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DATE: May 4, 2009 PARTICIPANTS: Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Systems Support (Re- SAKSS) Node for East and Southern Africa Located in International Livestock Research Institute Dr. Joseph Karugia Coordinator of Re-SAKSS Ahmed Sidahmed Meg Brown PURPOSE: Gain an understanding of the data available, especially for Southern Sudan and what kinds of decision making can be done using the available information DISCUSSION HIGHLIGHTS: • ESA –ReSAKSS: Knowledge sharing and strategic analysis at country level through posted Country focal points. This regional strategic exercise is supported by COMESA, SADC, ASARECA (e.g. developing strategies for East Africa) and others. Overall global coordination rests with IFPRI. The aim to add value by providing knowledge based recommendations. • Sources of information: country databases. Verification and feedback: through presentations to source countries, • Challenges: adding value to available knowledge by providing strategic analysis. Identify analytical gaps, Act as think tank for governments and donors • Examples of products: − Themes: Non-Tariff trade barriers; common external tariff for COMESA; regional food security and vulnerability assessment; monitoring development issues; trends (indicators) reports. − Tools: Development Domain Tools that provides assessments of agricultural potential and impact on poverty reduction based on three country and regional data/ information sources: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Human Population Density, and Access to Markets and Trade. The tools are packaged in a way that allows for individual use in identifying investment potentials − GIS pool: developed by IFPRI to provide knowledge about certain commodities that help in policy decision making, what commodities to grow and where to grow them, etc. EXPANDING AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHERN SUDAN 54
DATE: May 5, 2009 PARTICIPANTS: International Center for Research in the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT): Dr. Richard Jones Kate Longley Ravi Prabhu Meg Brown Ahmed Sidahmed PURPOSE: To discuss the consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers who propose to assist GOSS with building capacity and increasing access to technologies for Southern Sudan DISCUSSION HIGHLIGHTS: • The proposed project with the ICRISAT-led consortium is under the MDTF managed by the World Bank. The negotiations have moved forward more slowly than anticipated so the project has not started. • Would cover 3 agro-ecological zones in S. Sudan, and look at agriculture, forestry, livestock and fisheries. • Will include: constraints to ag production, technology transfer, post harvest handling, processing and marketing, natural resources management, pro-poor policies, and some rural infrastructure. • Will develop a Collective Plan of Action with GOSS • There is prior experience with working in post-conflict areas (Afghanistan, Rwanda, Mozambique) • This would be part of a regional approach in East and Southern Africa. • Kate Longley has done work in S. Sudan looking at post-conflict social issues, and notes that there is often a lack of social cohesiveness that can affect programs that use farmer organizations as the entry venue. There are often issues of debts among community members that affect group dynamics. EXPANDING AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHERN SUDAN 55
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