Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Action Plan for Mainstreaming Nutrition in Agriculture SIERRA LEONE

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1 Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Action Plan for Mainstreaming Nutrition in Agriculture SIERRA LEONE West Africa Regional CAADP Nutrition Programme Development Workshop November 9-12, 2011 Dakar, Senegal 1

2 Action Plan for Mainstreaming Nutrition in Agriculture Participants: Aminata KOROMA Solade PYNE BAILEY Nutrition focal point Nutrition focal point Min. of Health / Programme Manager-National Food and Nutrition Deputy Programme Manager National Food and Nutrition Programme Prince M.A KAMARA CAADP Country focal point Ministry of Agriculture Forest and Food Security shamitami@yahoo.com soeddoal@yahoo.com kotho2005@yahoo.com prince.kamara@maffs.gov.sl Dr Julia ROBERTS Nutrition country working group REACH + Right to food Julia.Roberts@fao.org Reference document: National Substainable Agriculture Development Plan (NSADP)

3 Group Work 1: Review of existing National Agriculture and Food Security Investment Plan (NAFSIP) Nutrition Situation Element /No Comments What are the main nutrition problems (limit to 4) in your country which should be addressed by the NAFSIP for your country? Are the key nutrition problems in your country discussed in the plan? If yes, please identify. Vulnerable Populations/Target Beneficiaries Are the vulnerable populations/target beneficiaries identified in the plan? If yes, who are they? If yes, is information provided on their geographic location in the country? 1. High rate of stunting 2. Micro-nutrient deficiency, 3. Non-communicable diseases 4. Under-weight 5. Acute mal-nutrition 1. High rate of stunting is addressed in components 1 & 5 of the investment plans. That is : 2. Component 1: production intensification, diversification, value addition, and marketing. 3. Component 5: Strengthening social protection, food security, productive social safety net. 4. Micro-nutrient deficiency is addressed in component 1 under food diversification and value addition with specific reference to fortification. 5. Non-communicable diseases are not addressed in the business plan. It is recommended for inclusion when we return home. 6. Under-weight is addressed in components 1 & 5 under food production, school feeding, complementary feeding and school gardening. 7. Mal-nutrition is addressed under component 5 of the business plan. Under 2, under 5, pregnant and lactating mothers, school going children. What is not mentioned is the general population with non-communicable diseases. The SCP has not also mentioned orphans and vulnerable children. ** Disabled are not mentioned in the business plan but the project the SCP is currently planning will benefit the disabled as first priority target. Statistics is provided by geographic location but in absolute numbers. 3

4 If yes, is information provided on their number/% of total population? Nutrition Goals/Objectives Is/are goal(s) specific to food and nutrition security in your country stated in the plan? If yes, please state it/them. Note: the stated goal may be the Millennium Development Goal #1: reducing by half the proportion of people suffering from hunger by 2015, based on the 1990 baseline. Are there nutrition-specific objective(s) stated in the plan? If yes, please state them. Priority Activities/Best Practices Are specific nutrition activities/best practices identified in the plan that will be implemented to achieve the objectives? If yes, please summarize them. No The statistics is provided only in absolute numbers nationwide. Food Security Objectives: The overall goal of the investment plan is to reduce rural poverty and household food insecurity on a sustainable basis and to strengthen the national economy, in particular (a) increase agriculture sector growth from 4% to 7.7% (b) increase incomes of farming households by 10% (c) increase household food security by 25%.. Specific Objective 5 of business plan: Promote national growth and development with equity by reducing households vulnerability to shocks and disaster and increasing food security and nutrition of vulnerable households through providing a package social protection safety nets with focus on children, promoting human capital potential and employment, improving livelihoods and contributing to creation of productive assets Several Best Practices: The sub-component on Social security Nets for Vulnerable Groups aims to strengthen social protection of particularly vulnerable categories of the population in high-poverty and acute-malnutrition chiefdoms and districts by improving their food security and nutrition while promoting human capital development through childhood education. Given the serious rate of malnutrition of children under 5 years, targeting of the most acute children will be supported thrught supplementary feeding and nutritional support. Feeding for children under 2 years will be universal, with complementary nutritional support for all. Targeting supplementary feeding will be provided to malnourished PLW. Nutritional support packages will be combined with support training sessions on food and nutrition at community and institutional levels. 4

5 Are prioritization criteria identified in the plan? If yes, please summarize them. No There are no criteria in the plan. Timeline Is there a timeline in the plan for implementing the nutrition activities/best practices? If yes, what is it? Implementation Are existing/appropriate institutions (governmental and non-governmental) for implementing nutrition activities identified in the plan? If yes, please list them? A national school feeding programme will be supported to improve food intake and nutrition of all primary school students. This initiative will be complemented by establishing school gardens and tree planting in all primary schools. SCP will finance food and nutritional supplements for all sub-component productive safety net and social protection programmes, including the school feeding programme, as well as the establishment of school gardens, including start-up kits of basic inputs and tools and support to curriculum development and teacher training Ministry of labor and social security MOHS MEST MAFFS NGOs 5

6 Group Work 2 : Objectives framework for strengthening the Nutrition Component of the NAFSIP Objectives Framework Recommendations for strengthening the nutrition component of the NAFSIP. Actions to be taken to achieve integration of nutrition in the agriculture sector. What processes need to be established to make the recommendations in column 2 possible? Next steps to be taken by participants within the next 6-12 months. a. Vision Briefly describe the envisioned change if you/colleagues/partnersare successful in your work. To set agriculture as the engine for socio economic growth of the population b. Target Beneficiaries Who do you aim to benefit with your projects/activities? What population(s) and geographic location(s) are you targeting? WHO-COMPONENT 1 & 5 Small holder farmers i.e. HH producing <2 ha o o o o Small Holder women farmers Women headed households Youths18-35 yrs Disabled PLHIV and Affected households Pregnant and Lactating Women School Children Children Underfives Children under two years NCDs affected Who do you need to engage with/what should be done to (1) build consensus on the vision and (2) ensure the acceptance and integration of the proposed objectives and activities in the NAFSI? 1. Sensitization of components1-6 members for the first week 2. Call a meeting of all relevant components and discuss and agree on suggested changes Then 3. Table the adjustments to the AAG meeting and sensitize the group on this and come to consensus on the observations made in this meeting 6

7 c. Goal(s) What are your desired medium-term outcome(s) by the year 2015? Rural poverty and household food security reduced on a sustainable basis leading to stronger national economy. d. Objectives Agricultural sector growth from 4.4 to 7% by 2015, farming household incomes increased by10% and food security increased for all households by 25% What are the specific, measurable results/outcomesyou aim to achieve via your projects/activities? Component 1 Smallholders have increased production, intensification, value addition, and marketing, reduced rates of post harvest losses and increased utilization of diversified foods Component 2 Small scale irrigation expansion/development raises levels of smallholder rice and vegetables production and increases food security, incomes and employment opportunities Component 3 Rehabilitated roads enables increased market access stimulating smallholder/abc commercial activities and increased incomes Component 4 Access of smallholders and the rural poor and their organizations to rural financial services geared to their needs Component 5 30 % of food insecure households in the country supported in meeting basic food security and nutritional needs Component 6 Effective strategic, operational planning, efficient coordination and monitoring of the SCP is ensured 7

8 e. Priority Projects/Activities to achieve objectives f. Timeline Realistic timeline to achieve objectives. Identify the main priority activities/best practices that should be implementedusing a multi-sectoral approach to achieve the stated objectives. 4 main flagship project-component 1,2,3,4 tracked Monthly targets-green What is your timeline for implementing your project(s)/activities? Identify milestones for key activities What is the timeline for strengthening the nutrition component of the NASFIP? Identify key milestones for implementingthis process. Group Work 4: Monitoring, evaluating, and learningabout the nutritional impact of agricultural policies and programmes Current situation as described in the NAFSIP. Are indicators to measure the performance of the nutrition activities identified in the plan? If yes, which ones? % children < 2 stunted % children < 5 wasted % children <2 with anemia % women of reproductive age with anemia Children 6-35 mo old w/ consumption of iron-rich foods 6-35m. consuming Vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables Population living under poverty line Household expenditure on food Household food insecurity Recommendations for strengthening the nutrition component of the NAFSIP. What are the main indicators that should be used to measure nutrition improvement attributable to actions coordinated with the NAFSIP? Who at the national level should be in charge of designing, implementing, and maintaining/updating the M&E and learning system and process related to strengthening the nutrition component of the NAFSIP? Planning Evaluation and Monitoring and Statistics Division MAFFS Directorate of Planning and Information- MOHS 8 Actions to be taken to achieve integration of nutrition in the agriculture sector. What processes need to be established to make the recommendations in column 2 possible? Next steps to be taken by participants within the next 6-12 months. What steps need to be taken to ensure nutrition indicators are mainstreamedin agricultural M&E systems? Integrate indicators in SCP and add to the monitoring and Evaluation plan allocate resources-budget Harmonize survey the M and E tools - SLARI/UNFFP Who should you engage to do this and by when can you do it? SSL, MAFFS, MOHS and technical funding agency By April 2012

9 Food consumption score Household consumption of 4 food groups Post harvest loss Value added products seen in the market No of school girls 6-11 years in school feeding prog % increase of vegetable production % of perishable foods in the market 50% of smallholders within 16km access rural finance access to MFIs by 2014 (30% women) 30% vulnerable groups accessing social safety nets How should this capacity be built? Technical backstopping Training and Technology Recruit more staff at all levels Should any specific upcoming opportunities be seized (e.g., planned surveys or large-scale nutrition programme evaluations)? SMART Upcoming Is the existing capacity in the country (within government, NGOs, etc.) for data collection and analysis discussed in the plan?, it is discussed the present capacity is not explicitly discussed. If yes, which institutions are responsible for M&E? Needs to be improved through Technical backstopping for data collection training as discussed in the SCP and relevant annexes 9

10 Group Work 3: Partners and coordination mechanisms Current situation as described in the NAFSIP. Are the partners/stakeholders/change agents (e.g., governmental ministries/agencies, NGOs, international donor agencies, etc.) that will collaborate in implementing nutrition activities/best practices identified in the plan? Ministry of labor and social security MOHS MEST MAFFS NGOs Recommendations for strengthening the nutrition component of the NAFSIP. If the NAFSIP does not already have this component, what partners/stakeholders should be involved in strengthening the nutrition component of the NAFSIP? What should be their role(s)? How should they coordinate and communicate among themselves? Actions to be taken to achieve integration of nutrition in the agriculture sector. What processes need to be established to make the recommendations in column 2 possible? Next steps to be taken by participants within the next 6-12 months. What steps need to be taken to build or strengthen existing coordination mechanisms? What new coordination mechanisms might need to be introduced? Who should you engage in this process (governmental and non-governmental)? How soon can you do it? Minister to be invited to Presidential Task force level The Nutrition Manager to be invited and mailed The Presidential task force should be sensitized by the 31st Dec Reach should be invited to AAG Are mechanisms (existing or proposed) to facilitate coordination and communication among stakeholders discussed? If yes, what are the mechanisms and at what level do they operate? Who is involved in this process? Presidential Task Force for Agriculture Inter ministerial committee Agricultural Advisory Group 10

11 District Agriculture committees Group work 5: Partnerships: public-private and public-public Current situation as described in the NAFSIP. Are any opportunities for public-private partnerships to address food and nutrition security discussed in the plan? If yes, please describe. Supporting farmers to form FBOs to establish ABCs Provide startup inputs 40% subsidy Support to agrobased industries Contract farming P4P SL Chamber of Commerce and Agric business Financial services How could these partnerships be improved? Recommendations for strengthening the nutrition component of the NAFSIP. Specify for which specific food and nutrition security issue(s) a public-private partnership should be implemented to strengthen the nutrition component of the NAFSIP. Fortification-oil, flour and bennimix- CF Fruit Juice production Milk production Fisheries Discuss how these initiatives should be driven. Who (which stakeholders) should be involved in supporting and guiding these initiatives? How should they be involved/what are their roles? Through the promotion of value chain MOHS : monitor, food safety, technical advice MOTI : Standards Bureau-regulation of standards National Fortification Alliance MAFFS : To continue the support of production 11 Actions to be taken to achieve integration of nutrition in the agriculture sector. What processes need to be established to make the recommendations in column 2 possible? Next steps to be taken by participants within the next 6-12 months. Which immediate steps can you take to ensure relevant public-private partnerships are established or strengthened? Who should you engage and by when can you do it? Mobilize the Fisheries sector-the Director of fisheries Private sector By March 2012

12 meeting deadlines better Coordination Defined clear rules of engagement and penalty clauses for non compliance and agro processing SLICA : mobilise private sector Banks: funding Fisheries Are public-public partnerships (e.g., collaboration of Ministry of Agriculture with Ministry of Health/Nutrition Unit and/or Ministry of Education, among others) discussed in the plan? If yes, please describe. -through coordination meetings and roles specified in the SCP.NOT SURE How could these partnerships be improved? By improving partnership at all levels e.g. School Feeing in MEST Develop TORs for sectors Signing Performance contracts Have a higher coordinating body e.g. SPU in state house Specify for which nutrition issue(s) a public-public partnership should be implemented. Which public institutions should participate in this partnership and what would be their roles? Food Safety- MOHS/MOTI Fortification- MOHS/MOTI/MAFFS Food Production-MAFFS/MOHS/MOIA/SLARI Supplementary feeding-mohs/mest/maffs Cash for Work-NACSA/MAFFS/MIA Food for Work-MAFFS Which immediate steps can you take to ensure relevant public-public partnerships are established or strengthened? Initiate collaboration and bilateral/multilateral meetings Advocate for higher level coordination REACH Engage ministers and senior technical staff -by last Thursday of November-MAFFS, MFMR, MOHS, MTI. Who should you engage and by when can you do it? WHEN 12

13 Group Work 6: Capacity development Current situation as described in the NAFSIP Are nutrition capacity development needs in your country discussed in the plan? Not Much Are training activities to develop nutrition capacity identified in the plan? If yes, please describe. How else could this capacity be improved? Hire On the job training Review curriculum of institutions Recommendations for strengthening the nutrition component of the NAFSIP. What is needed in terms of capacity development in projects/activities coordinated with the NAFSIP? Human Resource Logistics-Transportation, Computers, etc Training Finance Who needs training? In what areas is training needed (e.g., project design; project management; monitoring and evaluation; behavior change communication; etc.) PEMSD Staff -Project design, project management Women in Agric focal points in districts Focal points at district council level etc -Agric Officers and Chief Administrators -tools, early warning Extension workers, Farmer Field Schools Nutritionist What training (existing or planned) could help develop capacity? Give recommendations for future actions in this area. Actions to be taken to achieve integration of nutrition in the agriculture sector. What processes need to be established to make the recommendations in column 2 possible? Next steps to be taken by participants within the next 6-12 months. Which steps can you take to strengthen capacitydevelopment efforts? With whom should you engage? By when can you do it? Assessment Of Capacity- Plan Capacity Development- Mobilise Resouces- Commence Capacity Development Initiate Dialogue Between-Ministry of Health and Sanitation /Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Food Security/Njala University Use Mass Media To Sensitse public Engage SLARI, MAFFS, NUC, MOHS, TEACHER TRAINING, MOFDEP MEDIA, DEVELOPMET PARTNERS, NGOS, COUNCILS, TBAS, PRIVATE SECTOR, CIVIL SOCIETY Time frame Start from now MARCH

14 Training Strategic planning, Review curriculum -National Agricultural Training Center, secondary schools and training institutions- diplomas, certificates degrees etc Nutrition module on basic nutrition and food diversification for Farmer Field Schools Women in Agriculture Focal point Establishment of school gardens Recommendation Opportunity Min Agriculture Forestry and Food Security to sign an MOU with Njala University could help review the curriculum in the university Recruitment of nutritionists in the Women in Agriculture 14

15 Group Work 7: Budgeting and financing Budgeting and financing to strengthen the nutrition component of the NAFSIP. Budgeting and financing the nutritionintegration process at the national level. a. What resources exist/what are additional resources needed to achieve the stated objectives, outcomes, and targets (e.g., staffing, technical assistance, IT, capacity development, HR FINANCIAL Infrastructure Technical capacity Logistic Activities Integrate the nutrition module for FFS Training of agric extension workers Integrate training of mother support gps with FBOs Review of curriculum in NATCentre Establishment of Baby friendly farms Recruitment of staff at all levels National district extension Additional resources include all of the above including LOGISTICS a. Categories of costs (i) Recurrent (list the main ones) Office and general, Stationery, Vehicle maintenance, Training, fuel and oil, local travelling, salaries (ii) Capital (list the main ones) Machinery, infrastructure-stores, vehicles seeds, fertilizers, agro chemicals Possible sources of financing including government budget, international donors (grant and loan), PPPs, and other innovative mechanisms. Irish aid, FAO, World Bank, ADB, 15

16 Group Work 7: Budgeting and financing Budgeting and financing to strengthen the nutrition component of the NAFSIP. Budgeting and financing the nutritionintegration process at the national level. Islamic bank, Usaid, JICA, WFP, IFAD, EU, PPP, NEPAD, AU, GOVT, DIFID, GIZ, District councils Private investors-harul, marica, Addax etc NGOs Innovative mechanisms Cooperate Social responsibility of Mining Companies and banks could be explored Media-local radios take cost for message 16

17 Nutrition Projects/Activities Level National Level Constraints and Strategic Solutions to effective action plan implementation Key Constraints Possible Solutions Key Constraints Possible Solutions Identify potential constraints/barriers (limit to top 4) to efficient implementation and identify possible strategic solutions to achieve effective and efficient Implementation. Integration of nutrition into the Investment Plan at district level Advocacy at higher level Develop an integrated plan Integration of nutrition into the Investment Plan Advocacy at higher level Develop an integrated plan Capacity HR recruitment Assess existing capacity Identify additional capacity requirements Nutrition is a shared responsibility without a defined high level coordination Identify clear roles for each sector in the investment plan Strengthen PPP thro effective coordination Embed key results in the performance contract of the different sectors Capacity Assessment of Capacity Plan Capacity Development- Mobilize Resources Commence Capacity Development Initiate Dialogue 17