/EDD
NYDA
Number of.people
trained in
27
2017/2018
Number of job
opportunities created
through EPWP & CWP
BUDGET
MTEF
MTSF
2018/2019
Number of job
opportunities
created through
EPWP & CWP
ASSUMPTION
/RISK
Sustainability of
income
generation
initiatives
Identification of
productive work
opportunities
Access to
government
markets
Market access
initiatives
entrepreneurship
skills
OUTCOME 2
Improved health, nutrition and hygiene
OUTCOME TARGETS
2.1 Reduced proportion of malnourished children
2.1.1 -Wasting < 2.2%
2.1.2 -Stunting < 20%
2.1.3 -Underweight < 6%
OUTPUT 1
Improved integrated prevention and management of acute malnutrition
OUTPUT TARGET – ANNUAL
2014/2015
2015/2016
2016/2017
2017/2018
2018/2019
50% exclusive
breastfeeding at 14
weeks
55% Exclusive
breastfeeding at 14
weeks
60% exclusive
breastfeeding at 14
weeks
65% exclusive
breastfeeding at 14
weeks
70% exclusive
breastfeeding at 14
weeks
<5 per 1000 of children
under five years severe
acute malnutrition
Incidence
<5 per 1000 of
children under five
years severe acute
malnutrition
Incidence
<5 per 1000 of
children under five
years severe acute
malnutrition
Incidence
<5 per 1000 of
children under five
years severe acute
malnutrition
Incidence
<5 per 1000 of
children under five
years severe acute
malnutrition
Incidence
55% vitamin A dose 1259 months coverage
65% vitamin A dose
12-59 months
coverage
70% vitamin A dose
12-59 months
coverage
75% vitamin A dose
12-59 months
coverage
80% vitamin A dose
12-59 months
coverage
Proportion of under-five
children dewormed
28
BUDGET
INTERVENTION / ACTIVITY
INPUTS
RESPONSIBILITY
Improve growth monitoring and
promotion practices
Facilitate Integrated
capacity building (IYCF,
GMP, hygiene, referral)
Lead: DoH
Health facilities,
community workers,
ECD practitioners
MEASUREMENT
Supported by: DSD,
Local Government,
DAFF and DBE
Number of districts
with trained
community workers
and ECD
practitioners
DoH and supporting
partners
Number of
community
dialogues conducted
in priority wards.
MTEF
MTSF
ASSUMPTION
/RISK
Failure of child care
givers to utilize
health facilities
Establish and strengthen
community based growth
monitoring and
promotion sites
Promote and support
exclusive breast feeding
and appropriate
complementary feeding
Community dialogues on
Exclusive breast feeding
and appropriate
complementary
Standardised messages
on EBF and
Complementary feeding
Number of
Government
Departments with
Advocate for the
establishment of
breastfeeding/
expression rooms at the
workplace
workplace breast
feeding expression
rooms
29
Inappropriate infant
and young child
feeding practices
increases the risk of
malnutrition
Door to door Support to
mothers on stimulation
Strengthen integrated support
to vulnerable children
Expand implementation of
vitamin A supplementation and
de-worming by the Community
Health Workers
Incorporate nutrition
indices in the DSD and
DAFF criteria for support
DSD, DOH, DAFF,
SASSA,
Support training on VIT
A and deworming
DOH
A tool/criteria
reflecting nutrition
indices
Vitamin A dose 1259months coverage
Deworming dose 1259months coverage
30
Exclusion
of
nutrition indices in
the
criteria
for
support may lead to
inappropriate
targeting
Low coverage of
vitamin
A
supplementation
and deworming
OUTCOME 2
OUTCOME TARGETS
OUTPUT 2
OUTPUT TARGET – ANNUAL
Improved health, nutrition and hygiene
2.2 Reduced proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption from refer to Stats
SA baseline
2.3 Reduction in women who are obese from 61% in 2014 to 55% in 2019
2.4 Reduction in men who are obese from 31% in 2014 to 21% in 2019
Strengthen focus on behaviour change and communication
2014/2015
2015/2016
2016/2017
2017/2018
2018/2019
60.3% of
individuals
consuming
diversified diets
62% of individuals
consuming diversified
diets
65% of
individuals
consuming
diversified diets
68% of individuals
consuming diversified
diets
70% of individuals
consuming
diversified diets
BUDGET
INTERVENTION / ACTIVITY
INPUTS
RESPONSIBILITY
Capacity building DOH
of
identified
community
Partners
champions
DSD
 Screen
for
dietary
Information
and
diversity
 Educate household on education material DAFF
diet diversity
Local Government
 Link to available support
eg agriculture DSD
Advocate for consumption of
diversified diets including
indigenous foods:
31
MEASUREMENT
Number
champions
capacitated
of
Number
of
households
assessed
for
dietary diversity
MTEF
MTSF
ASSUMPTION
/RISK
Non consumption
of a diversified diet
can lead to
malnutrition
especially
micronutrient
deficiencies
Strengthen psychosocial support
through establishment of
community support
Integration of standardized
nutrition education and
information in other sectors
OUTCOME 2
OUTCOME TARGETS
Community
Social Cluster
mobilization
(imbizo, dialogues, Local Government
lekgotlas) through
local councillors
Identify and factor
in nutrition content
into
existing
service of different
sectors
DOH
(one per quarter)
Communities
continue to be
trapped in poverty
of the mind
perpetuating
dependency
syndrome.
Number
sectors
nutrition
included
Conflicting nutrition
messages
Number
imbizos
place
of
taking
of
with
content
Improved health, nutrition and hygiene
2.2 Reduced proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption from refer to Stats
SA baseline
2.3 Reduction in women who are obese from 61% in 2014 to 55% in 2019
2.4 Reduction in men who are obese from 31% in 2014 to 21% in 2019
Improved access and utilization of essential health care services (immunization, treatment and
OUTPUT 3
prevention of diseases)
OUTPUT TARGET – ANNUAL
2014/2015
2015/2016
90% of districts
fully immunised
under 1 year
100% of districts fully 100% of districts 100% of districts fully 100% of districts
immunised under 1 fully immunised immunised under 1 fully
immunised
year
under 1 year
year
under 1 year
Percentage
(Baseline) of
75% of women who 80% of women 80% of women who 80% of women
attend ANC before 20 who attend ANC attend ANC before 20 who attend ANC
2016/2017
32
2017/2018
2018/2019
women attending
ANC before 20
weeks
weeks
before 20 weeks
weeks
before 20 weeks
BUDGET
INTERVENTION / ACTIVITY
INPUTS
Increase the uptake of pregnant
women attending ANC at 20
weeks
Community
development
workers
capacitated on
screening for
pregnancy at
household level
Provide nutrition supplements to
undernourished individuals and
link to other support systems
Availability of
nutrition
supplements
Monitoring of RtHB for missed
immunisation schedules
RESPONSIBILITY
DOH
MEASUREMENT
Percentage of
women who
attend ANC
before 20 weeks
Proportion of
children under
five years
accessing
nutrition
supplements
DOH
DOH and partners
ECD practitioners,
Community
development
workers
capacitated on the
use of RtHB
Immunisation
coverage
33
MTEF
MTSF
ASSUMPTION
/RISK
Late presentation
of pregnant women
at ANC
Supplements stock
outs may
exacerbate the
problem of
malnutrition
Disease outbreak
like measles
OUTCOME 2
OUTCOME TARGETS
OUTPUT 4
OUTPUT TARGET – ANNUAL
Improved health, nutrition and hygiene
2.2 Reduced proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption from refer to Stats
SA baseline
2.3 Reduction in women who are obese from 61% in 2014 to 55% in 2019
2.4 Reduction in men who are obese from 31% in 2014 to 21% in 2019
Improved food safety and hygiene
2014/2015
2015/2016
2016/2017
2017/2018
2018/2019
Proportion of
households with
access to potable
water
85% access to water
87% access to 89% access to water
water
Proportion of
households with
basic sanitation
76%
households 78% access to 80% access to a basic 82% access to a
with access to basic basic level of level of sanitation
basic
level
of
level of sanitation
sanitation
sanitation
91% access to
water
BUDGET
INTERVENTION / ACTIVITY
INPUTS
RESPONSIBILITY
MEASUREMENT
Promote hand washing, food
safety and hygiene
Capacity building
of community
development
workers in hygiene
practices (hand
washing, food
safety, sanitation)
DOH
Number of
Communityworkers trained
Support: UNICEF,
local authority
34
TMEF
MTSF
ASSUMPTION
/RISK
Limited knowledge
uptake
Awareness
campaigns
Disssemination
materials (posters,
briefs
Promote safe preparation and
storage of food in schools,
ECDs and CNDC
Training material
for food handlers,
carers and
administrators
DOH and
Municipalities
Support: DSD, DBE
FHI 360 Partners
Number of
trained food
handlers per
province
Inappropriate food
handling practices
pose a risk of food
poisoning
Number of
certified centres
and schools with
COA
Inadequate
monitoring
Number of
households
accessing water
and sanitation
services
Contamination of
water
Capacitated food
handlers, carers
and administrators,
teachers
Ensure compliance on basic
food safety and hygiene
standards in schools, ECDs and
CNDC
Evidence and
compliance
monitoring
Municipalities and
DBE, DSD
Provide potable water and basic
sanitation
Water and
sanitation
infrastructure
Municipalities, DW&S
Support, DOH
35
Water Interruption
Full pits
OUTCOME 3 –TARGET OUTCOMES, OUTPUTS AND ACTIVITIES
An integrated multi-sectoral food and nutrition security early warning and monitoring information
system
OUTCOME 3
3.1 An established and effective multi-sectoral recognised institution / forum for food and nutrition security
OUTCOME TARGETS
and vulnerability assessment at national and provincial level by 2019
3.2 Better collaboration and linkages with Universities and research institutions by 2019
3.3 Country food and nutrition security baseline set by 2019
OUTPUT 1
National food and nutrition security baseline set - locating food insecure and vulnerable populations
2014/2015
OUTPUT TARGET – ANNUAL
2015/2016
2016/2017
National food and Food and nutrition
nutrition
security security baseline set
baseline
in three provinces
framework
developed
2017/2018
2018/2019
Food
and Food
and
nutrition Country food and
nutrition security security baseline set in nutrition
security
baseline set in six nine provinces
baseline set
provinces
BUDGET
INTERVENTION / ACTIVITY
Institutionalisation of inclusive,
efficient and effective national
and provincial structures /
forums for food security analysis
at national and provincial level
INPUTS
RESPONSIBILITY
Institutional
guidelines
DAFF / DPME
Training of trainers
Inclusive planning
and resource
mobilisation for
36
MEASUREMENT
Number of
endorsement of
the structures /
forums by
national and
provincial
authorities
TMEF
MTSF
ASSUMPTION
/RISK
Mutual
understanding of
national and
provincial
structures
food and nutrition
security analysis
activities
Develop methodologies and Technical
systems that are feasible and expertise
relevant to the RSA context
Methodological
frameworks
Alignment of various information
systems, analysis of existing
indicators, metadata collection
and
development
of
the
methodological framework for
RSA
Generate the food and nutrition
security baseline with georeferenced
national
and
provincial maps for transitory
food and nutrition security
National and
provincial
databases
DAFF / SAVAC, CoE
for Food Security
DAFF / SAVAC, CoE
for Food Security
Survey data files
GIS software and
analysis capacity
development
DAFF/SAVAC,
PVACs
Completed
methodological
framework
Number
assessed
files
databases
of
data
and
Complete country
food and nutrition
security baseline
Methodological
framework
Institutional
support and buy in
Existance
of
adequate data les
Lack
cooperation
between
departments
of
Provincial baseline
training
Human Resources;
Establishment of linkages with Alignment
with
universities and other higher existing MoUs /
learning institutions
MoAs/SLAs
DAFF; SAVAC
37
Number
of
collaborating
institutions; ToR;
MoUs
/
MoAs/SLAs
Delays
in
establishing MoUs
Breach
MoUs
of
ToR;
/
documents
deliverables
and
MoAs/SLAs
Maintained and operational data
base
(One
national
and
provincial databases)
OUTCOME 3
An integrated multi-sectoral food and nutrition security early warning and monitoring information
system developed and maintained
OUTCOME TARGETS
3.4 Improved quality and timeliness in disseminating food and nutrition security early warning information by
2019
3.5 Improved capacity of institutions and technocrats in early warning systems by 2019
OUTPUT 2
OUTPUT TARGET – ANNUAL
Improved annual food and nutrition insecurity and vulnerability assessments and dissemination
2014/2015
2015/2016
2016/2017
Guidelines
for
annual or regular
food and nutrition
insecurity
and
vulnerability
assessments and
for generating the
integrated
information system
Guidelines for annual
or regular food and
nutrition
insecurity
and
vulnerability
assessments and for
generating
the
integrated information
system
developed
Capacity building Provincial vulnerability
to
conduct assessments
assessments and developed
forecasts
at
provincial
level
conducted
38
2017/2018
2018/2019
Functional national
food and nutrition
security monitoring
and early warning
information
system.
developed (draft)
(Approved)
Annual national food Annual
Annual assessment in
and nutrition security assessment
in areas with complete
assessments
areas
with baseline
conducted
complete
baseline
Annual
assessment
in
areas
with
complete baseline
BUDGET
INTERVENTION / ACTIVITY
INPUTS
Develop
data
collection
mechanisms,
analysis
and
dissemination tools
Data analysis
templates
RESPONSIBILITY
MEASUREMENT
MTSF
ASSUMPTION
/RISK
SAVAC,
Academic Field Manual
Institutions (CoE for
food security)
Commitment
SAVAC
Training reports
Commitment
Strategies
Availability of funds
Document
Human capacity
Data collection
guidelines /
handbook
Trainers
MTEF
Limited knowledge
uptake
Training material
Assessment Training
Financial
resources
Human resources;
Resourcing strategies developed
SAVAC
Financial
resources
SAVAC Outputs
39
OUTCOME 3
An integrated multi-sectoral food and nutrition security early warning and monitoring information
system developed and maintained
3.6 Improved quality and timeliness in disseminating early warning information by 2019
OUTCOME TARGETS
OUTPUT 3
3.7 Improved capacity of institutions and technocrats in early warning systems by 2019
Developed early warning system and risk management mechanisms and tools
2014/2015
OUTPUT TARGET – ANNUAL
2015/2016
One functional risk One functional risk
management tools management tools
developed
developed
Proportion
households
profiled
surveillance
systems
2016/2017
2017/2018
2018/2019
One functional
risk management
tools developed
One functional risk
management tools
developed
One functional risk
management tools
developed
of Proportion
of Proportion
households profiled
households
in
profiled
of Proportion
households profiled
of Proportion
households
profiled
of
to look for the
baseline) (WOP,
NISIS)
BUDGET
INTERVENTION / ACTIVITY
INPUTS
Functional
provincial
Technical
meteorological centres
expertise
RESPONSIBILITY
MEASUREMENT
AGIS; SAWS,
SANSOR, DAFF
Operational
Centres
Meteorological
40
Met
MTEF
MTSF
ASSUMPTION
RISK
Inadequate
meteorological
expertise
/
equipment
Dissemination
Dissemination of early warning tools;
information
Early warning
advisories
Functional, resourced and up to
date local disaster units
Technical
expertise
ICT centres in rural
economies
Dissemination
Reports
Non-reading
culture
/
response
non
GCIS
AGIS, SAWS,
SANSOR, DAFF
national
and CogTA, SAVAC
provincial disaster
preparedness
Integration of local capacities strategies
and coping strategies into
national and provincial disaster Technical
preparedness strategies
expertise
Operational
disaster units
Integrated
Disaster
preparedness
strategies
Inadequate
meteorological
expertise
Commitment and
intergovernmental
support
Disaster
preparedness
guidelines
Human resources
Profiling of households
Financial
resources
DSD,SASSA,
DRDLR, DoH, CoGTA
Indigent registry
Referral systems
NISIS (ICROP)
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Political Will for all
provinces
Cooperation
households
from
OUTCOME 3
OUTCOME TARGETS
An integrated multi-sectoral food and nutrition security early warning and monitoring information
system developed and maintained
3.6 Improved quality and timeliness in disseminating early warning information by 2019
3.7 improved capacity of institutions and technocrats in early warning systems by 2019
OUTPUT 4
OUTPUT TARGET – ANNUAL
Enhanced response and mitigation management of natural disaster
2014/2015
2015/2016
2016/2017
2017/2018
2018/2019
Number
/
Proportion of flood,
drought
and
waterborne
diseases disaster
interventions
flood, drought and
waterborne diseases
disaster intervention
plans interventions
flood, drought
and waterborne
diseases disaster
interventions
flood, drought and
waterborne diseases
disaster interventions
flood, drought and
waterborne
diseases disaster
interventions
(to look for the
baseline –
Directorate CCDM)
BUDGET
INTERVENTION / ACTIVITY
INPUTS
RESPONSIBILITY
Risk management COGTA, SAVAC
Incorporation
of
risk procedure
and
management
in
emergency guidelines
preparedness, response and
recovery programmes
DAFF, DEA, NDMC
Develop community capacities to Community
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MEASUREMENT
Documents
on
the
recovery
programmes
Number
Community
MTEF
MTSF
ASSUMPTION
/RISK
Unavailability
of
the programmes in
some
Municipalities
of
Community
respond to natural disasters
trainings;
trainings
participation
Trainers
Infrastructure
availability
Training material
COGTA
Promote
natural
disaster Disaster
DST
preparedness
management initiatives:
information
DAFF
 Disaster
management
Research
and ARC
funds
technology
 Indigenous knowledge
development
DRDLR
 Selected
cultivars
(drought and disease
DED
resistant)
 Greening projects
DEA
Awareness
campaigns
Adoption
technologies
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of
Availability
resources
of
Enabling
policy
environment
OUTCOME 4 – TARGET OUTCOMES, OUTPUTS AND ACTIVITIES
OUTCOME 4
Establishment of food value chains for improved rural economies
4.1 At least 60% of government food purchases sourced from local producers and processors by 2019 (to be
reviewed by the midterm review of implementation)
4.2 National rural investment incentive scheme implemented
modalities by 2019)
by March 2019(with clear implementation
TARGETS
4.3 At least 120 informal enterprises & 60 formal enterprises per rural district municipality owned by
indigenous entrepreneurs by March 2019
OUTPUT 1
Government Food Purchase Programme framework developed and implemented.
OUTPUT TARGET – ANNUAL
2014/2015
2015/2016
2016/2017
Government
Food
Purchase
programme
framework initiated
Government Food Evaluate
the Evaluate
the
Purchase
performance of performance of the
programme
the
model/framework for
framework
model/framework linking
local
food
developed
and for linking local producers
and
implemented
food producers processors
to
and processors government
food
to
government purchase programmes
food
purchase
programmes
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2017/2018
2018/2019
Evaluate
the
performance
of
the
model/framework
for linking local
food
producers
and processors to
government food
purchase
programmes
BUDGET(R ‘000)
INTERVENTION / ACTIVITY
INPUTS
Comprehensive
Develop a
framework/model baseline study report
for Government Food Purchase
Programme
Government Food
Monitor and evaluate the Purchase
implementation
of
the Programme
framework for Government
Food Purchase Programme
Monitoring and
Evaluation
Framework
RESPONSIBILITY
MEASUREMENT MTEF
DAFF supported
by DSD, DBE,
DRDLR, DOH,
DTI, DCS, DMVF,
DPME,
development
partners,
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ASSUMPTION
/RISK
The
framework
will get political
and
executive
support
Framework
document
National Treasury
supported DAFF,
DSD, DBE,
DRDLR, DOH,
DTI, DCS, DMVF,
DPME,
development
partners,
MTSF
Monitoring
evaluation
reports
1 200
and 1 500???
DPME to
guide
Office
of
the
Procurement
General in the
National Treasury
will endorse this
framework
All line department
M&E
units,
including treasury
are
adequately
capacitated
Increased number of local food producers and processors linked to Government Food Purchase
OUTPUT 2
Programme
2014/2015
OUTPUT TARGET – ANNUAL
2015/2016
Establish
a 15% from baseline
baseline of local
food
producers
and
processors
supplying
government food
purchase
programmes
2016/2017
2017/2018
2018/2019
Increase by 15%
Increase by 15%
Increase by 15%
BUDGET(R
‘000)
INTERVENTION / ACTIVITY
Commission a national study to
determine the current local food
producers
and
processors
supplying
government
food
purchase programmes
INPUTS
MoA
with
the
University of KwaZulu Natal
and
other
higher
learning
institutions
RESPONSIBILITY
DAFF supported by
DSD, DBE, DRDLR,
DOH, DTI, DCS,
DMVF
MEASUREMENT
MTEF
Comprehensive
600
study report with
baseline figure
MTSF
ASSUMPTION
/RISK
The report will
determine where
and how these
producers
and
processors
are
doing
business
with the State.
The
lead
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ToRs
to
will
the
desired result
DAFF supported by
Profiling local food producers and Profiling
DSD, DBE, DRDLR,
processors to establish their questionnaire and DOH,
DTI,
DCS,
capacities
assessment tools.
DMVF, Stats SA
Link beneficiaries of government
supported
food
production
programmes to government food
purchase programmes
CASP, FETSA
Tlala, CRDP,
Ilema-Letsema,
Agri-BEE Funds,
DTI Incentive
Schemes,
MAFISA, NSNP,
CNDC;s, RECAP,
etc
Comprehensive and
accurate database
of
local
food
producers
and
processors
Database of local
DAFF, DSD, DBE, food producers and
DRDLR, DOH, DTI, processors linked to
food
DCS, DMVF, Stats SA government
purchase
programmes
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The database will
get political and
executive support
The ToRs will
lead
to
the
desired result
Integration
support
programmes
of
OUTPUT 3
OUTPUT TARGET – ANNUAL
A national rural investment incentive scheme implemented
2014/2015
2015/2016
2016/2017
2017/2018
2018/2019
National rural
investment
incentive scheme
initiated
National rural
investment incentive
scheme draft
document
Approved national
rural investment
incentive scheme
National rural
investment
incentive scheme
piloted
National rural
investment
incentive scheme
implemented
BUDGET(R ‘000)
INTERVENTION / ACTIVITY
INPUTS
RESPONSIBILITY
MEASUREMENT
MTEF
Budget allocation DRDLR,
DTi
for the scheme
supported by National
DRDLR
Treasury
Development of the national rural Technical
Investment scheme and DTi
investment incentive scheme
expertise
document
to advise
Consultation and approval of the Finance, Human
national
rural
investment capital/technical
incentive scheme
expertise
Accountability and
financial
Piloting
the
national
rural management
investment incentive scheme
expertise
DRDLR, DTi
supported by National
Treasury
DRDLR, DTi
supported by National
Treasury
Implementation of national rural
DRDLR, DTi
Finance, Human supported by National
investment incentive scheme
capital/technical
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MTSF
ASSUMPTION
/RISK
Budget allocation
for the scheme.
Consultative
Workshop reports
DRDLR
and DTi
to advise
All
relevant
stakeholders will
be consulted for
input
Pilot
implementation
reports
DRDLR
and DTi
to advise
The scheme is
piloted in the
most
rural
provinces
DRDLR
and DTi
Pilot
of
scheme
Implementation
reports
the
is
expertise
Training
participants
Treasury
to advise
successful
of
Investors
come forth
will
Strengthened food safety and quality control standards within local food value chains
OUTPUT 4
OUTPUT TARGET – ANNUAL
2014/2015
2015/2016
2016/2017
2017/2018
Ascertain the
number of
compliant local
producers and
processors
supplying
government food
programmes
Increase the number
of compliant local
producers and
processors supplying
government food
programmes by 40%
Increase the
number of
compliant local
producers and
processors
supplying
government food
programmes by
20%
Increase
number
compliant
producers
processors
supplying
government
programmes
20%
2018/2019
the
of
local
and
Increase
the
number
of
compliant local
producers
and
processors
supplying
food government food
by programmes by
20%
BUDGET
INTERVENTION / ACTIVITY
INPUTS
RESPONSIBILITY
Commission a national study to
determine the current state of Finance, Human
compliance to food safety and capital/technical
expertise
quality standards
MOU
research
institutions
MEASUREMENT
MTEF
study report with
baseline figures
with DBE DSD, DAFF,
DRDLR, DOH, DTI,
DCS, DMVF
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To
be
guided by
available
budget
MTSF
ASSUMPTION
/RISK
The report will
get political and
executive
support
The ToRs
lead
to
will
the
Data
tools
collection
Finance, Human
capital/technical
Capacity building and awareness expertise
programme
for
local
food
producers and processors on Awareness
DBE DSD,
food safety and quality standards materials
DOH, DTI,
desired result
DAFF,
Programme reports
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1 000
All the institutions
involved
with
food safety and
quality will work
together to roll
out the training
7)
GLOSSARY OF CONCEPTS USED IN THIS PLAN
Agricultural land – is any land used for farming purposes and is situated in the area of
jurisdiction of a municipal council and was classified as an agricultural land when the first
members of the council were elected.
Food – any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the human body. It is
usually from the animal or plant origins and contains essential nutrients such as
carbohydrates, fats, proteins vitamins and /or minerals.
Food security – is a state where all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic
access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food
preferences for an active healthy life.
Food insecurity - exists when people are undernourished due to the physical unavailability
of food, their lack of social or economic access, and or inadequate food utilisation.
Food accessibility - refers to the ability of households to obtain sufficient food for all
members at all times, either through production for own consumption, or through exchange.
Food utilisation - refers to the final use of food by individuals at household level.
Food availability - is the total quantities of food available including domestic food
production, international importation and efficiency of food distribution, and is assessed in
the light of the food requirements of the population.
Food Control – is a mandatory regulatory activity of enforcement by national and local
authorities to provide consumer protection and ensure that all foods during production,
handling, storage, processing and distribution are safe, wholesome and fit for human
consumption; conforming to safety and quality requirements and is honestly and accurately
labelled as prescribed by the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 which came into effect on
the 01 April 2011.
Food chain – is the systematic production and development of food from the primary
production until the consumptions
Food hygiene – are all conditions and measures necessary to ensure the safety and
suitability of food at all stages of the food chain.
Food poverty line: refers to the extreme poverty below which people are unable to
purchase enough food for adequate consumption.
Lower bound poverty line: refers to less extreme poverty below which people can afford an
adequate diet but would have to sacrifice food to purchase non-food items.
Upper bound poverty line: refers to the level at which people can purchase both adequate
food and non-food items.
Hunger – it refers to the recurrent involuntary lack of access to food.
Household - is as a person, or a group of persons, who occupy a common dwelling (or part
of it) for at least four days a week and who provide themselves jointly with food and other
essentials for living. In other words, they live together as a unit.
South African citizen – the South African Citizenship Amendment Bill of 2010 describe
three forms of acquiring citizenship by birth, descent or naturalization. i) Birth; someone born
in or outside the republic with at least one parent being South African is a citizen of this
country, ii) Descent; adopted children by South Africans acquires citizenship, iii)
Naturalisation; citizenship will be granted to individuals whose countries allows dual
citizenship if they don’t allow that an individual will have to renounce the other citizenship.
The State will only take the food security responsibility of South Africans who are within the
South African boarders.
Social Sector Cluster - refer to government classification of departments into clusters and
in the context of this policy we refer to DAFF, DSD, DBE, DWAF and DoH.
Vulnerability - refers to the full range of factors that place people at risk of becoming food
insecure. The degree of vulnerability for an individual, household or group of persons is
determined by their exposure to the risk factors and their ability to cope with or withstand
stressful situations.
Unemployed person – refers to any person 15 years and older who were not in paid
employment or self employed and were available for paid employment or self-employment.
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