Ending food crisis with small
scale farmers
CNPFP/N
Prague, JPA, April 7, 09
Presentation outline
• Food crisis situation, in 2009 in West
Africa
• African food crisis cause analysis
• African Farmers Organizations '
Proposals
• Conclusions
1. Food crisis situation in 2009 in
West Africa
• Crisis has a double perspective
 Consumers versus producers ?
Rural perspective >< cities
 Agro-industry versus family agriculture?
• Crisis is still present
 Despite the decrease of global prices (2008-2009),
consumer prices continue to rise
Consumption price evolution
in Burkina Faso
Consumer products
2007
2009
Corn - 100 kg
10000
17500
175%
Sorghum - 100 kg
12500
18000
144%
Black-eyed pea - 100 kg
15000
25000
167%
Imported rice - 50kg
12500
22000
176%
in Senegal, 33% of families have suffered a decrease in daily meals
%
 Production factor prices have doubled
Fertilizer production costs
2007
2009
NBK – 50kg bag
12500
25000
200%
Urea - 50 kg bag
13000
26500
204%
Globally, producer revenues have not
increased in west Africa
Ex: Maize production in
Burkina Faso
YIELDS per Ha
74.500 CFA = 114 €
Annual Revenue for 1Ha,
1,5 Tonne
PRODUCTION per Ha
Fertilizers (NPK 3 bags et Urée 2 bags)
125000
Seeds
10000
Labour (machine)
25000
> A family of 6 people gets
Herbicides
28000
228 € per year to live
Total of the charges
188.000
SELLING PRICES FOR 1,5 TONNES (15 bags)
262.500
> Average: 2HA per family
for a 6 people family
GROSS REVENUE WITHOUT FARMERS REMUNERATION
74.500
 Local products become luxury products, though
production remains considerable.
ex: manioc, sorghum, millet, … that used to constitue traditioal meals.
 Food dependance continues and may reach 60% of
nutrition needs in West Africa, according to countries.
2. African crisis cause analysis
Political incoherence at
 International level (ASP, PRSPP, Liberalization, EPA’s,
PAD decrease in favour of agriculture…) *
Abandonment of family farming
 National/regional/continental level
• Lack of real comprehensive policies
• Lack of policy implementation (NEPAD, ECOWAP,...)
• Engagement failure (Maputo, …)
View of governments, donors and great institutions
<-> Actors' view
*Agriculture decline in Official Development
Aid
Percent (%)
Share of Agricultural ODA in Total ODA, All Donors
(1980-2005)
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
1980
1985
Source: IFPRI, Badiane (2008)
1990
1995
2000
2005
3. Farmers organizations'
proposals
• Our view about agriculture
 Support, first and foremost family farming
<-> Family Farming definition
 In West Africa, between 60 and 80% of the
population ‘lives’ relying upon this agriculture
> There is no room for development in Africa
without farming agriculture development
• Port Moresby Declaration, at
the 2008 JPA
We want to stress the following:
 It’s a first good step
• Food production issue must be a priority in international policies
• Farmers' role must be recognized for the elaboration of
agriculture-related policies
 Next steps ? Urgency motion in Prague?
Implementation ?
• On our side, concretely, we ask for:
1. A respect of the commitments from the UE
and ACP Institutions
- financial undertakings:
ex ACP:Maputo (10% of ACP budget to agriculture)
ex UE : 0,56 GNP to PAD (today, 0,40%)
> what for agriculture ?
- direct support for production, at family level
farming level
- policy coherence in favor of rural development
• On our side, concretely, we ask for:
2. Good governance
- OP (Farmers Organizations) have to be
considered as full actors
- African State Sovereignty (food sovereignty)
• On our side, concretely, we ask for:
3. A “fair” trade for development
Priority and preference for regional/local markets
 Reinforcement of regional integration
>> The integration as the Southern countries want to install it
 Regulation (market protection, … )
4. Conclusions
• In view of the coming sessions in the JPA in
Prague
 Regarding climate change issues
<-> agriculture is the major topic
 EU – ACP negociations on EPA’s
 WTO negociations
• The urgency motion on food crisis
 Amendments and improvments to Port Moresby declaration
<=> How to ensure that farmers proposales are taken
into account in these debates?
Thank you for your attention
Bassiaka DAO
Souleymane Keita
Nadjirou Sall
Hima Abdou
CPF - Burkina Faso
CNOP National- Mali
FONGS/CNCR - Senegal
PFPN - Niger
Virginie Pissoort
Jean Jacques Grodent
Pascal Erard
Aurèle Destrée
Kristýna Balajová
SOS FAIM Belgium
SOS FAIM Belgium
CFSI -France
Glopolis – Czech Republic
Glopolis – Czech Republic
Bassiaka Dao (CPF – Burkina Faso)
He’s a farmer in Bobo, and leader farmer for dry cereal and vegetable production.
Chairman of the FASO Farmers confederation (CPF), he’s also chairman of the CRA
(Agricultural Regional Chamber) in the region of Hauts Bassins, and President of
Burkina Agricultural Professionals Federation (FEPA/B). He has been advisor in
Burkina Social and Economic Council (CES). He has collaborated to several
meetings, seminars and workshops at national, regional and international level
(ROPPA negotiations with FIDA, FAO in Rome, meetings with ECOWAS and
WAEMU on EPA’s, TEC, Regional Integration,..)
The CPF promotes professional and responsible food producers. Created in 2002, it
gathers today 9 national umbrella organizations and more than 800.000 members.
Promoting solidarity, the CPF is following and lobbying on the national and regional
policies relating to rural development likely to influence food producers. It’s vision of
agriculture is based upon farming organization.
The CPF is founder member of the ROPPA (West African Network of farming
organizations).
Contact CPF
address : 01BP 2978 Ouagadougou 01 – Burkina Faso
tel/fax : (226) 50301844 –
e mail : cpf@fasonet.be Web www.cpf.bf
Souleymane Keita (CNOP- Mali)
He’s a planter and market gardener in Mali, and father of 5 children.
He’s the founder member of various organizations, like the Mali and Sahel farmer
organization platform, and the West African Agriculture Food Sector Economic
Operators (ROESAO) as well as the one for Mali (CONOESAM). He also founded the
CNOP. He’s member of Mali Agriculture Chambers Network, and the Mali Agricultural
Chamber consular Assembly. He also has sub regional and international
responsibilities.
The CNOP – National Coordination for farmers organizations has been formally
recognized in 2004. It represents today the interests of 11 umbrella organizations, at
national level, and other regional organizations. Its objective is to build a national
credible farmers movement bearing sustainable promotion of the agricultural structures
through family farming as leverage for the development of Mali. The CNOP has played
an important role in the draft of the Agricultural Law in Mali (loi d’orientation agricole)
The CNOP is founder member of the ROPPA (West African Network of farming
organizations).
Contact CNOP
Address: alaban coura - Rue 200; Porte 727; BP.E:2169-Bamako- Mali
Tel : (223) 20 28 68 00 - 76 17 09 79
Email: cnopmali@yahoo.fr, cnopmali@gmail.com Web http://www.cnop-mali.org
Nadjirou Sall (FONGS/CNCR- Senegal)
He’s farmer, rice grower, and father of 3 children, leaving in Tiesse.
He’s the General secretary of FONGS (national farming federation), and General
Assistant Secretary of the CNCR (Farmer Cooperation and Consultation National
Council). At the level of his area (St Louis), he is founder member of a regional
farming organization (UJAK) and member of the Executive member since then. He is
the author of various publications. Since 1993, he has participated to many mission
abroad, to represent and defend west African farmers interests.
The FONGS is the emanation of 3000 village associations and gathers more than
100.000 members today, of which 65 % are women. Created in 1976, the FONGS
has the objective to constitute an associative movement that rehabilitates the status
and the identity of farmers through responsibility and autonomy within solidarity; so
as to reach the challenges of the rural environment, in Senegal.
The FONGS is founder member of the CNCR (National Concertation of rurals), that is
member of the ROPPA (Regional federation of farming organizations in West Africa)
Contact :
address : B.P. 269 THIES, Senegal
tél. (221) 33 939 58 58 - Fax : (221) 33 951.23.52
e mail : fongs@sentoo.sn Web : www.fongs.sn
Hima Abdou
(PFPN- Niger)
He’s an agricultural engineer. Before working at the PFPN, he has worked in a
research institute for development in Niamey. He’s the technical Coordinator of the
PFPN, since 2008; supporting the elected representative of the Platform, in their
mission.
The national platform of Niger is a consultative framework that gathers 27 umbrella
farming organisations and about 5.300.000 family farmers, in every sector of rural
area.The priority of the national Platform of Niger is to ensure food sovereignty in
Niger, and to provide a wide range of efficient services to its members. Capacity
building, training of its members and representation of farmers interests at the
political level are the major activities of the PFPN, and its executive bureau.
The PFPN is member of the ROPPA ( Regional federation of farming organizations
and producers in West Africa).
Contact PFPN:
address: Gamkallé BP : 11729 Niamey
Tel : 00227 20732352 e mail : pfp_niger@yahoo.fr Web: www.pfpniger.org