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Fundamental Financing Areas Neccessary to
achieve Food and Energy security in Africa:
Farmers Perspective
T.Morrison . Rwakakamba
Manager Policy Research and Advocacy, Uganda
National Farmers Federation, Plot 27, Nakasero
Road, P.O.Box 6213, Kampala, Uganda, Email:
[email protected], [email protected]
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Introduction
Situational Context
Financing/ Investiment areas
Production and Productivity
Access and sustainablity of Markets
Farmer Institutional Development
Fund for Farmers ecosystem and Carbonoffset
servies
e) Conclusions
Introduction
– The fundamental role of agriculture is to
ensure food security for consumers and
secure livelihoods for producers
– Water, food and energy constitute an
increasingly inter-dependant nexus in which
agriculture takes a central position
– Forexample, Energy is important for
Irrigation, agroprocessing, storage etc
– 90% of Agriculture in Africa is rain fed
– Solutions to food, water and energy insecurity
in Africa majorly lie in strong and
independent Producer Organisations
Situational Context
– Africa’s population growth is at 2.4% per
annum
– Sub-Saharan Africa suffers severe food
energy deficiency at 51%
– Climate change: The continent is, on
average, 0.5C warmer than it was 100
years ago
– Temperatures have risen much higher
in some areas - such as a part of Kenya
which has become 3.5C hotter
Cont’d
• Africa is now experiencing deepenig water
crisis
• Rivers,lakes and waterworks drying up
• Floods and intermittent Elininos have
ravaged the continet
• As such, Droughts, Famine, Diseases and
Coflicts rampant
• Increasing needs for productivity and
markets continue to press emergency
needs of energy security in Africa
Unprecedented Droughts and deepening water crisis
Deepening Water Crisis: River Nyamwamba in Uganda getting extinct
The case for Financing Agriculture
Food and energy security in Africa depend upon
investing in agriculture and allocating resources
appropriately within the agricultural sector :
Forexample,
•Without roads and basic infrastructure; farmers cannot
receive basic inputs or get their products to market.
•Without secure land tenure and modern equipment for
farm production and processing, yields will continue to
be low and post-harvest losses high.
•And without a firm national, regional and international
commitment to agricultural development and a stable
and conducive policy environment in which it can take
place, investment will not come.
Fundamental key Financing / Investiment
Areas
Production and Productivity
• Technology Development/Research
• Disease, Pest and Vector Control
• Water for Production
• Sustainable management of land and Water
resources
• Improves access to high quality inputs
• Labour Saving Technologies including
Appropriate Mechanisation
Sustainable Farming Paractices (Farmers
adopting to Climate Change)
Access to and Sustainability of Markets
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Railways, and telecommunications
Increased Value-addition in Agriculture
Strengthening warehouse Receipt System
Increased capacity of farmers’ organizations to
build up skills in management, entrepreneurship,
and group dynamics
• Building Market information infrastructure
• Community Access Roads and trunk roads
Farmer Institution Development
• Farmer institutions are important forums for
mobilising farmers for delivery of services.
• They play a leading role in technology promotion,
market organisation and value addition
• They must be independent
• Through the PPP, consider channeling
development funds through organised farmer
groups
• They play a key role in monitoring public sector
programmes and ensuring accountability
Fund to Reward Farmers for Ecosystem
Services and Carbonoffsets
• Farmers are custodians of our Environment
• Africa must create and fund a package incentives
that encourage and enable farmers to continue
providing ecosystem services
• Farmers carbon offsets must be aggregated and
compasated
• Fund renewable energy initiatives in Africa
• This will be realised ifonly Africa pushes for
Agriculture Chapter in the Copenhagen Climate
treaty in December 2009
Conclusions and Recommendations
• Investiment in Climate Change Mitigation and
Adaptation programmes
• Credit incentives e.g loan guarantees through
commercial banks for farmers to access affordable
credit and enhanced financial literacy for farmers
• Stamp out Corruption in Africa through
strengthening the Citizen Agency (Strong and
independent Farmer organisations)
• African Governments must increase % of funding
for the agriculture sector in line with the Maputo
committments.
Cont’d
• Rehabilitate irrigation schemes and build new ones
• Remove taxes on low cost irrigation technologies
e.g money maker irrigation pumps
• Promote Rain water harvesting technologie and
drip irrigarion
• Farmer/ Producer organizations must be central
actors in CAADP implementation
• IFAP looks forward to working with all stakeholders
to exploit the full potential of agriculture for
ensuring food and energy security in Africa
Thank you
Asante sana
Farming is Honorable and dignifying