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Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture In Africa - Experiences From The ATMS Project

This presentation provides an overview of the AMSCO/ATMS Project's involvement in addressing issues of food security and sustainable agriculture in Africa. It discusses the linkages between food security and the MDGs, principles of sustainable agriculture, and case studies of successful interventions. The presentation also highlights the impact, challenges, and opportunities in this field.

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Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture In Africa - Experiences From The ATMS Project

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  1. Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture In Africa -Experiences From The ATMS Project • Kofi Andah • Regional Manager, East Africa • AMSCO/ATMS Project of the UNDP

  2. Presentation Outline • Background of AMSCO/ATMS Project • Experience in Issues of Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture: • Food Security and the MDGs • Sustainable Agriculture and the MDGs • AMSCO/ATMS involvement • Case Studies • Impact • Challenges • Opportunities

  3. Background of AMSCO/ATMS

  4. AMSCO/ATMS Project • Set up in 1989 • 3 components: • African Training & Management Services (ATMS) Project • Regional Project of the UNDP • African Management Services Company (AMSCO) • Project implementation • Set up by IFC, AfDB and DFIs • ATMS Foundation • Donor fundraising • Allocation and disbursement of grants to project clients

  5. AMSCO/ATMS Project • Operational coverage (30-Sep-2011) • 23 African countries • 217 client institutions • 334 technical experts

  6. Experience In Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture Issues

  7. Availability Dimensions of Food Security Accessibility Acceptability Adequacy Source: E.K. Boon, Food security In Africa: Challenges And Prospects

  8. Food Security: Linkage To MDGs

  9. Principles of Sustainable Agriculture • 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

  10. Sustainable Agriculture: Linkage To MDGs

  11. AMSCO/ATMS Involvement • 7% of portfolio in Agriculture and Forestry Sector • Specific activities vary: • Rice farming in Tanzania • Cotton growing in Kenya • Poultry rearing in Mozambique • Linkages exist with other sectors supported • Microfinance • Leasing • Lending • Saving • Alternative energy • Agriculture research

  12. Alternative Energy: Lean Energy Solutions Project Background ATMS’s Inputs • 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

  13. Alternative Energy: Lean Energy Solutions

  14. Project Background ATMS’s Inputs Rice Farming: Kilombero Plantations • 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

  15. Rice Farming: Kilombero Plantations

  16. Project Background ATMS’s Inputs Research & Project Implementation: Kilimo Trust • 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

  17. Research & Project Implementation: Kilimo Trust

  18. Project Background ATMS’s Inputs Poultry Farming: New Horizons • 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

  19. Poultry Farming: New Horizon

  20. Sample Impact of AMSCO/ATMS Built a 6,200m2warehouse facility that is made available to smallholder farmers to store grain - Kilombero Plantations Access to finance: Savings schemes: 2,100 farmers Bank accounts: 709 farmers Formal credit: 171 farmers - Kilimo Trust Trained over 12,000 smallholder farmers on environmentally friendly cotton farming methods - Rift Valley Products Increased maize yields by over 34,000 tonnes per cropping season across 3 countries - Kilimo Trust Produced and sold 5,000 tonnes of briquettes, saving an estimated 8,000 trees - Lean Energy Solutions 21,000 farmers supported to improve land productivity - Kilimo Trust 1,810 tonnes of rice harvested within 2 years of AMSCO/ATMS intervention - Kilombero Plantations Micro-leasing of agricultural assets including cattle, sheep, etc. - Juhudi Kilimo Assisted over 165,000 farmers establish or grow their businesses through the provision of affordable irrigation equipment and education - KickStart Created market linkages between over 2,600 farmers and 143 traders - Kilimo Trust 1,567% increase in independent poultry farmers (suppliers) from 12 to 200 - New Horizons

  21. Challenges Abound

  22. Projected Losses in Food Production Due To Climate Change by 2080 Source: Cline, 2007; http://www.grida.no/graphic.aspx?f=series/rr-food-crisis/figure18.jpg

  23. Challenges & Risks • Climate change • Inadequate government investments • Extension services • Access to finance • Infrastructure • Transportation • Storage • Market size limitations • Land tenure systems • Population growth • Rapid urbanization

  24. Opportunities Exist Every problem is an opportunity in disguise - Source unknown

  25. Opportunities • 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*

  26. Thank You

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