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Status of the CIP and Policy Commitments

AU/NEPAD Agriculture Policy Exchange and Learning Event

May 14, 2013

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Structure of Presentation

I. Status of Country Investment Plan

II. Institutional Architecture

III.Policy Objectives

IV.Status of Implementation of Commitments

V. Constraints

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I. Status of Investment Plan

• Country Investment Plan (PNISA) & the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition launched in April 2013.

• PNISA’s overarching goals: Agriculture growth: 7% per annum Malnutrition reduction: from 44% in 2010

to 20% in 2020

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II. Institutional Architecture

Levels:1)National:

a) Political (Ministers): Comité de Coordenação do Sector Agrário (CCSA):

b) Technical (National Directors): Comité Técnico (CT)

2)Local: Development Corridors

Members: • Ministries of Agriculture (head), Planning & Development,

Finance, Fisheries, Industry & Commerce, Public Works & Housing, Environment, Science & Technology, Women & Social Affairs, Transport & Communications, and Energy;

• Private sector, civil society and development partners.

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Nacala

Beira

Vale do Zambeze

Pemba Lichinga

Maputo

Limpopo

Six corridors for the PNISA Niassa

Gaza

Sofala

Zambezia

Manica

Nampula

Inhambane

Cabo Delgado

Maputo

Tete

Challenge: Corridors go across many districts and

ten provinces, requiring greater

coordination

(>3000km of coastline)

II. Institutional Architecture (cont.)

Agriculture Development Corridors

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III. Policy ObjectivesCurrently, five policy objectives with 16 commitments between Government, Private Sector and Development Partners were developed to accelerate implementation of the PNISA.

1. Policies and Regulations on Inputs

2. Land Use Rights

3. Liberalization and Facilitation of Trade for Agricultural Products

4. Availability of and Access to Credit

5. Multisectoral Implementation of the Nutrition Action Plan

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IV. Status of the Implementation of Commitments

New regulations approved

• Drafted in an inclusive and participatory manner;

• Harmonized with the SADC protocol;

• Allowed private sector accreditation;

• Stopped Free distribution of seeds (except in emergency situations).

1. POLICIES AND REGULATIONS ON INPUTS

SEEDS AND FERTILIZERS

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• The system for the management of land information designed and piloted in rural areas;

• Simplification of procedures for the transfer of DUATs in rural areas produced and published;

• Directives for strengthening land tenure security in rural communities, and for partnerships between communities and investors being drafted;

• The systematic registration of land occupied by good-faith occupiers is underway.

2. LAND USE RIGHTS

IV. Status (cont.)

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CULTURAS ALIMENTARES • Revision of the tax system to improve

access to market for smallholders

3. LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE FOR AGRICULTURE

4. ACCESS TO AND AVAILABILITY OF FINANCE

• Drafting of regulations on mobile finance services and private credit bureaus

5. MULTISECTORAL ACTION PLAN FOR NUTRITION

• Created National Committee for Food Fortification

• Drafting of legislation for food fortification

IV. Status (cont.)

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V. Constraints

Remember:Regulatory reform takes time, operating within existing processes and laws

1. Capacity (human, financial, social, institutional) to implement policy and regulations

2. Coordination challenges among actors for policy change

3. Land regulation reform in Mozambique is an extremely emotive issue touching the core of political and social ideology

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“For Agricultural Productivity, Food Security and Nutrition, and the Production of Wealth”