The IPC-IG's Senior Research Coordinator Fabio Veras attended the annual plenary session of the FAO's Committee on World Food Security (CFS), held in Rome, Italy, from 17 to 21 October. CFS is the foremost inclusive international and intergovernmental platform for all stakeholders to work together to ensure food security and nutrition for all. The Committee reports to the UN General Assembly through the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and to FAO Conference. The side event "Connecting Smallholders to markets", organized by the Government of Brazil, FAO, WFP and IPC-IG, presented the results of South-South Cooperation initiatives to adapt the Brazilian Hunger Zero (Fome Zero) programme to the context of African countries. Dr. Veras delivered a presentation on the results of the PAA Africa programmes, which aims to implement institutional food purchased from smallholder farmers for school feeding.

1. PAA Africa Phase II
Final Monitoring Results

2. PAA Africa Programme
PAA Africa aims to implement institutional food purchases from
smallholder farmers for school feeding.
Partners: the WFP, FAO, Government of Brazil, DFID and IPC-IG
Programme Components:
1. Production support
2. Institutional procurement and school feeding
3. Policy dialogue and knowledge sharing

3. PAA Africa Monitoring
Framework
Objectives
 Collect data on programme implementation results
 Identify achievements and challenges
 Promote knowledge sharing and learning
 Provide recommendations for programme development

4. PAA Africa Monitoring
Framework
Data collection method
IPC-IG
team
PAA Africa field consultants and
IPC-IG Researchers
WFP
Country Office
Schools
Farmer Organizations (Data on
Food Purchases)
Regional / National Government
FAO
Country Office
Farmer Organizations (Data on
inputs, training)
Regional / National Government

5. PAA Africa Monitoring
Framework
 Mixed methods approach combining qualitative and
quantitative data
 35 indicators to measure progress towards 3 outputs:
1. Support to production
2. Food procurement and school feeding
3. Policy dialogue and knowledge sharing

6. Output 1
Support to production: strengthening small-scale family
farming

7. Country Number of
farmers
Percentage
of women
Extension
staff/farmers
trained
Quantity of
inputs (Mt)
Machinery
and
equipment
Ethiopia 2815 30.2% 54 trainers 302.7 Multi
threshers
Malawi 3773 57.9% 3919 farmers 3.05 Warehouses,
grading
equipment
Mozambique 672 38.7% 672 farmers 73.74 Motor pumps,
vegetables
dryers and
silos
Niger 7738 40.5% 665 farmers
40 staff
5.35 N/A
Senegal 1000 47.7% 20 trainers 159.2 Rice shelling
machines
Total 15998 43.1% 4650 544 _

8. Output 2
Local procurement and support to school feeding

9. Country Quantity of
food (Mt)
Commodities Number of
schools
Number of
pupils
Number of
stakeholders
trained in
HGSF
Ethiopia 333.5 Wheat, maize,
fava beans
and haricot
beans
7 9700 N/A
Malawi 361 Cereals,
pulses,
vegetables,
fruits and meat
10 10065 131
Mozambique 40.57
(vegetables)
Vegetables
and maize
26 8557 196
Niger 1776.8 Millet and
black eyed
beans
N/A N/A 300
Senegal 186 Rice 90 11085 N/A
Total 2698 _ 133 39407 627

10. Output 3
Promoting policies to enhance national local food purchase
programmes

11. Country Knowledge exchange
events
Policy dialogue spaces Partnerships
Ethiopia PAA Africa International
Knowledge Exchange
Workshop
HGSF Steering
Committee
Bureau of Agriculture
Ministry of Finance
Bureau of Education
Malawi Knowledge Exchange Event
Malawi/Mozambique
Exchange visits between
districts
National School Health
and Nutrition Committee
National HGSF
Committee
Nutrition Coordination
Committee
District governments
We Effect (NGO)
Mozambique Knowledge Exchange Event
Malawi/ Mozambique
PAA Technical Working
Group
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Agriculture
Niger Atelier de Capitalisation N/A HC3N Initiative
Ministry of Agriculture
Senegal PAA Africa Workshop 2014
PAA Africa National Forum
2015
PAA National
Coordination Committee
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Education
NGOs

12. Achievements
PAA has successfully implemented local food procurement for
school feeding from smallholder farmer organizations
 Direct purchases from Farmer Organizations
 Diverse procurement models adapted to local contexts and
capacities
 Decentralized food purchases at the district or regional levels

13. Achievements
The programme has made significant contributions to dietary
diversification among pupils and communities
 Introduction of legumes in Niger and Ethiopia
 Introduction of fresh vegetables and fruits in Malawi and Mozambique
 Trainings in nutrition in Malawi, Mozambique, Niger and Ethiopia
 Trainings in food preparation to schools and communities in all
countries

14. Achievements
PAA has promoted national ownership and strengthened
stakeholders’ capacity in local food procurement.
PAA Africa has been included in:
 Triennial Priority Investment Plan of Senegal
 The 3N Initiative in Niger
 Ethiopia’s national budget
Strong civil society participation in:
 Malawi
 Mozambique
 Senegal

15. Challenges
Promoting better coordination between production support
and food procurement targeting

16. Challenges
Further adapting PAA Africa procurement processes in order
to cater for smallholder farmers needs
 Delays in the contracting process
 Delays in the transfer of resources to procuring entities
 Long time lags in the aggregation/delivery/payment process

17. Challenges
Ensuring a stable supply of diverse and nutritious food for
school feeding through local smallholder production
 Increasing smallholder production capacity in order to
address food supply shortages
 Promoting production diversification through agricultural
investments

18. Recommendations
 Devising strategies to improve production support and
procurement targeting such as using FOs and NGOs to monitor
purchases
 Improving PAA Africa contracting and payment processes such
upfront payments and access to finance
 Strengthen production support in order to increase farmers
capacity to comply with food quality and safety standards
 Expand the participation of women by developing strategies
that meet their particular needs and enhance their rights.

19. Next Steps
Outcome evaluations in Malawi and Senegal
 Inform stakeholders about the PAA Africa’s relevance,
effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and outcomes
 Assess school feeding and production support
components
 Construct a counterfactual by comparing data on non
intervention and intervention areas