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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ZERO HUNGER PROGRAMME Portfolio Committee on Social Development 19 March 2013. PURPOSE. To brief the Portfolio Committee on progress made in the implementation of the Department of Social Development’s Zero Hunger Campaign and strategy to eliminate hunger. Background (1).
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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ZERO HUNGER PROGRAMME Portfolio Committee on Social Development 19 March 2013
PURPOSE To brief the Portfolio Committee on progress made in the implementation of the Department of Social Development’s Zero Hunger Campaign and strategy to eliminate hunger.
Background (1) • Zero Hunger campaign derives its mandate from various policies and documents that include SA Constitution, the Integrated Food Security Strategy (IFSS) and the National Development Plan Vision 2030 • In 2002 the IFSS was approved for implementation in SA • Food security is part of section 27 of the Constitution which stipulates that “ every citizen has the right to have access to sufficient food and water, and that the state must by legislation and other measures, within its available resources, ensure the progressive realisation of the right to sufficient food” • Zero hunger campaign draws lessons from the Brazilian Zero Hunger Programme
Background (2) • In 2009 the ANC pledged government to introduce a “food for all” programme to acquire and distribute basic foods at affordable prices to poor households and communities • The Food For All campaign was launched by the Minister of the Department of Social Development in December 2011 in the NW: Ngaka Modiri Molema District, Ratlou LM - Makgori Village • The Department of Social Development is part of the National Zero Hunger campaign that is led by the Department of Agriculture • DSD developed a strategy and implementation guidelines as part of the contribution to the Zero Hunger campaign • In 2012 Mangaung Conference resolutions reconfirmed government’s commitment to household food and nutrition security
Food Security Challenges in SA* • Despite the political and economic advances made since 1994, South Africa continues to experience major challenges of poverty, unemployment and, more recently, steep increases in food and fuel prices, energy tariffs and interest rates. • These adverse conditions have placed ordinary South Africans, already struggling to meet their basic household needs, in an ever more vulnerable situation (Labadarios, 2009) . • South Africa has one of the highest rates of income inequality in the world, with the richest 10% of the population receiving almost half the income and the poorest 20% receiving only 3.3%. • Poverty plays out on racial lines, with estimates indicating that 56% of Black people are poor compared to 36% of Coloured people, 15% percent of Indian people and 7% of White people.
Food Security Challenges in SA* • Poverty is more pervasive in rural areas of the country, particularly in the former homelands. The majority (65%) of the poor are found in rural areas and 78% of those likely to be chronically poor are also found in rural areas (Woolard and Leibbrandt cited in FAO, 2004). • Hunger and malnutrition are both a cause and effect of poverty. • Despite the good social protection system in the country, hunger and poverty alleviation policies and programmes, there is still: - high levels of hunger and poverty - reliance on income from remittances & social grants - high rate of unemployment - decrease in own food production - inadequate access to food (GHS estimated 21.9% of SA HHs )
Food Security Challenges in SA • Like severe malnutrition, food access problems were the most serious in North West where 33,3% of households had inadequate or severely inadequate food access. This is followed by KwaZulu-Natal (26,9%), Northern Cape (26%), Free State (23,6%) and Limpopo (20,6%), Eastern Cape (20,3%). *
Programme Goal • To attain physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food for food insecure South Africans at all times to meet their specific needs for an active and a healthy lifestyle.
Key Sector Objectives The key sector objectives are to: • Ensure access to food for the poor and vulnerable members of our society; • Improve nutrition security of citizens; • Improve food production capacity of households • Develop market channels through bulk government procurement of food; • Fostering partnerships with relevant stakeholders within the food supply chain.
Targeted groups* • The first 1000 days of a Child • Children under six years of age that are malnourished; • Child-headed households; • Children in drop in centres; Orphaned children; • Risky pregnant and lactating women; • Primary school children from poor households; • People suffering from chronic diseases of lifestyle or communicable diseases; and • At-risk elderly persons • People with disabilities; • Female-headed households; and • HIV/AIDS-infected and affected households
Progress Summary • Mechanisms for effective programme implementation developed: • Active search intensification through household profiling • Household Food and Nutrition Security implementation guidelines were developed • Food &Nutrition Security Task Team established and Terms of Reference developed • Capacity for the programme implementation was enhanced through a customised Food and Nutrition Security learning programme for the social sector • Strengthening of partnerships with key stakeholders
Food bank Progress to date Food banks network has delivered procured and donated food as detailed follows:
Pilot Community Nutrition and Development Centre in Western Cape
Future Plans • Household Food and Nutrition Security Coordination • Household Food and Nutrition Capacity Security Building • Increasing the number of households accessing DSD food security programmes • Roll out of the Community Nutrition and Development Centre Pilot • Food Banks Network development support (Food Bank existence in all 9 provinces)
