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GFAR 2003-00-06a.en

2nd Triennial GFAR Conference

22 – 24 May 2003

Méridien Président Hotel, Dakar, Sénégal

Linking Research and Rural Innovation toSustainable Development

Emerging global issues in Sustainable Development and the Response of theNew Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)

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PRESENTATION TO THEPRESENTATION TO THEGFAR 2003 CONFERENCEGFAR 2003 CONFERENCE

DAKAR, SENEGALDAKAR, SENEGAL22 MAY 200322 MAY 2003

Emerging global issues inSustainable Development and theresponse of the New Partnership

for Africa’s Development

THE PRESENT CRISIS INTHE PRESENT CRISIS INAFRICAAFRICA

• Over 300 million Africans live on lessthan $1 a day.

• 200m are chronically hungry.• 30m require emergency food and

agricultural assistance in any one year.• 14 million are on the brink of

starvation in SADC alone in 2003.

• Over 150 million Africans are affected byconflict.

• Approximately 2,4 million Africans diefrom AIDS every year.

• Over 28 million Africans live withHIV/AIDS.

• 1 million Africans die of malaria everyyear.

• 1,2 million Africans die of pneumonia everyyear.

• 800 000 African children die of diarrhoeabefore their fifth birthday.

• 600 000 Africans die of tuberculosis every year.• 500 000 African children die of measles per

year.• 250 000 African women die in childbirth per

year.• 48 million African children are not in school.• With about 12% of the world’s population,

Africa accounts for less than 2% of world trade.

INTERNATIONALINTERNATIONALRESPONSERESPONSE

• This crisis represents a major challenge forthe international community and the GlobalAgenda is now firmly focused on povertyalleviation and sustainable socio-economicdevelopment and growth:– UN Millennium Summit (2000): MDGs, e.g. to cut

hunger and poverty in half by 2015– Financing for Development Conference, Mexico (2002)– World Food Summit, Rome (2002)– World Summit on Sustainable Development,

Johannesburg (2002)

KEY INTERNATIONALPRIORITIES

• A number of key priorities have emergedinternationally that inform efforts to addresspoverty and ensure sustainable development,namely:– Peace and Security– Democracy and Good Governance– Trade– Sustained economic growth– Human Development– Protection of the Environment– Partnerships.

AFRICAAFRICA’’S RESPONSES RESPONSE• Increased determination by African leaders

for Africa to take her destiny in her ownhands and to determine the agenda forAfrica’s Revival:– Setting up of the African Union.– Acceptance of NEPAD as the socio-economic

development programme of the AU (Lusaka 2001and Durban 2002).

– The NEPAD framework incorporates theinternational priorities mentioned above andestablishes a link with the MDGs.

NEPAD PRIORITIESNEPAD PRIORITIES

• NEPAD identifies a number of priorities in orderto address the crisis mentioned above, in line withthe issues that have emerged internationally asdeterminants for development.

• NEPAD has been explicitly recognised as theframework for development in Africa by theinternational community (by November 2002 UNResolution and at FfD, WFS, and WSSD).

NEPAD PRIORITIESNEPAD PRIORITIES• Peace & Security• Democracy, Political,

Economic & CorporateGovernance

• Regional Integration• Reversing Africa’s

marginalisation• Infrastructure• Agriculture & Food

Security7. Environment

8. HRD (Health &Education)

9. Market Access, Intra-Africa trade

10. Capital flows (Debtrelief, ODA andInvestment)

11. Crosscutting issues(Gender, Capacitybuilding, S & T)

AGRICULTURE – A KEYAGRICULTURE – A KEYSECTOR PROGRAMMESECTOR PROGRAMME• Key sector for achieving economic advancement

and poverty alleviation.• Represents 60% of labour force, 20% of

merchandise and 17% of GDP.• Africa = net importer of food. US$18.7 billion in

2000 on imports.• Africa“Imported” 2.8 million tons of food aid in

2000.

THE VISION FORTHE VISION FORAGRICULTURE BY 2015AGRICULTURE BY 2015

• The NEPAD vision for agriculture entailsmaximising the contribution of Africa’slargest economic sector in order to achievea self-reliant and productive Africa that canparticipate fully in the world economy by2015.

THE GOAL FORTHE GOAL FORAGRICULTUREAGRICULTURE

• The NEPAD goal is an agricultural-leddevelopment that eliminates hunger,reduces poverty, provides food security,opens the way for an expansion of exportsand puts the continent on a higher economicgrowth path within an overall strategy ofsustainable development and preservationof the natural resource base.

HOW DO WE END THEHOW DO WE END THEFOOD CRISIS AND KICK-FOOD CRISIS AND KICK-

START AFRICANSTART AFRICANAGRICULTURE?AGRICULTURE?

TThe NEPAD Comprehensive Africahe NEPAD Comprehensive AfricaAgriculture Development ProgrammeAgriculture Development Programme

((CAADPCAADP): 2002): 2002

• Prepared by FAO and NEPAD.• Guidance to member governments on

operationalisation and action torevitalise African agriculture.

CAADP PILLARSCAADP PILLARSExtending the area under sustainable landmanagement and reliable water controlsystems;Improving rural infrastructure and marketaccess including inputs and finance;Increasing food supply and reducinghunger;Agricultural research, technologydissemination and adoption.

CAADP ACTION PLAN: AprilCAADP ACTION PLAN: April20032003

• Prepared by NEPAD, RECs, FAO, WFP,IFAD, DBSA, FARA, ISNAR. HungerTask Force and the development banks.

• Concrete projects to end the food crisis andkick-start agricultural development.

NEPAD agricultural program action plan 2003 – 2015

Implementation schedule

NEPAD flag ship programs/projects

Framework and processes for project implementation and financingCriteria for selection of NEPAD programs/projects

NEPAD FLAGSHIPPROJECTS/PROGRAMMES

ECOWAS5,400Irrigation DevelopmentProject and WaterManagement Project

ECOWAS500Socio-EconomicDevelopment Programfor River blindnessFreed Zones of WestAfrica

SADC500Irrigation Developmentand WaterManagement Project

COMESA1,008Irrigation DevelopmentProject

Three RegionalEconomic CommunityOrganizations (RECs)

Sub-Total 7,408 US$million

CAADP PILLAR 1:

Lead Agenciesand Potential

Donors

Tentative ProjectCost (US Million)

ProjectDescription

SADC10Promoting RegionalAgricultural Trade andHarmonizing SMSStandards

ECOWAS8Promotion of RegionalAgricultural Trade andSPS Standards

COMESA9Regional AgriculturalTrade Promotion andFood Security Project

Three RegionalEconomic CommunityOrganizations (RECs)

Sub-Total 27 US$million

CAADP PILLAR 2:


Donors


ProjectDescription

IGAD (30 m)ECOWAS (70M)

100Promoting SustainableCrop and LivestockProduction in the Aridand Semi-Arid Lands

ECCAS; ECOWAS10Production andCommercialization ofHigh Yield Seeds andPlanting Materials

ECCAS8AgriculturalIntensification andDiversification

Five RegionalEconomic CommunityOrganizations (RECs)

Sub-Total 8.093 US$million

CAADP PILLAR 3:


Donors


ProjectDescription

ECCAS100De-mining lands foragriculture production

ECCAS,ECOWAS,COMESA,IGAD,

SADC, NEPAD, WFP,WB, FAO,ADB,

DBSA

7,500Disaster Preventionand EmergencyResponse Food CrisesProgram

ECOWAS, ECCAS,COMESA, IFAD,

FOA, IITA

275Cassava DevelopmentInitiative for Sub-Sahara Africa

SADC200Strategic Food ReserveFacility

Five RegionalEconomic CommunityOrganizations (RECs)

CAADP PILLAR 3cont.


Donors


ProjectDescription

NEPAD, FARA

2.Building andStrengthening Networksof Centers of Excellencein Agricultural Sciences

ECOWAS, ECCAS,SADC, COMESA

SADC, JAPANESEGOV, IFAD, FARA,

REGIONALRESARCH

INSTITUTIONS

30.20.20.20.

4.1 AgriculturalResearch andTechnology Transferfor Strategic Crops-Tissue Culture Banana-Nerica Rice-Pigeon peas-Sweet potatoes

Four RegionalEconomic CommunityOrganizations (RECs),NEPAD and FARA

Sub-Total 92.US$ million

CAADP PILLAR 4:


Donors Agencies


ProjectDescription

15,740 US$million

TOTAL COST

NEPAD-SEC/CSOs,IFAD , AFDB, WB,

RECs, Bilateral Donors

20Civil SocietyMobilizing andEmpowermentProgram

NEPAD,CSOs, RECs,Donors

Sub-Total 20 US$CAADP ALLPILLARS (1-4)


Donors


ProjectDescription

IMMEDIATEIMMEDIATEINTERVENTIONSINTERVENTIONS

• Disaster Prevention andEmergency Response Food CrisisProgramme

- Strengthen the immediate response tothe crisis

- Address food insecurity and HIV/AIDS- Address the question of food reserve

systems

• Call on African governments to increasetheir investment in the Agriculturalsector.

• Mobilise African Farmer’s Associations.

• Agricultural research and technologytransfer for strategic crops such as:– Tissue Culture Banana; Cassava; Nerica

Rice; Pigeon Peas; Sweet Potatoes.

LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENTLONG-TERM DEVELOPMENTINTERVENTIONSINTERVENTIONS

• NEPAD seeks the internationalresearch community’s participation inthe long-term agricultural developmentagenda in Africa through a continuedsearch for new innovations for small-holder producers.

• NEPAD seeks collaboration withInternational Organisations on:– promoting small scale water harvesting

techniques,– school feeding programmes that focus on

locally produced food,– soil fertility restoration through agro-forestry

and mineral fertilizers,– seed multiplication, engendering and

democratizing agricultural production,– facilitation of micro financing, enhancing and

diversifying livelihood opportunities forvulnerable groups including youth and women.

CONCLUSION

• Need to reverse the adverse spiral ofAfrican agriculture – farm productivity,agricultural research.

• Common agenda for agricultural research.• NEPAD/FARA coalition cooperation to

achieve the vision for agricultural research.

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