Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture In Africa -

Experiences From The ATMS Project

Kofi AndahRegional Manager, East AfricaAMSCO/ATMS Project of the UNDP

Presentation Outline

1.Background of AMSCO/ATMS Project2.Experience in Issues of Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture:

a. Food Security and the MDGsb. Sustainable Agriculture and the MDGsc. AMSCO/ATMS involvementd. Case Studiese. Impact

3.Challenges4.Opportunities

Background of AMSCO/ATMS

Set up in 1989 3 components:

African Training & Management Services (ATMS) ProjectRegional Project of the UNDP

African Management Services Company (AMSCO)Project implementationSet up by IFC, AfDB and DFIs

ATMS FoundationDonor fundraisingAllocation and disbursement of grants to project

clients

AMSCO/ATMS Project

Operational coverage (30-Sep-2011) 23 African countries 217 client institutions 334 technical experts

AMSCO/ATMS Project

Experience In Food Security&

Sustainable Agriculture Issues

Dimensions of Food Security

Source: E.K. Boon, Food security In Africa: Challenges And Prospects

Food Security: Linkage To MDGs

Millennium Development GoalsSelected Targets

Indicators For Monitoring Progress(from the Millenium Declaration)Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty And Hunger

Target 1c: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

1.8 Prevalence of underweight children under five years of age

1.9Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption

Satisfying human food and fiber needs Enhancing quality of the environment and natural

resources Efficient use of non-renewable resources Sustainable economic viability of farm operations Enhancing quality of life of farmers and the society

as a whole

Principles of Sustainable Agriculture

Sustainable Agriculture: Linkage To MDGs

Millenium Development GoalsSelected Targets

Indicators For Monitoring Progress(from the Millenium Declaration)Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability

Target 7a: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes; reverse loss of environmental resources

7.1 Proportion of land area covered by forest

7.2 CO2 emissions, total, per capita and per $1 GDP (PPP)

7.3 Consumption of ozone-depleting substances

7.4 Proportion of fish stocks within safe biological limits

Target 7b: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss

7.5 Proportion of total water resources used

7.6 Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected

7.7 Proportion of species threatened with extinction

7% of portfolio in Agriculture and Forestry Sector Specific activities vary:

Rice farming in TanzaniaCotton growing in KenyaPoultry rearing in Mozambique

Linkages exist with other sectors supported Microfinance

LeasingLendingSaving

Alternative energy Agriculture research

AMSCO/ATMS Involvement

Alternative Energy: Lean Energy Solutions

Established in western Kenya in 2007

Alternative energy consulting and manufacturing: Gemba Kaizen production methodology

Energy and technical Audits

Manufacture of energy efficient briquettes from sugar cane bagasse

Winner of 3 awards at the 2010 Kenya Institute of Management Business Awards

1 Technical Expert seconded as GM

Grant funding provided by ATMS Foundation

Alternative Energy: Lean Energy Solutions

Originally formed as Mngeta Farms in the 1980s

Privatized in 2007 after years of neglect

Focuses on cultivation of rice and beans

Implements an environmentally-friendly rice farming methodology – System of Rice Intensification (SRI)

Supports smallholder rice farmers

2 Technical Experts seconded

Rice Farming: Kilombero Plantations

Rice Farming: Kilombero Plantations

Ugandan-registered trust focused on agriculture and agri-business development

Operates across East Africa

Focus includes technology development and improving value chain efficiency

Current strategy focused on implementation of donor projects in agricultural sector

Mission is to expand market-led sustainable agriculture for development

1 Technical Expert seconded as CEO

Grant funding provided by ATMS Foundation

Research & Project Implementation: Kilimo Trust

Research & Project Implementation: Kilimo Trust

Small, start-up poultry processing company

Located in northern Mozambique

Has a hatchery facility producing up to 45,000 chicks per week

15,000 chicks supplied to subsistence farmers in the community

Mature chickens are purchased from subsistence farmers

Products: chickens and eggs

2 Technical Experts seconded

Grant funding provided by ATMS Foundation

Poultry Farming: New Horizons

Poultry Farming: New Horizon

Sample Impact of AMSCO/ATMS

Built a 6,200m2 warehouse facility that is made available to smallholder farmers to store grain

- Kilombero Plantations21,000 farmers supported to improve land productivity

- Kilimo Trust

Trained over 12,000 smallholder farmers on environmentally friendly cotton farming methods

- Rift Valley Products

1,810 tonnes of rice harvested within 2 years of AMSCO/ATMS intervention

- Kilombero Plantations

Produced and sold 5,000 tonnes of briquettes, saving an estimated 8,000 trees

- Lean Energy SolutionsMicro-leasing of agricultural assets including cattle, sheep, etc.

- Juhudi Kilimo

Access to finance: Savings schemes: 2,100 farmers Bank accounts: 709 farmers Formal credit: 171 farmers

- Kilimo Trust

Created market linkages between over 2,600 farmers and 143 traders

- Kilimo Trust

Increased maize yields by over 34,000 tonnes per cropping season across 3 countries

- Kilimo Trust

1,567% increase in independent poultry farmers (suppliers) from 12 to 200

- New Horizons

Assisted over 165,000 farmers establish or grow their businesses through the provision of affordable irrigation equipment and education

- KickStart

Challenges Abound

Source: Cline, 2007; http://www.grida.no/graphic.aspx?f=series/rr-food-crisis/figure18.jpg

Projected Losses in Food Production Due To Climate Change by 2080

Climate change Inadequate government investments

Extension services Access to finance Infrastructure

TransportationStorage

Market size limitations Land tenure systems Population growth Rapid urbanization

Challenges & Risks

Opportunities Exist

Every problem is an opportunity in disguise- Source unknown

Mobile phones Wider availability and coverage of mobile phones Market information available Money transfers Interesting new services

Micro-lending via mobile technology

Increasing recognition of women’s rights Property ownership, including land Ability to enter contracts in their own right

R&D results Drought resistant seeds GM crops*

Opportunities

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