PAA Africa Phase IIFinal Monitoring Results

PAA Africa ProgrammePAA Africa aims to implement institutional food purchases from smallholder farmers for school feeding.

Partners: the WFP, FAO, Government of Brazil, DFID and IPC-IG

Programme Components:

1. Production support

2. Institutional procurement and school feeding

3. Policy dialogue and knowledge sharing

PAA Africa Monitoring Framework

Objectives

Collect data on programme implementation results

Identify achievements and challenges

Promote knowledge sharing and learning

Provide recommendations for programme development

PAA Africa Monitoring Framework

Data collection method

IPC

-IGte

am PAA Africa field consultants and IPC-IG Researchers

WFPCountry Office

Schools

Farmer Organizations (Data on Food Purchases)

Regional / National Government

FAOCountry Office

Farmer Organizations (Data on inputs, training)

Regional / National Government

PAA Africa Monitoring Framework

Mixed methods approach combining qualitative and quantitative data

35 indicators to measure progress towards 3 outputs:1. Support to production2. Food procurement and school feeding 3. Policy dialogue and knowledge sharing

Output 1 Support to production: strengthening small-scale family

farming

Country Number of farmers

Percentage of women

Extension staff/farmers trained

Quantity of inputs (Mt)

Machinery and equipment

Ethiopia 2815 30.2% 54 trainers 302.7 Multithreshers

Malawi 3773 57.9% 3919 farmers

3.05 Warehouses, grading equipment

Mozambique 672 38.7% 672 farmers 73.74 Motor pumps, vegetables dryers and silos

Niger 7738 40.5% 665 farmers40 staff

5.35 N/A

Senegal 1000 47.7% 20 trainers 159.2 Rice shelling machines

Total 15998 43.1% 4650 544 _

Output 2 Local procurement and support to school feeding

Country Quantity of food (Mt)

Commodities

Number of schools

Number of pupils

Number of stakeholders trained in HGSF

Ethiopia 333.5 Wheat, maize, fava beans and haricot beans

7 9700 N/A

Malawi 361 Cereals, pulses, vegetables, fruits and meat

10 10065 131

Mozambique

40.57 (vegetables)

Vegetables and maize

26 8557 196

Niger 1776.8 Millet and black eyed beans

N/A N/A 300

Senegal 186 Rice 90 11085 N/ATotal 2698 _ 133 39407 627

Output 3 Promoting policies to enhance national local food purchase

programmes

Country Knowledge exchange events

Policy dialogue spaces

Partnerships

Ethiopia PAA Africa International Knowledge Exchange Workshop

HGSF Steering Committee

Bureau of Agriculture Ministry of Finance Bureau of Education

Malawi Knowledge Exchange Event Malawi/Mozambique

Exchange visits between districts

National School Health and Nutrition Committee

National HGSF Committee

Nutrition Coordination Committee

District governmentsWe Effect (NGO)

Mozambique Knowledge Exchange Event Malawi/ Mozambique

PAA Technical Working Group

Ministry of EducationMinistry of Agriculture

Niger Atelier de Capitalisation N/A HC3N Initiative Ministry of Agriculture

Senegal PAA Africa Workshop 2014PAA Africa National Forum 2015

PAA National Coordination Committee

Ministry of AgricultureMinistry of EducationNGOs

AchievementsPAA has successfully implemented local food procurement for school feeding from smallholder farmer organizations

Direct purchases from Farmer Organizations

Diverse procurement models adapted to local contexts and capacities

Decentralized food purchases at the district or regional levels

AchievementsThe programme has made significant contributions to dietary diversification among pupils and communities

Introduction of legumes in Niger and Ethiopia

Introduction of fresh vegetables and fruits in Malawi and Mozambique

Trainings in nutrition in Malawi, Mozambique, Niger and Ethiopia Trainings in food preparation to schools and communities in all countries

Achievements PAA has promoted national ownership and strengthened stakeholders’ capacity in local food procurement.

PAA Africa has been included in:Triennial Priority Investment Plan of SenegalThe 3N Initiative in NigerEthiopia’s national budget

Strong civil society participation in:MalawiMozambiqueSenegal

Challenges Promoting better coordination between production support and food procurement targeting

Challenges Further adapting PAA Africa procurement processes in order to cater for smallholder farmers needs

Delays in the contracting process

Delays in the transfer of resources to procuring entities

Long time lags in the aggregation/delivery/payment process

Challenges Ensuring a stable supply of diverse and nutritious food for school feeding through local smallholder production

Increasing smallholder production capacity in order to address food supply shortages

Promoting production diversification through agricultural investments

Recommendations Devising strategies to improve production support and procurement

targeting such as using FOs and NGOs to monitor purchases

Improving PAA Africa contracting and payment processes such upfront payments and access to finance

Strengthen production support in order to increase farmers capacity to comply with food quality and safety standards

Expand the participation of women by developing strategies that meet their particular needs and enhance their rights.

Next StepsOutcome evaluations in Malawi and Senegal Inform stakeholders about the PAA Africa’s

relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and outcomes

Assess school feeding and production support components

Construct a counterfactual by comparing data on non intervention and intervention areas