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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger AGBIZ Council 2, Umhlanga - Durban

26 July 2013

• Dr. Tobias Takavarasha

FAO Representative: South Africa

Overview of FAO in South Africa

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger

Outline of the presentation

• FAO Strategic Objectives
• Mandate of FAO
• Partnerships strategy
• Role of FAO and Focus Areas
• The role of the FAO Country Office Current projects
• Possible areas of collaboration

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger

• FAO leads international efforts to defeat hunger and its major focus is on

agriculture, forestry, fisheries and related areas.

• FAO has 5 strategic objectives namely:
• SO1 - Eradicate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition
• SO2 - Increase and improve provision of goods and services from

agriculture, forestry and fisheries in a sustainable manner

FAO Strategic Objectives

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger

• SO3 - Livelihoods of rural populations and in particular for women and

youth improved through enhanced employment opportunities and conditions, increased access to productive resources and rural services

• SO4 - Enable more inclusive and efficient food and agricultural systems at

local, national and international levels

• SO5 - Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises

FAO Strategic Objectives (continues)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger

• To eradicate hunger
• Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO's efforts - to make sure

people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives

• Gather, process and disseminate information relating to nutrition, food and

agriculture

• Promote and recommend national/international action with respect to

nutritional, food and agriculture interventions

• Provide technical assistance and capacity building to governments upon

request

Mandate of FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger

Role of FAO

• Humanitarian
• Rehabilitation
• Development

FAO

Humanitarian Development Rehabilitation

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger

• FAO recognizes that the challenge of poverty cannot be left to

individual organizations hence various players such as CSOs play a critical role in the fight against hunger given their technical expertise, their proximity to and representation of the hungry and poor, and their increasing presence in the field.

• Effective engagement with the private sector can help the fight

against hunger and malnutrition by enhancing FAO’s work in agriculture, fishery, forestry, natural resource management, and the food value chain from farmer to consumer

Partnerships

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger

• FAOZA is currently busy in identifying potential stakeholders to form

partnership with.

• Objective of FAOZA partnership and communication strategy is to enhance

and facilitate strategic partnerships for food security and nutrition, agriculture and rural development between FAO and government departments, development partners, civil society and the private sector, and define which form each specific partnership should take..

Partnerships

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger

Specific Objectives of FAOZA partnership aims at:

• Improving communication links, both formal and informal, at all levels of

Government

• Developing suitable partnerships with the private sector and civil society
• Actively seeking opportunities to strengthen collaboration and expand the

network of partners.

Partnerships

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger

Partnerships can be formalized through existing legal arrangements used by FAO:

• Memoranda of Understanding (MoU)
• Letters of Agreement (LoA)
• Multidonor Trust Fund

Nature of Partnerships

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger

Current projects in South Africa

• Capacity Building for South African Professionals in the Field of Agriculture

and Food Security (with initial emphasis on International Development Cooperation)

• FAO support for CAADP
• Public understanding of aquaculture
• Support Conservation Agriculture
• Telefood food security micro projects

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger

“Capacity Building for South African Professionals in the field of agriculture and food security”

The project is funded by RSA Government Objectives

• Increase knowledge and skills of government officials for more effective

management of Govt. of South Africa’s international development cooperation programmes (supporting food security and agricultural rehabilitation). E.g. – Dept. of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) R180 million food relief to Lesotho by World Food Program.

• Capacity building for effective policies, strategies and service delivery in

support of emerging farmers

• Currently implementing the project in two pilot provinces (KZN and

Mpumalanga)

• Working with DAFF and Eastern Cape Dept. of Agric to expand project to

Eastern Cape

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger

• FAO is supporting Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

(DAFF) to develop the CAADP Process.

• Expected results are Policy briefs reviewed.
• A report on priority investment areas along the four CAADP pillars.
• CAADP implementation roadmap with an accompanying monitoring and

accountability framework and related capacity strengthened.

Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger

Objective

• Provide a comprehensive market and policy analysis, to identify the public

understanding of aquaculture and to develop a five-year aquaculture awareness programme.

• The results are-Aquaculture reference database, a searchable web based

resource, with an accompanying brief

• A framework outlining a five year aquaculture awareness programme

Public Understanding of Aquaculture

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger

Objectives

• to enhance household and national food security while combating the

potential impact of climate change by promoting sound and sustainable farming practices

• to build awareness of the potential benefits of CA in countries where it is

not widely practiced or understood

• To document and analyse past and current CA activities in the region to

identify best practices and lessons learned

“Regional Dissemination

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Knowledge, Information and Experiences on Conservation Agriculture (CA) Activities in Southern Africa”

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger

• FAO programme established to finance micro-projects. Objective: to

finance micro-projects (production inputs) in developing countries such as poultry and communal gardens.

• Purpose-to help poor people free themselves from their daily struggle to

get enough food to eat. It aims at improving the capacity of poor and vulnerable families to produce more food and generate cash income for more sustainable livelihoods

Telefood Projects

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger

• Support to Government on Policy, legislation, regulations
• Technical support and advice to Government
• To enhance household and national food security
• Joint collaboration on project development

Possible areas of collaboration

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger Dr Tobias Takavarasha FAO Representative: South Africa Tel: 012 354 8530 Cell: 073 826 6173 Email: Tobias.Takavarasha@fao.org Website: www.fao.org

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