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Mitigating Global Food Crisis: Responses at National Level

The Case of Madagascar

Contents

• Preamble: Three documents, one big event

– The Madagascar Action Plan (MAP)

• Global Food Crisis Impact and Responses at

National Level

• Introduction
• Objective
• The situation at a glance
• Measures adopted by the Government
• Conclusion

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Présidence de la République de Madagascar

Preamble: Three key documents,

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• ROUND TABLE FOR THE

« MADAGASCAR ACTION PLAN » OR MAP

• The Vision Madagascar Naturally!
• establish stronger links with the rural world

for poverty reduction

• The Madagascar Action Plan (MAP)
• a 5-year road map to achieve the Vision
• A Round Table for the MAP
• round table of all stakeholders for the

implementation of the MAP (ownership)

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The 8 MAP Commitments

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The 8 MAP Commitments (cont’d)

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Global Food Crisis Impact and Responses at National Level

Action plan for Madagascar in the short and medium term

Introduction

• Soaring prices of cereals including rice,

cooking oil, fuels, transportation, fertilizers, etc... in the world markets

• TICAD IV, Japan – Tunis in June 08
• FAO Summit in June 08
• Initiatives on food soaring prices (FAO,

WB, IMF, EU, etc.)

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Objective: to mitigate the impact of soaring prices on the world markets particularly :

(i) To increase food products supply of domestic markets by improving agricultural productivity and production; and (ii) To facilitate vulnerable population’s access to balanced alimentation

The situation at a glance

• Rice: stapple food
• Population: 18 millions
• Annual production: 3.5 millions

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• Per capita consumption: 120 kg/yr

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Evolution of rice price in Madagascar

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Measures adopted by the Government

• Re-adjustment of the annual budget
• Additional budget for Social protection
• Fiscal measures (VAT, transport

subsidies, …)

• Support to off-season rice production

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Approach How to transform the food crisis into an

• pportunity?
• Integration of the MAP policies and strategies within

sectorial programmes,

• Linkages with on going programmes and efficient

institutions with success stories,

• Emergency programmes
• Improving leadership and management capacities,
• Strenghtening analysis capacity of food and nutrition

situation

• Communication and information programme
• Conformity with cross cutting issues (climate change,

gender, etc…)

Components

• Improvement of productivity
• Food security nets

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In the short term

Objective: to increase food productivity and diversity

• Off-season

– Communication - sensitization – Platform for fertilizers

• Main season

– Set up of CSA (Centers for Agricultural Services) – Input supply (improved seeds, fertilizers, pesticides…) – Promoting urban and peri urban agriculture

In the medium term

Objective: to increase food productivity and diversity – Strengthening of extension services – Implementing watershed and irrigation scheme program – Research and Development (R&D) – Input supply – Promoting rural credit – Diversification of food production (sorghum, cassava) – Empowerment of farmers’ associations – Post harvest management (reducing post harvest losses, transportation, drying,…) – Data base

• Storage and handling facilities (silo,….)
• Marketing (export to COMESA, COI, SADC countries)

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Conclusion

• In November 2007, Presidential Dialogue

with stakeholders

• Platform of donors and actors
• African Meeting on SRI Intensive Rice

Cultivation System (April 2009)

• African Union Summit, July 2009
• Collaboration with FANRPAN