National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme

1. National Food Policy Plan of Action and Country Investment Plan Monitoring Report 2012 An overview by Ciro Fiorillo, CTA NFPCSP August 13th 2012 National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme

2. The framework for food security interventions: the National Food Policy and its Plan of Action Nutrition Availability Access Bangladesh has been an early adopter of the comprehensive approach to food security through the formulation of the National Food Policy (2006) and its Plan of Action (2008) To reduce undernourishment, stunting and underweight, food should be available, accessible and complemented by nutrition interventions • The National Food Policy Plan of Action provides a comprehensive long-term (2008-2015) framework for: • - Coordinating government interventions on food security • - Aligning development support to national priorities in line with the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness • - Regularly monitoring progress toward food security in line with MDG1 • -Identifying needs for investments

3. The framework for food security interventions: The Country Investment Plan • Responding to L’Aquila Initiative and in line with the 5 Principles agreed in the Rome Food Summit, the CIP was approved in 2010 and revised in 2011 based on extensive consultations. • It is a coherent set of 12 strategic priority investment programmes allowing to coordinate Government and Development partners interventions • It is aligned with MDG1, NFP PoA and the Sixth Five Year Plan • It focuses on investments included in the Annual Development Budget The CIP and PoA provide the framework formonitoring impacts, outputs and financial commitments

4. Monitoring the CIP and NFP PoA • A complex exercise involving multiple: • agencies from government and development partners • Levels of monitoring and types of information CIP Results Chain Aggregate outputs GoB / donor financial commitments to ongoing (≈ 269) and pipeline (≈ 130) projects Sub-outputs 40 priority investment area 12 CIP programmes NFP Global Objectiveto ensure sustained food security for all people of the country at all times 3 CIP components INPUTS/ACTION LEVEL OUTPUTS IMPACTS/OUTCOMES 300 action/ strategic actions lines 26 PoA Areas of Intervention 3 NFP Objectives NFP PoA results chain

5. National Food Policy – progress toward the goal • Overall goals of the NFP is “to ensure dependable sustained food security for all people of the country at all times” • In the CIP, 3 indicators focus on nutrition as food security outcome: • Target at reach for underweight and stunting, acceleration needed for undernourishment (for which limited data are available)

6. CIP indicators included in the Sixth Five Year Plan • In addition to underweight, 4 indicators from the CIP and PoA were included in the Development Result Framework of the SFYP to measure progress on poverty and food security • Progress against targets is satisfactory

7. CIP financial commitments (CIP table 4.1) • Variations in CIP Budget between June 2010 and June 2011 • Total value of the CIPhas increased by US$ 947 million (+11.6%) • Financed CIP project increased by US$ M 2,170 (+71%) • of which US$ 1,713 by GoB (+109%) and US$ 457 by DPs (+31%) • Pipeline decreasedby US$ M 1,222 (-24%) due to: • Projects whose implementation started (e.g. NNS: US$M 115) • Possible under-reporting of projects in pipelines

8. CIP delivery and financing progress in 2010/11 • Delivery stands at US$ M 836 (this is CIP execution in FY 2011) • Additional financing US$ M 2,170 (US$M 1,861 for new projects) • Additional financing larger than delivery, especially for availability • - Develop capacity to deliver • - Scale up identification & financing in areas lagging behind

9. NFP Objective 1: Availability of food • Agricultural GDP growth (5.24%) is above the target for 2011 • Variability of rice production remained low • Rice import dependency slightly increased due to public imports for stabilizing domestic supply and price • Increased share of rice on total food VA: no progress in diversification • Scale up fisheries, livestock and horticulture investments to promote diversification • Foster research and extension for climate change adaptation • Valorize unused land in costal areas • Promote use efficiency and quality of agrochemicals • Promote water use efficiency and preserve water table

10. NFP Objective 2: Access to food • Poverty rate declined steeply – and the average poor person is less poor • Real wages increased significantly (in rice terms) • Food prices have risen faster than other prices, trend reverted in2012 • Expand storage capacity; integrate procurement, distribution and trade policies • Sustain attention to climate change, access to natural resources, price volatility • Continue regular monitoring of food security • Finalize the national social protection strategy based on broad based consultations

11. NFP Objective 3: Food utilisation for nutrition • Diversification: low in production, improved in consumption (but still > 60% ) • Good improvement in CED of women (health intervention impacts) • Children receiving acceptable diet reduced (new WHO definition in 2010/11) • Consuming of iodized salt reduced (higher standards, informal imports) • Increase dietary diversification& Promote food fortification • Strengthen community based nutrition • Improve institutional setup for multi-sectoral coordination • Develop food safety and quality control and enforce existing legislation • Assure water and sanitation, especially in urban areas and during disasters

12. Thank You For comments and suggestions please e-mail: ciro.fiorillo@fao.org dgfpmu@fd.gov.bd