SADC Presentation
3rd Japan-Africa BusinessForum
Theme: Feed Southern Africa
Virtual Meeting
29 June to 8 July 2021

ContentPolicy Framework for the Agricultureand Food Security Programmes
Challenges for the Agricultural and Foodand Nutrition Security Sector amidst
COVID 19
Mitigating
MeasurestoCovid-19
Challenges
Regional Programmes and Projects
Investments Opportunities

Relevant Policy Framework• Revised Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan
(RISDP 2020-2030)• SADC Industrialization Strategy & Roadmap (SISR) 2063.
• Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP) which is the overarchingregional policy framework (the SADC Comprehensive Africa
Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Compact) thatguides agriculture sector development• Protocols(Fisheries,Environment
forSustainable
Development, Forestry, Wildlife & Law Enforcement, Shared
Watercourses, Trade, Protection of Plant Varieties, etc).
• Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme(CAADP)/Malabo Declaration.
• AU Agenda 2063 & UN Agenda for Sustainable Development• Continental & International Treaties & Agreements.

RAP Objectives• Increased production, productivity& competitiveness of crops,
livestock, forestry, fisheries &wildlife to support trade, industry& food security in the region;• Increased regional andinternational trade and market
access for agricultural products(crops, livestock, & naturalresources);• Reduced social & economic
vulnerability in the context of food& nutrition security, considering
CC and Economic challenges;• Engage the public & private
sectors to participate meaningfullyin the regional value chainswildlife) in the region;

Challenges Associated with Covid-19• Covid-19 travel restrictions• Closure or Limited Cross border Transport - Disrupted supply
chains, including Food Supplies and Agricultural Inputs(Seeds, Fertilizers, Pesticides, etc), affecting Food distributionand Agricultural Production• Lock downs, restriction of movement of people, closure offactories and urban markets – Rendered Producer andConsumer Markets; unavailable for food, – Negative Impacts
on Agricultural Production, Distribution – Affecting Food andNutrition Security, particularly of Vulnerable Populations• Deterioration in the nutrition status of the vulnerable
population due to insufficient access to food (no livelihoodfor informal sector), increase in household food and nutrition
insecurity• The disruption and closure of schools in the region had anegative impact on other human rights including the right toadequate food and nutrition services to children (Schoolfeeing programmes, etc)

Mitigating Measures to Covid-19 Challenges• Maintaining Inter-regional Trade in Essential
Commodities Including Food and AgriculturalInputs;• Considering Agricultural and related areas as
Essential Services and Maintaining Domestic Food
Supply Chains, during lockdowns;• Provision of Incentives for Safeguarding the Current
Crop Harvests while Encouraging Increased Cropand Livestock Production in the Near Term;• Expanding Social Safety Nets and Social Protection
Measures for the Poor and Vulnerable

Regional Programmes and Projects Investments
Opportunities
RAIP (Regional Agricultural InvestmentPlan) 2017-2022 outlines priority
programmes
andsub-programs,
identified from the RAP Results
Framework, wherein investment in theagriculture sector need to be focused.
The total cost of the RAIP is USD1.3
billion, being mobilized throughcontribution by Member States, public
privatepartnership,
internationalcooperating partners, donor agencies,
etc. RAIP has 8 operational objectives,
25 key result areas and 55 intermediateoutcomes that are implemented byboth the Member States and the SADC
Secretariat

Regional Programmes and Projects Investments
Opportunities• Crop Development
Programme• Capacity building;• Improvement of input(seeds, pesticides,fertilizers, irrigation, etc)
availability;• Crop management andtechnology adoption;• Crop protection and postharvest management;• Agro-processing and market
access; and• Information, advocacy andawareness raising.

Regional Programmes and Projects Investments
Opportunities• Livestock Development
Programme• enhance sustainable livestock
production, productivity andcompetitiveness;• improve regional andinternational trade and access tomarkets of livestock products;• improve private and public sector
engagement and investment in
the livestock value-chains; and• reduce social and economic
vulnerability of the region’s
population in the context of foodand nutrition security and thechanging economic and climatic
environment

Regional Programmes and Projects Investments
Opportunities
SADC
Regional
Aquaculture
Strategy and Action Plan
• 80% of Member States are currently
implementing the regional
aquaculture strategy at different
levels and stages• Aquaculture production increased
from 69,851 metric tonnes (2015) to100,950 metric tonnes (2018) of fish;
and the plan is to increase theaquaculture production to 355,400
tonnes per annum by 2030.
• SADC Regional Aquaculture Value
Chain identified 8 aquaculture
clusters (tilapia, salmonid, abalone,crustaceans, bivalve, marine finfishand pearl) and 24 value chains,Asanteni Sana

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