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Partnerships for food security
FARA, Accra Ghana
AIFSC priorities East and south African countries Identified as a country/sub-regional need Identified as a gap in existing agricultural research for
development Opportunities for bridging the gap between research and
development Opportunities for leveraging off existing work Opportunities for co-investment, in particular with private
sector partners Encourage south-south institution support Recognising the impact of gender on food security Opportunities for where Australian comparative
advantage can have impact and alignment with national interests
Smallholder farmers Seven out of ten Africans gain
their livelihoods through farming Likely to be a woman 1 hectare or less Yield is one quarter the global
average Basic equipment – hoe and saved
seed Lacking information and decision
making
=> Struggling to feed a continent of nearly one billion people
Africa is more vulnerable to changing world food prices
Source: FAO 2011 The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2011. Rome
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Sufficient, accessible and nutritious food
MDGs, in-country priorities, Australian Aid Frameworks
Focus of interventions
Outcomes
Impact
Policy frameworks
Increased food production
Increased income Improved access to knowledge
Increased institutional and
individual capacity
Improved nutrition and diversity in
diets
“Food security” = availability, access and utilisationBroad platform
Sustainable and productive
farming systems
Markets, value chains and
social systems
Food nutrition and safety
Communica-tions and
knowledge management
Education, training and
capacity building
Increased access to more nutritious and safe food and
less post harvest waste
Greater access to agricultural
innovations
Outputs of interventions
for smallholder female and male farmers and other poor households
Innovations in information
and knowledge delivery and
facilitated partnerships
Critical mass trained to address
food security issues, enduring
institutional partnerships
Program themes
Accelerating research delivery and adoption of innovations for food security
(research) (capacity building)
Better market
access and returns, and
stronger value chains
Better informed and
supported policy
development
Sustainable and productive
farming systems
Markets, value chains
& social systems
Food nutrition
and safety
Evergreen Agriculture$5.5million(+ $2 million)4 yearsUganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi
Adoption Pathways$3 million(+ $1.8 million)4 yearsEthiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique
Blue water use
Family poultry and crops
Vegetable-based farmingUnderstanding
farming systems
Primary impactSecondary impact
scope
project
Small-scalemechanisation$4 million(+ $2.3 million)4 yearsEthiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Current activitiesReview of ACIAR’s projects in Africa – impacts and adoption
Foresight for food security
Landcare for Food Security
FARA priority themes AIFSC priority? Area of fit
Crop diversification ✓ P3, Vegetable scoping study
Integrated crop livestock systems ✓ P1, P3, Evergreen Ag, Poultry crop interactions, Water
Research uptake and scaling out ✓ MISSION, Pathways project, Impact and adoption study
Knowledge mgt ✓ P4, HarvestChoice
Value chain analysis ✓ P2
Foresight use ✓ HarvestChoice, Farming Systems
Socio economic impacts ✓ P2, Pathways project, Small scale mechanisation project
Food safety, quality & nutrition ✓ P3
Ag financing ✗
Biotech. stewardship ✗
Capacity strengthening ✓ P5, Landcare scoping study
Success of Newcastle Disease vaccine
• Assoc. Prof. Robyn Alders involved for over 20 yrs
• Thermo-tolerant vaccine produced (ACIAR $) and distributed over several African countries (AusAID $)
• Sustainable system for vaccine production and coordinated distribution – vaccination and evaluation every 4 months
• 70-80% protection of flock against disease
AIFSC poultry–crop project
• Assessing poultry and crop value chains:o strategic linkages to improve efficiency of both chains?o ↑ poultry production/trade through supplementary
feeding from crops?o ↑’d efficiency of poultry production contribute to
ecologically sustainable ag and food security?o ↑ human nutrition
o specialists in human health & nutrition, animal health, value chains, gender/social issues
KenyaUgandaTanzaniaRwandaBurundi
AusAID, Nairobi Food Security Team
ILRI, Nairobi Seminar
AfricanEnterpriseChallengeFund – KPMG & B&MGF
African Union,Addis Ababa
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