Overview of fanrpan youth programme mauritius dialogue 12 april 2013

Advocating For A Holistic Youth And Gender Agriculture Policy Framework In Southern

Africa

National Youth Policy Dialogue, 12 April 2013University of Mauritius

Sithembile Mwamakamba, Project [email protected]

www.fanrpan.orgFood, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)

1. Background on FANRPAN– The Network– The Programmes– Policy Cycle

2. Overview of youth engagement in agriculture in Southern Africa

3. Background on FANRPAN’s work on engaging youth in agriculture policies

4. Why we are here today

Presentation Outline


FANRPAN Origins

• Call by Ministers in 1994

• Created in 1997, and registered in 2002

• Stakeholder categories: - Farmers, Government, Researchers, Private sector, Media,

Development Partners, Youth

• Members/National nodes in 16 African countries: - Angola, Botswana, DRC, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Madagascar,

Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.


FANRPAN

Vision

A food secure southern Africa free from hunger and poverty

MissionTo promote effective Food, Agriculture and Natural

Resources (FANR) policies by

– facilitating linkages and partnerships between government and civil society,

– building the capacity for policy analysis and policy dialogue in southern Africa, and

– supporting demand-driven policy research and analysis


FANRPANRegional

Secretariat

Malawi

Namibia

Mozambique

Tanzania

Mauritius

South Africa

Swaziland

Lesotho

Angola

Botswana

Zimbabwe

Zambia

Government

Researchers

CSOs

Madagascar

Farmers

Private Sector

Commercial Farmers

Small-scale farmers associations

Commodity Associations

FANRPAN Structure: Network of Networks

Uganda

DRC

Kenya


FANRPAN Strategic Framework

Capacity Building Policy Research

Voice

Conducive

Environment

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3

POLICY ANALYSIS & ADVOCACY

Agricultural Policy

Burning Policy Issues


FANRPAN’s Thematic Thrusts

Social Protection & Livelihoods

Food Systems

Agricultural Productivity – Markets

Natural Resources and Environment


Unpacking the FANRPAN Policy Engagement Cycle


FANRPAN Policy Engagement Cycle (cont’d)


Multi – Stakeholder Dialogues

Across 16 Countries(All Members from Stakeholder Groups)

Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa,

Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ongoing Research Studies

Emerging Issues andFANR Policies Tracking

National Policy

Dialogues(Periodic)

NATIONAL LEVEL

Policy Advisory

Notes

Issues forRegional Dialogue

REGIONAL LEVEL

• Coordination of multi-country studies• Synthesis of issues from Nodes

Into Agenda for Annual Regional Dialogue

• Network Administration and Development (Networking, Fund Raising, Membership drive)

Southern Africa Region(Representatives from all FANR

Stakeholder Groups)• Farmers’ Organisations• Governments• Private Sector• Researchers• Development Partners


Youth and Agriculture in Southern Africa

• Africa is the world’s youngest continent,

• In 2010, 70 % of the region’s population was under the age of 30,

• In 2010, 20 % of the population were young people between the ages of 15 to 24.

• The large majority of the youth lives in rural areas and mostly employed in agriculture, accounting for 65% of total employment.


• NEPAD Youth Desk– Launched in 2005 by New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) to give

youth a platform for dialogue and enable them to contribute to policy debates.

• The African Youth Charter– Adopted July 2006 at the 7th Ordinary Session of the Conference of Heads of

States and Government– Lays the pedestal for national programmes and strategic plans for Youth

empowerment

• Youth Decade Plan of Action (2009-2018)– Declared by the African Union Assembly in January, 2009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.– Framework for multi-sectoral and multidimensional engagement of all

stakeholders towards the achievement of the goals and objectives of the African Youth Charter.

Regional Efforts in Creating Youth Policies


Status of the African Youth Charter


Youth Charter and Agriculture

Article 14: Poverty Eradication and Socio-economic Integration of Youth

•Train young people to take up agricultural, mineral, commercial and industrial production using contemporary systems and promote the benefits of modern information and communication technology to gain access to existing and new markets;

•Facilitate access to credit to promote youth participation in agricultural and other sustainable livelihood projects


Article 12: National Youth Policy

• State Parties shall obliged to develop a comprehensive and coherent national youth policy as follows:– The policy shall be cross-sectoral in nature considering the

interrelatedness of the challenges facing young people;

– The development of a national youth policy shall be informed by extensive consultation with young people and cater for their active participation in decision-making at all levels of governance in issues concerning youth and society as a whole;

– The policy shall advocate equal opportunities for young men and for young women;


FANRPAN’s Youth In Agriculture Work

• September 2011 – FANRPAN convenes a Regional High Level Multi-stakeholder Food Security

Policy Dialogue on “Advocating for the Active Engagement of the Youth in the Agricultural Value Chain”


Background

• November 2011FANRPAN commissioned case studies in Malawi, Mauritius, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zimbabwe to assess current and emerging youth policies and initiatives with a special focus on links to agriculture.

Evodius RuttaExecutive DirectorTAYENTanzania

Calvin KamchachaExecutive DirectorFAFOTRAJMalawi

Mduduzi DlaminiPresident Swazi Youth in AgriBusinessSwaziland

Nawsheen HosenallyAgriculture GraduateMauritius

Obert MathivhaExecutive DirectorCAYCSouth Africa

Tavaka NyoniConsultantORAPZimbabwe


Study Objectives

• Establish baseline data on youth policies and initiatives currently in place in the case study countries.

• Identify gaps and opportunities for developing national youth and agriculture policies within agricultural sector and make appropriate policy decisions.

• Investigate the current participation level and coverage of rural and urban youth in agriculture and their perceptions towards the sector

• Investigate and assess how the key institutions as well as current tools, and mechanisms and policy instruments available have mainstreamed youth agenda

• Profile investment opportunities for youth engagement in the agricultural value chains


Methodology

COUNTRY DESK REVIEW

KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS

FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS

ON LINE FORUM DISCUSSIONS

SURVEYS

MAURITIUS

SOUTH AFRICA

SWAZILAND

ZIMBABWE

MALAWI

TANZANIA


2012 FANRPAN High Level Food Security Policy Dialogue, Tanzania

• 253 delegates

• 23 countries

• Presentation of six country case study findings to a regional audience

• Launch of the Youth in Agriculture Award

The theme was “From Policy to Practice: Advocating for the Active Engagement of Youth in Agriculture Value Chains”.

H.E. Dr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the Republic of Tanzania


• September 2012: USAID support in disseminating case study findings at national level

• Two national dialogues (South Africa and Swaziland) have been conducted to date

• Expansion of project to:– Angola, – Lesotho, – Mozambique and – Zambia

Disseminating the Findings


Engaging Youth in Policy Development

What Needs to Happen•Capacity Building of youth – There is need for training and skill-building opportunities for young people that can prepare them for active participation in decision-making processes.

•Engage youth actively -Youth must be recognised as major stakeholders and need a platform where their voices can be heard on issues that directly concern them.

•Link youth to planning and policy efforts. This can be accomplished by involving youth in the examination of existing policies as well as determining and evaluating potential policy alternatives


Engaging Youth in Policy Development

What Needs to Happen•Allow youth to identify their own interests. Within the greater framework of agriculture policy making, youth may have expertise or interests in specific topics.

•Facilitation - Youth Communication, Advocacy and Networking. There is need to guide youth in terms of how to communicate their challenges, ideas, and experiences.

•Institutionalising Youth Policy Engagement from Primary – Secondary - University Levels – There is need to learn from other programmes that have been successful in engaging young people in different sectors (e.g SIFE, 4-H).


Nothing for the Youth

Without the Youth


Thank You