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Martin Bwalya, NEPAD 26th November 2008 Pretoria, South Africa

The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) In responding to emerging global issues (Climate Change/Rising Food Prices). Martin Bwalya, NEPAD 26th November 2008 Pretoria, South Africa. Emerging Issues. A Global phenomenon … A global crisis unlike any other …

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Martin Bwalya, NEPAD 26th November 2008 Pretoria, South Africa

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  1. The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)In responding to emerging global issues (Climate Change/Rising Food Prices) Martin Bwalya, NEPAD 26th November 2008Pretoria, South Africa

  2. Emerging Issues .. • A Global phenomenon … • A global crisis unlike any other … Drivers:  Increased demand for: • - Food • - Fuel • - Fodder • Coinciding with: •  Global recession •  Rising fuel price Rising input prices •  Climate change

  3. Human activity and Climate Change…

  4. Emerging Issues .. • A crisis of a different kind - Not a typical covariate shock • Change “here-to-stay” (prices not expected to go down) • Has brought about structural changes in global and local prices

  5. Relative change in length of growing period (LGP) by 2050 in comparison to present day conditions (Source: Thornton et al. 2006.)

  6. Climate change to a farmer…. • Signs … • Rainfall less predictable • Rainfall patterns – shorter/longer • Droughts/storms/Floods • Temperature • Implications • Difficult to plant in time • Require Seeds adapted to short seasons • Water scarcity • Effects worsened by land degradation

  7. Emerging Issues ... • Whatever the cause, IMPACT in Africa is REAL and in various forms:  Already Vulnerable communities sliding into even more desperate food security status  Gains in addressing food security and poverty alleviation threatened for Millions

  8. An external shock that requires widespread immediate emergency responses as well as structural adjustments and reforms Supply response capacity is intact but can agriculture provide the necessary response? Complexity of solutions lies in the multiple causes (including climate change worries) Traditional approaches inadequate How do Africa Respond ?

  9. NEPAD (CAADP and EAP) in Guiding country and regional responses

  10. Science and Technology Agriculture Access to markets Peace and Security The NEPAD Core Action Areas Health Democracy and political governance Environment Infrastructure Human resource

  11. NEPAD - CAADP Building and Sustaining Africa’ Ability to met its livelihoods and environment Objectives  6% annual growth in agricultural growth SUSTAINABLE LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND MARKET ACCESS FOOD SECURITY RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY DISSEMINATION / ADOPTION AU/NEPAD – EAP PA 1 & 6  Knowledge Management Partnerships Investment resources UNCCD

  12. Land degradation and climate change are closely interlinked Land degradation increases carbon emissions and vulnerabilities to climate variability and change through: • Reduced land productivity and efficient use of water resources • Reduced land cover and below ground carbon • Water logging, compaction of soil • Change of micro -climatic conditions due to land cover changes Climate change will add to climate stress and accelerate land degradation through: • Intensification of hydrological cycle, i.e. heavy precipitation events promoting soil loss • Change in vegetation due to shifting climatic conditions • Climatic extremes triggering coping responses that erode the natural resource base

  13. Integral to development planning and programmes/activities Knowledge & Information management Policy Issues Financing and investment capacities Institutional & Governance Issues

  14. CAADP-EAP Tools in responding to … 1. Evidence based planning and analytical underpinnings • Stocktaking and diagnostic work • - best practices/technologies (locally feasible options) • - Institutional arrangements and capacities • - Policy and structural reforms • Integrated and holistic approach • Anchoring responses in sustainable local capabilities and realistic options

  15. CAADP-EAP Tools in responding to … Analytical underpinnings ….. • Clear understanding of the “Shock” – who is affected; how; extent/trends/opportunities and challenges including related global dimensions • Guide on identifying/defining “Major entry points” for focused responses • Evidence based consderations allowing for: • - Holistic and integrated • - Comprehensive • - “best use” for available resources

  16. CAADP-EAP framework … Analytical Underpinning ….. • Building on/aligning with existing initiatives / Programmes/Policies • Clarity on viable /feasible options • Complementarities and harmonisation in govt. and Development partner actions including methodologies • f. Science on the soil Carbon factor

  17. CAADP-EAP framework … 2. Resource Mobilisation and financing support • Global Agriculture Financing Strategy: • - Jointly with AUC and in consultation with RECs • - a policy guide on International Investment support to Africa’s agriculture • - aim to enhance alignment, harmonisation and effectiveness in development assistance • Alignment/Harmonisation advances • - World Bank, the EC, FAO, AfDB, WFP, etc…

  18. CAADP-EAP framework … CAADP Value addition to responses …. • Framework for partnership engagement (inter-sectoral, inter-disciplinary) • Guide/framework ensuring immediate – emergency responses do not undermine long term development objectives • Linking of the and aligning with development policies and strategies • Monitoring mechanism linked to peer review • Mobilisation of analytical information/knowledge and expertise

  19. NEPAD and responding to emerging Issues 1. Rising Food Prices / Food Crisis • NEPAD Coordinated Multi-partner analytical backstopping support to country initiatives • Initial set of Sixteen (16/14) countries identified: • Receiving technical/analytical support in defining response options • Development of related investment programmes • Related resource mobilisation / Parterships  Country Programmes • Conservation agriculture programme (Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe) – 20,000 farm households supported in applying CA to enable them crop

  20. NEPAD and responding to emerging Issues 2. Climate Change • Africa Working Group on Climate, Agriculture, Forests, Land Use and Livelihoods - Information generation/synthesis and support to policy and continental level lobbying/advocacy - Advocacy and analytical support – linkages between agriculture productivity, poverty alleviation and food security, environmental resilience and biodiversity protection - Soil Carbon – Factor: COP 9 (2009) - Regional programmes supporting Scaling up the adoption of Conservation Agriculture

  21. NEPAD and responding to emerging Issues Flagship Projects on SLM Climate Change SLM in Responding to the Challenges of global threats Policy/ RECs/ AU UNFCC Sustainable Land Management Food Security Grounded Programmes

  22. Thank You

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