WEF_GrowAfrica_AnnualReport2014

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How the report was compiled
In the spirit of mutual accountability, Grow Africa asked its partners to report on their progress. This includes
companies articulating their successes and challenges as they make investments and pioneer new business models.
It also includes governments and other public-sector partners providing their perspective on progress at a country
level. This raw material has then been aggregated and combined with publicly-available data to generate a snapshot
for each country. For most content, no specific source is attributed in order to respect both commercial and political
sensitivities.
Given that governments and companies have self-reported their progress and plans, we should acknowledge this
Report’s subjective nature. For 2014, Grow Africa is commissioning impact assessments for a cross-section of
investments in order to better validate our findings.
Regarding definitions for quantitative data, the following guidance was given to companies:
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Notes on the production of the report
Purpose of the report
Smallholder
Value of new private
sector investment in
the agriculture sector
or food chain:
Smallholder is generally defined as farming 7 hectares or less.
Company financial resources (including cash, debt, equity) invested across the food chain. The “food chain”
includes both upstream and downstream investments.
This Report aims to further catalyze the private sector’s
contribution to growth in African agriculture and in
support of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture
Development Programme (CAADP). It does this by:
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capturing progress to date, as a basis for
encouraging partners to scale up action;
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promoting lesson learning and best practices;
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elevating accountability for partners to fulfill
commitments in support of sustainable agricultural
growth; and
between partners. For each Grow Africa country, it is
hoped that their respective chapters serve as a useful
input to domestic mutual accountability processes,
particularly as regards the ways in which the private
sector is engaging with national agricultural plans in
the context of CAADP. In addition, the Report as a
whole offers CAADP and the New Alliance for Food
Security and Nutrition a comprehensive update on how
companies advanced their stated intentions during the
course of 2013.
Number of jobs
Number of
smallholders reached
by type of activity:
Jobs are all types of employment opportunities created during the reporting year in agriculture- or rural-related
enterprises (including farming and non-farm jobs). Jobs lasting less than one month should not be counted. Jobs
should be converted to full-time equivalents – thus a job that lasts 4 months should be counted as 1/3 FTE. Number
of hours worked per day or per week is not restricted as work hours may vary greatly.
The total number of smallholders reached through your business operations, by each type of activity
described below.:
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Training: Instructional services provided directly or indirectly to smallholder farmers aiming to improve
farming and business practices, including information technology, improved marketing practices, production
practices, post-harvest handling practices, record keeping, etc.
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Service provision: Any activity where the smallholder serves as a customer (either paid directly by the
smallholder or through a third party), including:
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Mechanical and physical: Irrigation, new land preparation, harvesting, processing and product
handling technologies
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Biological: New germ plasm (varieties, breeds, etc.) that could be higher-yielding or higher in nutritional
content and/or more resilient to climate impacts; affordable food-based nutritional supplementation
such as vitamin A-rich sweet potatoes or rice, or high-protein maize, or improved livestock breeds; soil
management practices that increase biotic activity and soil organic matter levels; and livestock health
services and products such as vaccines
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Chemical: Fertilizers, insecticides, and pesticides; safe storage, application, and disposal of
agricultural chemicals and wastes; and soil amendments that increase fertilizer-use efficiency (e.g. soil
organic matter)
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Natural resource management: conservation agriculture, sustainable agricultural production, increased
use of climate information for planning disaster risk strategies in place, climate change mitigation
and energy efficiency, and natural resource management practices that increase productivity (e.g.
upstream watershed conservation or bio-diesel fuelled farm equipment) and/or resilience to climate
change including soil and water conservation and management practices (e.g. erosion control, water
harvesting, low or no-till); sustainable fishing practices (.e.g. ecological fishery reserves, improved
fishing gear, establishment of fishery management plans); Integrated Pest Management (IPM), and
Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM)
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Management practices: Information technology, improved marketing practices, post-harvest handling
practices, and record keeping.
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Sourcing: Purchasing made either directly from smallholders or through aggregators and/or traders that
purchased directly from smallholders.
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Production contracts: Official, legally bound purchase agreements between private buyer and smallholder
farmer.
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highlighting existing and emerging opportunities for
new partnership and investment towards this growth
and transformation.
The Report will be launched at the 2014 Grow Africa
Investment Forum to stimulate further dialogue
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