1. Advocating For A Holistic Youth And Gender
Agriculture Policy Framework In Southern
Africa
National Youth Policy Dialogue, 12 April 2013
University of Mauritius
Sithembile Mwamakamba, Project Manager
sndema@fanrpan.org

2. www.fanrpan.orgFood, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
1. Background on FANRPAN
– The Network
– The Programmes
– Policy Cycle
1. Overview of youth engagement in agriculture
in Southern Africa
2. Background on FANRPAN’s work on engaging
youth in agriculture policies
3. Why we are here today
Presentation Outline

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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.

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FANRPAN
Vision
A food secure southern Africa free from hunger and poverty
Mission
To 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

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FANRPAN
Regional
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

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FANRPAN Strategic Framework
Capacity Building Policy Research
Voice
Conducive
Environment
1 2
3
POLICY ANALYSIS
& ADVOCACY
Agricultural Policy
Burning
Policy Issues

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FANRPAN’s Thematic Thrusts
Social Protection & Livelihoods
Food Systems
Agricultural Productivity – Markets
Natural Resources and Environment

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Unpacking the FANRPAN Policy Engagement Cycle
Key
components
What we do in thisareas
1
Knowledge
generation
• Generate knowledge through policy analysis and research
• Acquire knowledge through engagements at local, national,
regional and global levels
2
Strategic
partnerships
• Mobilize Strategic partnerships to generate policy evidence
and to mentor
• Forge partnerships for advocacy
• Coordinate the implementation of the collaborative
engagement.
3
Capacitydevelopment
• Analytical capacities and knowledge base of policy
implementers enhanced.
• Mentoring and career development (e.g. Nodes, Youth
through Internships, Msc and PhD thesis)
• Equip actors with relevant tools and terminology they need
to effectively engage with one another (e.g. TPA)
• Journalists training for responsive, relevant reporting and
reaching wider audients

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FANRPAN Policy Engagement Cycle (cont’d)
4
PolicyAdvocacy
• Safe space and legitimate convening power of multi-
stakeholder policy dialogues
• Policy advocates capacitated (e.g. Elders, Champions
and Advocates)
• Advocacy engagement at local, national, regional and
global levels (e.g. UNFCCC-Cop, AU, COMESA,
Montpellier panel etc.)
• Promote change in Knowledge, Attitude and Skills (KAS)
5
Knowledgemanagement
andcommunication
• Documentation of processes and lessons learned
• Harvesting and consolidation of dispersed existing
knowledge assets
• Monitoring, evaluation and learning (e.g. reviews,
common vision retreats, exchange visits, reflection
meetings etc.)
• Dissemination policy briefs, publications, social media
and other means

10. www.fanrpan.orgFood, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
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 and
FANR Policies Tracking
National
Policy
Dialogues
(Periodic)
NATIONAL LEVEL
Policy
Advisory
Notes
Issues for
Regional
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

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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.

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• 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

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Status of the African Youth Charter

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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

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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;

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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”

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Background
• November 2011
FANRPAN 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 Rutta
Executive Director
TAYEN
Tanzania
Calvin Kamchacha
Executive Director
FAFOTRAJ
Malawi
Mduduzi Dlamini
President
Swazi Youth in AgriBusiness
Swaziland
Nawsheen
Hosenally
Agriculture
Graduate
Mauritius
Obert Mathivha
Executive Director
CAYC
South Africa
Tavaka Nyoni
Consultant
ORAP
Zimbabwe

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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

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Methodology
COUNTRY DESK
REVIEW
KEY
INFORMANT
INTERVIEWS
FOCUS GROUP
DISCUSSIONS
ON LINE
FORUM
DISCUSSIONS
SURVEYS
MAURITIUS √ √ √ √
SOUTH
AFRICA
√ √
SWAZILAND √ √
ZIMBABWE √ √
MALAWI √ √ √ √ √
TANZANIA √ √ √

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

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• 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

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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

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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).

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Nothing for
the Youth
Without
the Youth

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Thank You