Food and Nutrition Security Implementation Plan 19 DECEMBER 2014

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FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY

DRAFT POLICY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

September, 2014

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page no.

List of Tables ............................................................................................................................ 2

List of Figures .......................................................................................................................... 2

LIST OF ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................... 3

1) INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 4

2) RATIONALE FOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION POLICY

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN DEVELOPMENT .............................................................. 5

3) GOAL OF FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY POLICY ......................................... 5

3.1 Implementation plan prioritized outcomes ..................................................................... 6

4) ANALYSIS OF UNDERLYING CAUSES OF POVERTY, FOOD INSECURITY AND

MALNUTRITION IN SOUTH AFRICA ...................................................................... 78

5) FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMS AND INTERVENTION’s SWOT ANALYSIS ......... 9

6) INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT FOR THE FOOD AND NUTRITION

SECURITY POLICY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ...................................................... 13

6.1 Office of the President / Cabinet .................................................................................. 14

6.2 Government Departments ............................................................................................. 14

6.3 Technical Multi-Stakeholders’ Forum ............................................................................ 15

6.4 Development Partners, Private Sector, Civil Society Organizations, NGOs and CBO’s 15

6.4 South Africa Vulnerability Assessment Committee ....................................................... 16

6.5 General Public ............................................................................................................... 16

7) MONITORING AND EVALUATION MECHANISMS ............................................... 17

8) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FINANCE AND BUSINESS MODEL ........................... 19

7) GLOSSARY OF CONCEPTS USED IN THIS PLAN .............................................. 5150

8) LIST OF REFERENCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................. 5352

List of Tables Table 1: Food and Security Programs and Interventions in South Africa SWOT

analysis ................................................................................................................................... 11 Table 2: Food and Nutrition Security Policy Implementation Plan Prioritized

Outcomes, Targets, Outputs and Activities ....................................................................... 20

List of Figures

Figure 1: Proposed Institutional Arrangement and Information Flow ....................... 17

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LIST OF ACRONYMS

CBOs Community Based Organisations

DAFF Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

DoSD Department of Social Development

DoBE Department of Basic Education

DoH Department of Health

DTI Department of Trade and Industry

EDC's Early Childhood Development Centres

EPWP Expanded Public Works Programme

FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation

FNSAC Food and Nutrition Security Advisory Committee

HIV/AIDS Human Immune Virus/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

HRSC Human Science Research Council

INP Integrated Nutrition Programme

IFSS Integrated Food Security Strategy

IFSNP Integrated Food Security and Nutrition Programme

IGAs Income Generating Activities

NGOs Non-Governmental Organisations

NPFNS National Policy on Food and Nutrition Security

RSA Republic of South Africa

SAVAC South Africa Vulnerability and Assessment Committee

SANHNES South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

STATS SA Statistics South Africa

SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

UNICEF United Nations Children Fund

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1) INTRODUCTION

Food and nutrition security is part of the Section 27 Constitutional rights in South

Africa. The constitution states that every citizen has the right to access to sufficient

food and water, and that the state must by legislation and other measures, within its

available resources avail to progressive realization of the right to sufficient food

(RSA, 1996). Food security exists when every household individual at all times have

enough nutritious food for an active, healthy and productive life (FAO, 1996).

South Africa has progressively engaged in the fight against hunger and poverty

through its policies and programme interventions since the democratic dispensation

(1994). An integrated approach to ensuring delivery of food security programmes

has been pursued through the implementation of the Integrated Food Security and

Nutrition Programme (NPFNS), Government of South Africa approved the National

Policy on Food and Nutrition Security and the Household Food and Nutrition Security

Strategy in 2013 to continue responding to the hunger challenges in the country.

The National Policy on Food and Nutrition Security provides a common reference for

all players in tackling the food and nutrition insecurity problem with emphasis on

synergy that will minimize undue duplication and inefficient deployment of resources.

Recognizing the importance of implementing the food and nutrition security

programs and plans, Government strategically assigned particular Ministries to co-

lead its commitment areas.

The Household Food and Nutrition Strategy recognizes measures including social

grants, feeding schemes, fortification of staples, moderation of food prices and

subsistence farming supports to address household-level food and nutrition

insecurity. However, the Strategy alludes to limitations of these interventions, as

inadequate and recommends that they must be expanded, enhanced or better

focused, used in more effective combinations, and/or complemented by additional

interventions. It is also clear that, because of the complexity of both the challenge

and necessary responses, better programme co-ordination and monitoring are

essential. As a response to the above challenges, the Intergovernmental Technical

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Working Group on food and nutrition security has developed an integrated food and

nutrition security implementation plan.

2) RATIONALE FOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION POLICY

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN DEVELOPMENT

The rationale for the development of the Food Security and Nutrition Policy

Implementation Plan is to provide a medium to long term Results Based Framework

for the direction of Food Security and Nutrition Implementation in South Africa. This

plan is expected to provide synergy for implementation of food and nutrition

programs aimed at reducing poverty and addressing the causal factors for the

current food and nutrition situation. The process of developing the plan will entail

holding meetings, reviewing documents, internal SWOT analysis and general

consultations.

The process will include individual and group tasks that will be undertaken which

give rise to synthesized issues contained in this document. This consultative nature

of the planning process will enable the Inter-Governmental Working Group to

obtain and access a wide range and in-depth information relevant for the

development of realistic and deliverable outcomes and outputs pursued in this plan.

While offering broad and clear guidelines on the role and functions of all different

stakeholders, the implementation plan will also provide a clear framework for

monitoring and evaluating national progress towards common and shared

outcomes on food and nutrition security. Essential to this will be effective

mechanisms for ensuring transparency and accountability of all key stakeholders to

the South African population.

3) GOAL OF FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY POLICY

The main goal of the National Food and Nutrition Security Policy is to ensure

availability, accessibility and affordability of safe and nutritional food at national and

household levels (NPFNS, 2013). This goal will be attained through implementation

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of five pillars which constitute the foundation of the policy and allows for multi-

sectoral integration of initiatives and programmes. These pillars include availability

of improved safety nets, improved nutrition education, alignment of investment in

agriculture, improved market participation and risk management.

The implementation plan has been developed through a multi-stakeholder

consultative process to guide and facilitate implementation of the National Food

and Nutrition Security Policy. It translates the policy into clear explicit prioritised

outcomes, targets, expected outputs, activities and inputs.

3.1 Implementation plan prioritised outcomes

i) Improved access to food through social protection and development

programs/ schemes: This outcome will ensure improved food availability,

affordability and accessibility through adoption of broad-based and inclusive

approaches. This will be realized through promotion of market access; income

generating activities and infrastructure development; improving of access to

social grants; targeting; irrigations schemes; feeding programs; smallholder food

production support; community works program; community and institutional

gardens; self-reliant and diversified food production; rural development and

mainstreaming of gender and youth.

ii) Improved health, nutrition and hygiene: This outcome will ensure

improved health and nutrition status and hygiene have been inculcated in daily

practices of South Africans. This will be achieved through improved food

utilization; safe storage, handling, preparation and distribution of food in feeding

programmes; fortification of staples; nutrition awareness and promotion of

healthy life style.

iii) An integrated multi-sectoral food and nutrition security early warning

and monitoring information system: This will be realized through

developing a food and nutrition security monitoring and evaluation framework,

better management of nutrition and food security information, databases,

improved coordination of food security and nutrition intervention. This will

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encompass two aspects; 1) enhancing co-ordination of food and nutrition

security vulnerability assessment and analysis and 2) strengthening monitoring

and evaluation of food and nutrition security interventions.

iv) Establishment of food value chains for improved rural economies: This

outcome focuses on promotion of rural food value chain supply in order to

ensure better market access for both subsistence and small holder producers.

This is envisaged through establishment of agro-processing and distribution of

commodities including contractual markets, synchronization of production and

demand, processing and packaging of commodities and agro-logistic support.

Through this outcome, both subsistence and smallholder producers will be supported

with production capital (inputs and resources) to act as agricultural hubs for the

establishment of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries. A number of

development partners, civil society organizations and Government Departments

including health, education (National School Nutrition Programme), social

development, agriculture, cooperative governance, trade and industry under the

umbrella of Government Food Purchase Programme are expected to play an

important role to realize this outcome.

The development of the implementation plan has been premised on a participatory

and inclusive engagement of all the relevant actors in various sectors, hence

ensuring a shared ownership of the process and outcomes. The involvement of all

key stakeholders is important for the successful implementation of the policy. In this

regard, effective participation of all key stakeholders during the implementation of

the plan is crucial, providing a platform for effective policy dialogue, review and

shared responsibility, stronger and broadened partnerships, and strategic alliances

with regional integration initiatives particularly CAADP the SADC.

4) ANALYSIS OF UNDERLYING CAUSES OF POVERTY, FOOD

INSECURITY AND MALNUTRITION IN SOUTH AFRICA

Poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition are a concern to policy makers in South

Africa as they deprive citizens of their food Constitutional right (Van der Berg,

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2014). Stats SA (2013) indicated that 13.4 per cent of households experience

hunger whereas 11.4 per cent are vulnerable to hunger in South Africa. Household

food insecurity and malnutrition springs from an inability to meet nutritious daily

food requirements and anxiety about the ability to produce, and or access food in

future (Shisanya & Hendriks, 2011). Ensuring household food security is widely

acknowledged as important in advancing the living standards of the rural poor.

Although South Africa has enough food to feed its population, but available data

suggests high incidence of household food insecurity (about 13.8 million South

Africans) (Stats SA, 2013).

Poor and food insecure households are typically comprised of socio-economically

and or geographically disadvantaged people (Stats SA 2013) who typically do not

have access to diversified, adequate and nutritious food (Stats SA, 2013). High

unemployment rate, inadequate social welfare systems, unstable household food

production, climate change, high fuel and food prices, lack of productive assets

(financial, human, physical, social and natural), geographical location and high HIV

/ AIDS infection rate contribute to poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition in

South Africa (DAFF, 2011).

Malnutrition is also directly related to food intake and infectious diseases such as

diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections and measles. SANHNES (2012) data

indicates that stunting levels increased from 23.4 to 26.5 per cent whilst wasting

and underweight declined from 5.1 to 2.2 and 11 to 6.1 per cent, respectively

between 2005 and 2012 (Shisana et al., 2013 and Labadarios et al., 2011). This

implies that both food insecurity and malnutrition reflect underlying social and

economic conditions at household, community and national levels that might be

supported by political, economic and ideological structures (UNICEF 1998).

Poor institutional arrangements also contribute to food insecurity and malnutrition.

Drimie and Ruysenaar (2010) indicated poorly executed institutional arrangement

and uncoordinated and disintegrated strategies and interventions pose a major

constraint to improved food and nutrition security in South Africa. There is more

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emphasis on agricultural productivity rather than multi-dimensional aspects of food

and nutrition security. Addressing food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty in South

Africa should involve a comprehensive understanding of availability, accessibility,

utilisation and stability elements which by its nature is multi-disciplinary. The key

challenge with regard to coordination is the poor clarification of roles and

responsibilities for the various sectors involved and agencies across departments

that are responsible for the implementation of food and nutrition related

programmes.

Drimie and Ruysenaar (2012) noted that food and nutrition security requires multi-

dimensional stakeholders and does not fit easily into the existing structures.

Literature (Drimie and Ruysenaar 2012; Watkinson 2003; Hamid 2005; Misselhorn

2006) also argues that the sector-specific organisation of government sectors and

agencies contributes to limited communication, sharing of experiences and new

technologies hence require cross-cutting integration and alignment of sectors for

improved food and nutrition security.

5) FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMS AND INTERVENTION’s SWOT

ANALYSIS

In order to operationalize this food security and nutrition implementation plan, it is

necessary to spell out some of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and

constraints in food security and nutrition programs and interventions in South

Africa. However, this implementation plan will acknowledge key opportunities and

constraints for the food and nutrition security implementation plan outside

government programmes. Concurrently the implementation will identify

Government programs and interventions strengths and weaknesses which will

determine the capacity to respond effectively to the opportunities and constraints

within the existing system.

The analysis will further assist in the identification of outcomes and outputs by

drawing on institutional capacity and the needs that the food security

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implementation plan is trying to address in its objectives. All this will be grounded

within the linkages of the National Food and Nutrition Security policy, the

Household Food and Nutrition Security Strategy and to the national context of the

social protection as espoused in the National Develop Plan which identifies food and

nutrition security as a key element of both poverty reduction and inequality.

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Table 1: Food and Security Programs and Interventions in South Africa SWOT analysis

Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Constraints

1. Existing operational structures

in place

Government and civil society

structures across the country as

vehicles for timely service delivery

Availability of resources shared

through existing partnership

Diversity in relevant expertise

drawing from broad-based

institution for appropriate policy

directions

Dynamic and committed

institutions, NGOs and

development partners with core

competencies in the sector

2.Non-discriminatory programme

targeting

Cross-section of target groups –

children, youths, women and men

and the aged in the implemented

programmes

1. Poor coordination of

programs and interventions

Inability to identify an active,

rigorous, dynamic and

functioning Institution /

Committee spear heading and

coordinating National program /

strategies / interventions

Inability to have a multi-agency

committee / research institutions

to carry out regular food security

assessments to give feedback to

existing programs / interventions

/ national committees

2. Inadequate resources

Inadequate and unstable

financial status and funding

Loss of institutional memory and

technical expertise due to high

staff turnover

Limited technical staffing at

1. Conducive operational

environment

Enabling social and political

environment for public and

civil society participation

Solid recognition by many

bodies

2. Potential for resource

mobilization

Continued donor

confidence and trust that

spur support and

commitment

3. Potential for alliance

building

Increased openness in

food, nutrition security and

poverty reduction activities

1. Political context

Political

interference due to

sensitivity of Food

and Nutrition

Security issues

2. Socio economic

factors

Global economic

recession

Poverty as a tool

for manipulation

and high risk sexual

behaviour of the

target groups

Disruption of social

support systems’

resilience due to

HIV and AIDS

Inadequate

targeting

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3 Clear vision, mission and values

identified

Ascertained and clear identity with

common values

Better understanding of local

context

Fair knowledge about the

development nexus

7. Networking and collaboration

Solid recognition from government,

donors, and civil society of food

and nutrition security programs

and interventions’ existence

various institutions

3. Inadequate working capacity

Emphasis of assessment on

transitory food security and

livelihoods

Inadequate monitoring and

evaluation of programs and

interventions

Inadequate and ineffective

implementation of operational

systems

4. Inadequate planning,

implementation , monitoring

and evaluation

Inadequate adherence to work

schedules

Inadequate monitoring and

evaluation of programs /

strategies / interventions

Continued networking and

collaboration in several

forums to gain experiences

for effective delivery of

services locally and

internationally

Existing strong partnership

and collaboration amongst

and with other stakeholders

4. Relevance of the

program

High numbers of problems

that rural communities face

in the catchment, most of

which are associated with

poverty, present a great

opportunity for the

government and civil

societies to continue

development activities to

address more problems and

needs in the rural

communities

3. Limited access to

information

technology

Limited

information reach

grassroots

Uneven access to

information

technology ie

targeting

4. Shifting donor

policies and

priorities

High dependence of

some institutions on

external support

from development

partners’ resources

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6) INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT FOR THE FOOD AND NUTRITION

SECURITY POLICY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

The effective implementation of Food and Nutrition Security policy hinges on

appropriate governance and management arrangements. A number of stakeholders

will therefore have an important role in improving collaboration and partnership in

implementation of food and nutrition security programs and livelihood vulnerability

interventions in South Africa. This would require development of protocols for

partnerships and coordination, dissemination forums and information sharing,

participatory consultations and assessments and inclusive engagements and joint

implementation of food and nutrition security assessments and analysis to promote

inclusive interactions in SAVAC operations. This also stipulates the need for

enhanced collaboration of all players including government departments (national,

provinces and municipalities), donor partners, NGOs, CBO’s and research and

technology institutions in implementing and coordinating food and nutrition security

interventions.

The national, provincial and local municipalities will be required to coordinate and

partner with existing stakeholders in their spheres of government as they implement

their food and nutrition security programs and interventions. These arrangements

require conducive environment for Government and non-state actors to interact and

implement relevant interventions and programs. This arrangement therefore seeks

continued focus, commitment, transparency and accountability of all players. For

successful implementation of the policy, there is need for clarity on roles and

responsibilities of different stakeholders. The major functions of the proposed

implementation and coordination mechanism are:

Implementation: Plan, facilitate and coordinate the day-to-day

management of the policy implementation process and the reporting

mechanisms. This will also include the tasks of developing specifics

programmes and projects;

Mobilize Investment Finance: Facilitate and promote the necessary

partnerships, due diligence processes, as well as national budget

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engagement processes as needed to mobilize resources for

implementing the policy;

Capacity Development: Establish priorities for institutional capacity

development for key players involved in implementing the policy and

supporting capacity development efforts;

Policy alignment and engagement: Given that food and nutrition

security is multi-sectoral and cuts across sectors, there is need to

provide space and support to efforts aimed at aligning multi-sectoral

policies and regulations to the food and nutrition security policy . There

is also need for the implementation process to be aligned to the CAADP

and other regional agricultural policies; and,

Performance management and impact enhancement: This

includes monitoring and evaluation, networking, as well as

development of communication and social marketing strategies.

Given these strategic roles the following government departments and institutions

are considered central to the implementation of the policy:

6.1 Office of the President / Cabinet

The office of the President through an advisory intergovernmental committee will

provide national oversight responsibility in implementation of this policy plan. The

office undertakes this function through vertical and horizontal interactions with

relevant government institutions, development partners, research institutions, Civil

Society Organizations and other stakeholders. This would require legislation of the

policy, improved coordination, intergovernmental relations and integration of food

and nutrition security interventions and programs.

6.2 Government Departments

Government departments have responsibility for implementing the Food and

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Nutrition Policy Plan through established mechanisms, programs and various

institutions. Therefore there is a need for strengthened coordination, alignment and

monitoring of program implementation among national, provincial and local

government and various stakeholders. Various departments shall also provide

guidance and technical leadership, share information, resolve implementation issues,

provide periodic information to Food and Nutrition Advisory Committee, research

institutions, general public, donor partners, civil societies, and private sector and

foster a conducive environment for effective implementation of the policy plan.

6.3 Technical Multi-Stakeholders’ Forum

This will be a national consultative forum of all stakeholders including donor

partners, civil societies, government institutions, UN agencies, research institutions

and other stakeholders which will hold periodic meetings for the purpose of sharing

information and experiences and progress of implementation of the policy and

interventions. The Forum shall be chaired by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry

and Fisheries. The role of this forum will be to monitor, assess implementation and

lobby for appropriate programs and interventions. It will provide technical policy

direction and guidance for implementing the policy.

6.4 Development Partners, Private Sector, Civil Society Organizations,

NGOs and CBO’s

The involvement of donor partners and other stakeholders in this group entails

inclusiveness of all stakeholders in the implementation of interventions and

programs related to food and nutrition security. This is important to promote

resource mobilization, information sharing, alignment and harmonization of food

security and nutrition programs and avoid duplication of activities. Development

partners will also provide necessary support including financial gaps, technical

assistance, facilitation of policy dialogue and advocacies and support monitoring and

evaluation of sector performance.

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The successful implementation of this policy and strategy will therefore depend on

the effective cooperation and coordination of all the stakeholders. CSO’s will

strengthen public sector governance by giving voice of the public, hold policy makers

and public administrators accountable, foster participatory development and monitor

implementation of Food and Nutrition Security Policy. CSO’s and NGOs would have

to adopt Food and Nutrition Security Policy and its implementation plan, mobilize

resources, promote partnerships, evolve strategies, interventions, programs and

plans that are consistent with the goal and outcomes of the Food and Nutrition

Security Policy through complementary efforts to achieve desired and sustainable

outcomes.

6.4 South Africa Vulnerability Assessment Committee

The purpose of the SAVAC is to contribute towards reduction of poverty, food

insecurity and malnutrition through provision of accurate and timely national and

provincial vulnerability, nutrition and food security information to inform policy

makers and the general public on early warning information. The multi-agency forum

will conduct vulnerability assessments and help government, donor partners and civil

society at provincial and national levels to build the necessary skills and capacity to

undertake vulnerable assessments. SAVAC will therefore inform and guide policy and

programmes that aim to alleviate poverty, livelihood vulnerability and food insecurity

among urban and rural South Africans.

6.5 General Public

Participation of the general public in this implementation plan is very important

because all the interventions and programs proposed in this plan are implemented at

their level. The community needs to be involved at all levels of program, intervention

and project implementation. There is a need of a community buy in and ownership

of programs and intervention to improve reliability and sustainability.

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Figure 1: Proposed Institutional Arrangement and Information Flow

7) MONITORING AND EVALUATION MECHANISMS

Food and nutrition security information is a necessary element of Food and Nutrition

Security Policy because it helps in decision making, monitoring and evaluation of

programs and interventions. In South Africa, there are several food security and

nutrition related information systems currently being used by sectors and

stakeholders without proper coordination.

This information include statistics in agriculture, health, nutrition, meteorology,

demography, income and expenditure, population, macroeconomic indicators,

market and price, institutional arrangement, natural and environmental resources.

Monitoring and evaluation of Food and Nutrition Security implementation plan will

assist policy makers and various program implementers to assess progress towards

established goals and outcomes. It will require comprehensive appraisal,

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coordinated and harmonised analysis that looks at the medium and long term

impacts of a policy and exposes areas which worked, not worked and issues which

should be done differently in future implementation.

Monitoring and evaluation of implementation plan of Food and Nutrition Policy

requires participation of all stakeholders including local communities, government

departments, donor partners, civil societies, local governments, non-governmental

organisations and community based organisations. The processes of monitoring and

evaluation envisaged in this plan require periodic assessments of poverty, food

insecurity and malnutrition status over the implementation period. Community based

monitoring and evaluation would therefore be crucial in the implementation of

activities. This role will be conducted using existing structures of government

departments, implementation partners, research institutions and external consultants

to assess if the policy plan, goal and outcomes are met according to expected

deliverables over time. Given this background the following monitoring and

evaluation arrangements shall be put in place to assess the progress at output and

outcome levels:

Baseline survey shall be conducted at the commencement of the implementation

of policy to establish and verify the status quo. The baseline survey should be

contracted out to institutions with adequate skills and experience;

Output and outcome indicators will be finalised at stakeholder workshops to be

convened by the Inter-governmental working group as the working secretariat for

the implementation plan;

Development of Food and nutrition security policy Participatory Monitoring and

Evaluation mechanism, consisting of evidence–based monitoring and evaluation

system to track inputs, processes, outputs and outcomes of the implementation

process.

The key monitoring and evaluation reports shall include the following:

Monthly progress reports to be presented in monthly meetings;

Quarterly progress reports to be presented in quarterly meetings;

Annual progress reports to be presented in annual meetings; and

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Midterm and end of program evaluations for specific programmes and

projects.

The Intergovernmental working group will be tasked with developing a common

reporting framework in consultation with other relevant stakeholders in which

monthly reports are consolidated into quarterly reports/updates for dissemination to

all key stakeholders

8) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FINANCE AND BUSINESS MODEL

The implementation of South Africa’s food and nutrition security policy will need

financial and policy as well as political commitment from all stakeholders namely

government, private sector, farmers and development partners. It is therefore

envisaged that government will be able to avail the requisite public sector

budgetary financing that is required to trigger finances from other actors. The

private sector and development partners are expected to support government with

both financial and technical resources in strategic areas in line with the strategic

pillars and outcomes of the policy which include availability of improved safety nets,

improved nutrition education, alignment of investment in agriculture, improved

market participation and risk management. Catalytic investment by government

and development partners will be specially targeted at strategic areas which

provide leverage for the farmers and private sector to operate competitively. Strong

partnerships between government and private sector will need to be formed so that

sustainable and inclusive food and nutrition security programmes are structured.

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Table 2: Food and Nutrition Security Policy Implementation Plan Prioritized Outcomes, Targets, Outputs and Activities

OVERALL OBJECTIVE: IMPROVED FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY FOR ALL SOUTH AFRICANS

Outcome 1 –Target outcomes, outputs and activities

OUTCOME 1

Improved access to food through social protection and development programs/ schemes

OUTCOME TARGETS

1.1 Reduced number households vulnerable to hunger from 11.4% to 9.5% by 2019.

1.2 Reduced number of individuals vulnerable to hunger from 13.4% to ……..

1.3 Reduced number of households with limited access to food from 23.1% to ……..

1.4 Reduced number of individuals with limited access to food from 26.0% to ……..

OUTPUT 1

Improved access to diverse nutritious foods by households and individuals through social protection programmes

OUTPUT TARGET –

ANNUAL

2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019

Number of children accessing nutritious food through registered ECDs





19800 of schools providing nutritious meals to learners.

Number of schools providing nutritious meals to learners.




Number of learners accessing nutritious food through the national school nutrition programme





Feasibility Draft framework for Framework finalised Piloting in 4 provinces

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assessment conducted

expanding the current school nutrition programme to include holidays and weekends developed

9 Provincial Food Distribution Centres established

9 Provincial Food Distribution Centres operational




Number of people accessing nutritious food through CNDCs





200 000 households accessing nutritious food



800 000 households accessing food

1 million households accessing nutritious food

17 million of eligible individuals accessing social grants

Number of eligible individuals accessing social grants



of eligible individuals accessing social grants

100% of allocated SRD funds disbursed to eligible individuals and households





INTERVENTION / ACTIVITY

INPUT

RESPONSIBILITY

MEASUREMENT

BUDGET (R‘000) ASSUMPTIONS / RISK

MTEF MTSF

Provide nutritious food to vulnerable individuals and households

ECDs, other feeding programmes

DSD, DBE & LMs

Number of children accessing nutritious food in ECDs

Delay in the registration of ECDs and programmes by the relevant Department

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The National School Nutrition Programme

Lead Department: Basic Education- supported by: COGTA & DAFF

Number of learners accessing nutritious food

None availability of food and food safety

PFDCs & CNDCs infrastructure

DSD, DoCG (LMs)

Number of households and individuals accessing nutritious food

Compliance with prescribed menu Food safety and quality assurance

SRD

DSD, SASSA

Number of households and individuals accessing SRD

Limited SRD funding

Provide social grants to eligible individuals

ICROP

DSD, SASSA

Number of individuals receiving social grants

Appropriate search , targeting and documentation of individuals

Develop and pilot a framework (modalities) to expand school feeding programme

Budget allocation

DBE & DSD

A framework to expand school feeding programme

Funding and labour barriers for the NSNP expansion to include weekend and holidays

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OUTCOME 1 Improved access to food through social protection and development programs/ schemes

OUTCOME TARGETS

1.5 1 million hectares of under-utilised land under production by 2019.

1.6 1250 additional hectares under irrigation by 2019. OUTPUT 2 Increased local food and livestock production

OUTPUT TARGET –

ANNUAL

2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019

16 000 smallholder producers accessing agricultural support

16 000 additional smallholder producers accessing agricultural support




70 000 subsistence producers accessing agricultural support

70 000 additional subsistence producers accessing agricultural support




200 000 Ha of under-utilised land put to production

Additional 200 000 Ha of under-utilised land put to production




1.29 million hectares

260 additional hectares under irrigation





INPUTS RESPONSIBILITY MEASUREMENT BUDGET ASSUMPTION /RISK

MTEF MTSF

Promote and support diversified household food production

Subsidised primary production inputs / grants Agricultural awareness campaigns / initiatives

DAFF- supported by: DSD, RD&LR and COGTA

Number of households involved in agriculture for additional food Number of households involved in agriculture to supplement their income

Sufficient financial resources Clear tools and dissemination pathways Timely support to farmers

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Mainstream participation of designated (youth, women, people with disabilities, older persons, farm workers & dwellers) groups in agriculture initiatives.

Agriculture Youth Strategy, Women Entrepreneurship Awards in Agriculture, NARYSEC initiatives

DAFF supported by NYDA, RD&LR & DoHE

Number of youth, women, people with disabilities, older persons, farm workers & dwellers mobilised and involved in agriculture

Youth interest in agriculture Opportunity to use acquired skills

Promotion of agricultural sciences in learning institutions

DBE & DHE Number of schools and colleges offering agricultural studies

Learner interest in agriculture

Promote and support establishment of household, community and institutional gardens

CASP, Ilima-

Letsema, CRDP

initiatives

Lead Department:

DAFF Supported

by COGTA, DSD,

DRD & LR

Number of community

gardens

Effective agricultural

extension services/Capacity

NSNP Lead: DBE,

supported by DAFF

Number of school

gardens



CWP Lead: CoGTA,

supported by

DAFF, DSD,

DRDLR

Number of institutional

gardens



Increasing access and optimal utilisation of land for agricultural production (development of under-utilized land)

Fetsa Tlala, RECAP, PLAS

DRDLR and DAFF

Number of Ha in production

Acquired/ accessed land to be used for agricultural production

Provision of CASP and Ilima- Lead Department: Number of households Timely provision of

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agricultural inputs, including mechanisation services/ packages

Letsema DAFF supported by DRDLR

and farmers supported agricultural inputs,

Provision of extension support services

ERP

Lead Department: DAFF

Number of farmers and households receiving support services

Sufficient capacity to render a package of extension services

Optimise and expand irrigation schemes and provision of irrigation packages

CASP and Ilima- Letsema

Lead Department: DAFF

Number of food producers utilizing irrigation infrastructure

Group dynamics / conflicts

Increase access to water use rights

Water use licences issued to HDIs and resource poor farmers allocation reform policy Free Basic Water provided to indigent households

DWSA& Sanitation, supported by DAFF and DRDLR

Number of resource poor famers and HDIs issued water use licencesfood producers allocated water users rights Number of indigent households provided with free basic water

Water available in the water resources (Rivers and aquifers) The water use applied for relevant and appropriate in the area concerned.Water use rights for food production= Blanket Approach to the provision of Free Basic Water (free basic water provided to even those who can afford)

Promote and support water harvesting technologies

Dissemination of rainwater harvesting guidelines and technologies

DWSDWA & Sanitation, supported by DAFF, WRC and DRDLR

Number of households, communities and resource poor farmers supported with water harvesting technologies

Rainwater harvesting technologies placed in areas with appropriate annual precipitation.Vandalism of rainwater harvesting vessels. Management and utilisation of water harvesting technologies

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Promote and support household and community livestock production

Veld and livestock management

Lead Department DAFF & DRDLR COGTA, DSD,

Number of farming households owning livestock

Stock theft, diseases

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OUTCOME 1 Improved access to food through social protection and development programs/ schemes

OUTCOME TARGETS 1.7 Reduced upper bound poverty (moderate poverty) from 45.5% to zero by 2029 1.8 Reduced lower bound poverty (Less extreme poverty) from 32.2% to zero by 2024 1.9 Reduced food poverty (extreme poverty) from 20,2% to zero by 2019

OUTPUT 3 Improved income generating opportunities and livelihood diversification initiatives

OUTPUT TARGET –

ANNUAL

2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019

Number of job opportunities created through EPWP & CWP






INPUTS RESPONSIBILITY MEASUREMENT BUDGET ASSUMPTION /RISK MTEF MTSF

Mobilize and support participation of household in strategic income generating programmes

Livelihood diversification programmes (i.e. cash-for-work etc)

DAFF, DR&LR, COGTA, DOH, DSD, DBE and DTI, etc.

Number of income generating projects initiated No of jobs created No of beneficiaries from strategic income generating programmes

Sustainability of income generation initiatives

Link poor and vulnerable people to work opportunities (EPWP & CWP)

CWP & EPWP

Lead: COGTA supported by sector Dep’ts

Number of people linked to work opportunities

Identification of productive work opportunities

Promote and support local cooperatives, including women (e.g. supply school uniforms and food to SNP)

Training and mentoring of cooperatives Cooperative guidelines and protocol

DTI, EDD, DMSME Number of cooperatives supported

Access to government markets

Promote entrepreneurship and mentorship

Entrepreneur youth capacity development

DTI/EDD NYDA

Number of.people trained in

Market access

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initiatives entrepreneurship skills

OUTCOME 2 Improved health, nutrition and hygiene

OUTCOME TARGETS

2.1 Reduced proportion of malnourished children 2.1.1 -Wasting < 2.2% 2.1.2 -Stunting < 20% 2.1.3 -Underweight < 6%

OUTPUT 1 Improved integrated prevention and management of acute malnutrition

OUTPUT TARGET – ANNUAL

2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019

50% exclusive breastfeeding at 14 weeks

55% Exclusive breastfeeding at 14 weeks




<5 per 1000 of children under five years severe acute malnutrition Incidence





55% vitamin A dose 12-59 months coverage





Proportion of under-five children dewormed

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INTERVENTION / ACTIVITY INPUTS RESPONSIBILITY MEASUREMENT

BUDGET ASSUMPTION /RISK MTEF MTSF

Improve growth monitoring and promotion practices

Facilitate Integrated

capacity building (IYCF,

GMP, hygiene, referral)

Lead: DoH

Supported by: DSD, Local Government, DAFF and DBE

Number of districts with trained community workers and ECD practitioners

Failure of child care givers to utilize health facilities

Health facilities,

community workers,

ECD practitioners

Establish and strengthen

community based growth

monitoring and

promotion sites

Promote and support exclusive breast feeding and appropriate complementary feeding

Community dialogues on Exclusive breast feeding and appropriate complementary

DoH and supporting partners

Number of community dialogues conducted in priority wards.

Number of Government Departments with

workplace breast

feeding expression

rooms

Inappropriate infant and young child feeding practices increases the risk of malnutrition

Standardised messages

on EBF and

Complementary feeding

Advocate for the

establishment of

breastfeeding/

expression rooms at the

workplace

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Door to door Support to

mothers on stimulation

Strengthen integrated support to vulnerable children

Incorporate nutrition indices in the DSD and DAFF criteria for support

DSD, DOH, DAFF, SASSA,

A tool/criteria reflecting nutrition

indices

Exclusion of

nutrition indices in

the criteria for

support may lead to

inappropriate

targeting

Expand implementation of vitamin A supplementation and de-worming by the Community Health Workers

Support training on VIT A and deworming

DOH Vitamin A dose 12-59months coverage

Deworming dose 12-59months coverage

Low coverage of vitamin A supplementation and deworming

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OUTCOME TARGETS

2.2 Reduced proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption from refer to Stats SA baseline 2.3 Reduction in women who are obese from 61% in 2014 to 55% in 2019 2.4 Reduction in men who are obese from 31% in 2014 to 21% in 2019

OUTPUT 2 Strengthen focus on behaviour change and communication


2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019

60.3% of

individuals

consuming

diversified diets

62% of individuals consuming diversified diets





BUDGET

ASSUMPTION /RISK MTEF MTSF

Advocate for consumption of diversified diets including indigenous foods:

Screen for dietary diversity

Educate household on diet diversity

Link to available support eg agriculture DSD

Capacity building of identified community champions

Information and education material

DOH

Partners

DSD

DAFF

Local Government

Number of champions capacitated

Number of households assessed for dietary diversity

Non consumption of a diversified diet can lead to malnutrition especially micronutrient deficiencies

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Strengthen psychosocial support through establishment of community support

Community mobilization (imbizo, dialogues, lekgotlas) through local councillors

Social Cluster

Local Government

Number of imbizos taking place

(one per quarter)

Communities continue to be trapped in poverty of the mind perpetuating dependency syndrome.

Integration of standardized nutrition education and information in other sectors

Identify and factor in nutrition content into existing service of different sectors DOH

Number of sectors with nutrition content included

Conflicting nutrition messages


OUTCOME TARGETS


OUTPUT 3

Improved access and utilization of essential health care services (immunization, treatment and

prevention of diseases)


2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019

90% of districts

fully immunised

under 1 year

100% of districts fully immunised under 1 year




Percentage

(Baseline) of

75% of women who attend ANC before 20

80% of women who attend ANC

80% of women who attend ANC before 20

80% of women who attend ANC Comment [M1]: May a list of acronyms

should be given upfront to avoid confusion

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women attending

ANC before 20

weeks

weeks before 20 weeks weeks before 20 weeks


BUDGET


Increase the uptake of pregnant women attending ANC at 20 weeks

Community

development

workers

capacitated on

screening for

pregnancy at

household level

DOH

Percentage of women who attend ANC before 20 weeks

Late presentation of pregnant women at ANC

Provide nutrition supplements to undernourished individuals and link to other support systems

Availability of nutrition supplements

DOH

Proportion of

children under

five years

accessing

nutrition

supplements

Supplements stock outs may exacerbate the problem of malnutrition

Monitoring of RtHB for missed immunisation schedules

ECD practitioners, Community development workers capacitated on the use of RtHB

DOH and partners

Immunisation coverage

Disease outbreak like measles

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OUTCOME TARGETS


OUTPUT 4 Improved food safety and hygiene


2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019

Proportion of households with access to potable water

85% access to water 87% access to

water

89% access to water 91% access to water

Proportion of

households with

basic sanitation

76% households

with access to basic

level of sanitation

78% access to

basic level of

sanitation

80% access to a basic

level of sanitation

82% access to a basic level of sanitation


BUDGET ASSUMPTION /RISK TMEF MTSF

Promote hand washing, food safety and hygiene

Capacity building

of community

development

workers in hygiene

practices (hand

washing, food

safety, sanitation)

DOH

Support: UNICEF, local authority

Number of Community- workers trained

Limited knowledge uptake

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Awareness

campaigns

Disssemination

materials (posters,

briefs

Promote safe preparation and storage of food in schools, ECDs and CNDC

Training material

for food handlers,

carers and

administrators

DOH and Municipalities

Support: DSD, DBE FHI 360 Partners

Number of trained food handlers per province

Inappropriate food handling practices pose a risk of food poisoning

Capacitated food

handlers, carers

and administrators,

teachers

Ensure compliance on basic food safety and hygiene standards in schools, ECDs and CNDC

Evidence and compliance monitoring

Municipalities and DBE, DSD

Support, DOH

Number of certified centres and schools with COA

Inadequate monitoring

Provide potable water and basic sanitation

Water and sanitation infrastructure

Municipalities, DW&S Number of households accessing water and sanitation services

Contamination of water

Water Interruption

Full pits

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OUTCOME 3 –TARGET OUTCOMES, OUTPUTS AND ACTIVITIES

OUTCOME 3

An integrated multi-sectoral food and nutrition security early warning and monitoring information system

OUTCOME TARGETS

3.1 An established and effective multi-sectoral recognised institution / forum for food and nutrition security

and vulnerability assessment at national and provincial level by 2019

3.2 Better collaboration and linkages with Universities and research institutions by 2019

3.3 Country food and nutrition security baseline set by 2019

OUTPUT 1 National food and nutrition security baseline set - locating food insecure and vulnerable populations


2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019

National food and nutrition security baseline framework developed

Food and nutrition security baseline set in three provinces

Food and nutrition security baseline set in six provinces

Food and nutrition security baseline set in nine provinces

Country food and nutrition security baseline set


BUDGET

ASSUMPTION /RISK TMEF MTSF

Institutionalisation of inclusive,

efficient and effective national

and provincial structures /

forums for food security analysis

at national and provincial level

Institutional guidelines

Training of trainers

Inclusive planning

and resource

mobilisation for

DAFF / DPME

Number of endorsement of the structures / forums by national and provincial authorities

Mutual understanding of national and provincial structures

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food and nutrition

security analysis

activities

Develop methodologies and systems that are feasible and relevant to the RSA context

Technical expertise

Methodological frameworks

DAFF / SAVAC, CoE for Food Security

Completed methodological framework

Institutional support and buy in

Alignment of various information

systems, analysis of existing

indicators, metadata collection

and development of the

methodological framework for

RSA

National and provincial databases

Survey data files

DAFF / SAVAC, CoE for Food Security

Number of assessed data files and databases

Existance of adequate data les

Generate the food and nutrition security baseline with geo-referenced national and provincial maps for transitory food and nutrition security

GIS software and analysis capacity development

Methodological framework

Provincial baseline training

DAFF/SAVAC, PVACs

Complete country food and nutrition security baseline

Lack of cooperation between departments

Establishment of linkages with universities and other higher learning institutions

Human Resources; Alignment with existing MoUs / MoAs/SLAs DAFF; SAVAC

Number of collaborating institutions; ToR; MoUs / MoAs/SLAs

Delays in establishing MoUs

Breach of ToR; MoUs /

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documents and deliverables

MoAs/SLAs

Maintained and operational data base (One national and provincial databases)

OUTCOME 3 An integrated multi-sectoral food and nutrition security early warning and monitoring information system developed and maintained

OUTCOME TARGETS

3.4 Improved quality and timeliness in disseminating food and nutrition security early warning information by

2019

3.5 Improved capacity of institutions and technocrats in early warning systems by 2019

OUTPUT 2 Improved annual food and nutrition insecurity and vulnerability assessments and dissemination


2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019

Guidelines for annual or regular food and nutrition insecurity and vulnerability assessments and for generating the integrated information system

Guidelines for annual

or regular food and

nutrition insecurity

and vulnerability

assessments and for

generating the

integrated information

system developed

Capacity building to conduct assessments and forecasts at provincial level conducted

Provincial vulnerability assessments developed

Functional national food and nutrition security monitoring and early warning information system.

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developed (draft) (Approved)

Annual national food and nutrition security assessments conducted

Annual

assessment in

areas with

complete

baseline

Annual assessment in

areas with complete

baseline

Annual

assessment in

areas with

complete baseline



Develop data collection mechanisms, analysis and dissemination tools

Data analysis templates

Data collection

guidelines /

handbook

SAVAC, Academic Institutions (CoE for food security)

Field Manual

Commitment

Limited knowledge uptake

Assessment Training

Trainers

Training material

Financial resources

SAVAC Training reports

Commitment

Resourcing strategies developed

Human resources;

Financial resources

SAVAC Outputs

SAVAC

Strategies

Document

Availability of funds

Human capacity

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OUTCOME TARGETS

3.6 Improved quality and timeliness in disseminating early warning information by 2019

3.7 Improved capacity of institutions and technocrats in early warning systems by 2019

OUTPUT 3 Developed early warning system and risk management mechanisms and tools


2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019

One functional risk management tools developed

One functional risk

management tools

developed

One functional

risk management

tools developed

One functional risk

management tools

developed

One functional risk

management tools

developed

Proportion of households profiled in surveillance systems

to look for the

baseline) (WOP, NISIS)

Proportion of households profiled





BUDGET ASSUMPTION / RISK MTEF MTSF

Functional provincial meteorological centres

Technical expertise

Meteorological

AGIS; SAWS, SANSOR, DAFF

Operational Met Centres

Inadequate meteorological expertise

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equipment

Dissemination of early warning information

Dissemination tools;

Early warning advisories

ICT centres in rural

economies

GCIS

Dissemination Reports

Non-reading culture / non response

Functional, resourced and up to

date local disaster units

Technical expertise

AGIS, SAWS,

SANSOR, DAFF Operational disaster units

Inadequate

meteorological

expertise

Integration of local capacities and coping strategies into national and provincial disaster preparedness strategies

national and

provincial disaster

preparedness

strategies

CogTA, SAVAC

Integrated Disaster preparedness strategies

Commitment and intergovernmental support

Technical

expertise

Disaster

preparedness

guidelines

Profiling of households

Human resources

Financial resources

DSD,SASSA, DRDLR, DoH, CoGTA

Indigent registry

Referral systems

NISIS (ICROP)

Political Will for all provinces

Cooperation from households

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OUTCOME TARGETS

3.6 Improved quality and timeliness in disseminating early warning information by 2019

3.7 improved capacity of institutions and technocrats in early warning systems by 2019

OUTPUT 4 Enhanced response and mitigation management of natural disaster


2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019

Number / Proportion of flood, drought and waterborne diseases disaster interventions

(to look for the baseline –Directorate -

CCDM)

flood, drought and

waterborne diseases

disaster intervention

plans

interventionsNumber

/ Proportion of flood

and disaster

interventions

flood, drought

and waterborne

diseases disaster

interventionsNum

ber / Proportion

of flood and

disaster

interventions

flood, drought and

waterborne diseases

disaster

interventionsNumber /

Proportion of flood and

disaster interventions

flood, drought and

waterborne

diseases disaster

interventionsNumb

er / Proportion of

flood and disaster

interventions



Incorporation of risk management in emergency preparedness, response and recovery programmes

Risk management procedure and guidelines

COGTA, SAVAC

Documents on the recovery programmes

Unavailability of the programmes in some Municipalities

Develop community capacities to Community DAFF, DEA, NDMC Number of

Community

Community

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respond to natural disasters trainings;

Trainers

Training material

trainings

participation

Infrastructure availability

Promote natural disaster management initiatives:

Disaster management funds

Indigenous knowledge

Selected cultivars (drought and disease resistant)

Greening projects

Disaster preparedness information

Research and technology development

COGTA

DST

DAFF

ARC

DRDLR

DED

DEA

Awareness campaigns

Adoption of technologies

Availability of resources

Enabling policy environment

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OUTCOME 4 – TARGET OUTCOMES, OUTPUTS AND ACTIVITIES

OUTCOME 4 Establishment of food value chains for improved rural economies

TARGETS

4.1 At least 60% of government food purchases sourced from local producers and processors by 2019 (to be

reviewed by the midterm review of implementation)

4.2 National rural investment incentive scheme implemented by March 2019(with clear implementation

modalities by 2019)

4.3 At least 120 informal enterprises & 60 formal enterprises per rural district municipality owned by

indigenous entrepreneurs by March 2019

OUTPUT 1 Government Food Purchase Programme framework developed and implemented.


2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019

Government Food Purchase programme framework initiated

Government Food Purchase programme framework developed and implemented

Evaluate the performance of the model/framework for linking local food producers and processors to government food purchase programmes



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BUDGET(R ‘000)


Develop a framework/model for Government Food Purchase Programme

Comprehensive baseline study report

DAFF supported

by DSD, DBE,

DRDLR, DOH,

DTI, DCS, DMVF,

DPME,

development

partners,

Framework document 1 200

The framework will get political and executive support

Office of the Procurement General in the National Treasury will endorse this framework

Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the framework for Government Food Purchase Programme

Government Food Purchase Programme

National Treasury

supported DAFF,

DSD, DBE,

DRDLR, DOH,

DTI, DCS, DMVF,

DPME,

development

partners, Monitoring and evaluation reports

1 500??? DPME to guide

All line department M&E units, including treasury are adequately capacitated

Monitoring and

Evaluation

Framework

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OUTPUT 2

Increased number of local food producers and processors linked to Government Food Purchase

Programme


2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019

Establish a baseline of local food producers and processors supplying government food purchase programmes

15% from baseline Increase by 15% Increase by 15% Increase by 15%


BUDGET(R

‘000)


Commission a national study to determine the current local food producers and processors supplying government food purchase programmes

MoA with the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal and other higher learning institutions

DAFF supported by DSD, DBE, DRDLR, DOH, DTI, DCS, DMVF

Comprehensive study report with baseline figure

600

The report will determine where and how these producers and processors are doing business with the State.

The ToRs will lead to the

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desired result

Profiling local food producers and processors to establish their capacities

Profiling questionnaire and assessment tools.

DAFF supported by DSD, DBE, DRDLR, DOH, DTI, DCS, DMVF, Stats SA

Comprehensive and accurate database of local food producers and processors

The database will get political and executive support

The ToRs will lead to the desired result

Link beneficiaries of government supported food production programmes to government food purchase programmes

CASP, FETSA Tlala, CRDP, Ilema-Letsema, Agri-BEE Funds, DTI Incentive Schemes, MAFISA, NSNP, CNDC;s, RECAP, etc

DAFF, DSD, DBE, DRDLR, DOH, DTI, DCS, DMVF, Stats SA

Database of local food producers and processors linked to government food purchase programmes

Integration of support programmes

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OUTPUT 3 A national rural investment incentive scheme implemented


2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019

National rural investment incentive scheme initiated

National rural

investment incentive

scheme draft

document

Approved national

rural investment

incentive scheme

National rural

investment

incentive scheme

piloted

National rural

investment

incentive scheme

implemented


BUDGET(R ‘000)


Development of the national rural investment incentive scheme

Budget allocation for the scheme

Technical expertise

DRDLR, DTi supported by National Treasury

Investment scheme document

DRDLR and DTi to advise

Budget allocation for the scheme.

Consultation and approval of the national rural investment incentive scheme

Finance, Human capital/technical expertise

DRDLR, DTi

supported by National

Treasury Consultative Workshop reports


All relevant stakeholders will be consulted for input

Piloting the national rural investment incentive scheme

Accountability and financial management expertise

DRDLR, DTi


Treasury

Pilot implementation reports


The scheme is piloted in the most rural provinces

Implementation of national rural investment incentive scheme Finance, Human

capital/technical

DRDLR, DTi


Implementation reports DRDLR

and DTi Pilot of the

scheme is

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expertise

Training of participants

Treasury to advise successful

Investors will come forth

OUTPUT 4

Strengthened food safety and quality control standards within local food value chains


2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019

Ascertain the number of compliant local producers and processors supplying government food programmes

Increase the number of compliant local producers and processors supplying government food programmes by 40%





BUDGET


Commission a national study to determine the current state of compliance to food safety and quality standards


MOU with research institutions

DBE DSD, DAFF, DRDLR, DOH, DTI, DCS, DMVF

study report with baseline figures

To be guided by available budget

The report will get political and executive support

The ToRs will lead to the

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Data collection tools

desired result

Capacity building and awareness programme for local food producers and processors on food safety and quality standards


Awareness materials

DBE DSD, DAFF, DOH, DTI, Programme reports 1 000

All the institutions involved with food safety and quality will work together to roll out the training

7) GLOSSARY OF CONCEPTS USED IN THIS PLAN

Agricultural land – is any land used for farming purposes and is situated in the area of

jurisdiction of a municipal council and was classified as an agricultural land when the first

members of the council were elected.

Food – any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the human body. It is

usually from the animal or plant origins and contains essential nutrients such as

carbohydrates, fats, proteins vitamins and /or minerals.

Food security – is a state where all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic

access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food

preferences for an active healthy life.

Food insecurity - exists when people are undernourished due to the physical unavailability

of food, their lack of social or economic access, and or inadequate food utilisation.

Food accessibility - refers to the ability of households to obtain sufficient food for all

members at all times, either through production for own consumption, or through exchange.

Food utilisation - refers to the final use of food by individuals at household level.

Food availability - is the total quantities of food available including domestic food

production, international importation and efficiency of food distribution, and is assessed in

the light of the food requirements of the population.

Food Control – is a mandatory regulatory activity of enforcement by national and local

authorities to provide consumer protection and ensure that all foods during production,

handling, storage, processing and distribution are safe, wholesome and fit for human

consumption; conforming to safety and quality requirements and is honestly and accurately

labelled as prescribed by the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 which came into effect on

the 01 April 2011.

Food chain – is the systematic production and development of food from the primary

production until the consumptions

Food hygiene – are all conditions and measures necessary to ensure the safety and

suitability of food at all stages of the food chain.

Food poverty line: refers to the extreme poverty below which people are unable to

purchase enough food for adequate consumption.

Lower bound poverty line: refers to less extreme poverty below which people can afford an

adequate diet but would have to sacrifice food to purchase non-food items.

Upper bound poverty line: refers to the level at which people can purchase both adequate

food and non-food items.

Hunger – it refers to the recurrent involuntary lack of access to food.

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Household - is as a person, or a group of persons, who occupy a common dwelling (or part

of it) for at least four days a week and who provide themselves jointly with food and other

essentials for living. In other words, they live together as a unit.

South African citizen – the South African Citizenship Amendment Bill of 2010 describe

three forms of acquiring citizenship by birth, descent or naturalization. i) Birth; someone born

in or outside the republic with at least one parent being South African is a citizen of this

country, ii) Descent; adopted children by South Africans acquires citizenship, iii)

Naturalisation; citizenship will be granted to individuals whose countries allows dual

citizenship if they don’t allow that an individual will have to renounce the other citizenship.

The State will only take the food security responsibility of South Africans who are within the

South African boarders.

Social Sector Cluster - refer to government classification of departments into clusters and

in the context of this policy we refer to DAFF, DSD, DBE, DWAF and DoH.

Vulnerability - refers to the full range of factors that place people at risk of becoming food

insecure. The degree of vulnerability for an individual, household or group of persons is

determined by their exposure to the risk factors and their ability to cope with or withstand

stressful situations.

Unemployed person – refers to any person 15 years and older who were not in paid

employment or self employed and were available for paid employment or self-employment.

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