1. Regional approaches to food security in AfricaFRANCESCO RAMPAEU Council Working Party on Development Cooperation5 July 2012, Brussels

2. Food crises: a lot is regional 2008 price spike [cereal prices 43%] surprise: foodproduction was at highest level (absolute & pc) Low level of technology Climatic factors (droughts, climate change) Abrupt changes input prices (energy prices) Low supply response due to poor infrastructure &market integration Export bans Sahel & Horn: regional crises require more reg. &structural solutionswisertransb.watermanagement, food trade, account ofpastoralists movement, etc...or security threats willcontinue(kenya/somalia&mali)ECDPM Page 2 3. Why regional cooperation & integration are important1. Poor performance of African agricultural markets(only 25% marketed - 19% of intra-Afr exports is agric)2. Individual countries alone cannot address challenges& opportunities3. Coherence and coordination of different regionalinitiatives enhance their chances of success, also ODA4. Lessons from regional integration can help theeffectiveness of regional food security action5. Coherence and coordination of regional and nationalaction increase the value of both6. Linking food security and regional integration canhelp public-private cooperation & stimulate investmentECDPM Page 3 4. CAADP as Development Effectiveness?- CAADP is a very advanced attempt at fullyimplementing the Paris Declaration & AAA- Difficult to match: degree of African ownership (atpolitical-bureaucratic-experts level) (unlike otherAU/regional initiatives such as FTAs); robust plansfor mutual accountability (M&E); outreach to othersectors; ODA predictability &coordination- Weaknesses remain, lacking sufficient: privatesector involvement; clarity on the cont-reg-natnexus; donor-driven? ; impact? 5. DifferentRegions SharedChallenges ECOWAS, COMESA, EAC, SADC, ECCAS,IGAD National Regional Nexus (vertcoherence)? 3Cs different reg.coop sectors (horizcoherence)? Participation of NSA in Reg.Compactpreparations? Role of RECs/MS, AU/NPCA, DPs IGAD and SpaghettiECDPM Page 6 6. Recent developments Sustaining CAADP Momentum (special AUMinisterial on Trade &Agric in November AUSummit 201310 years b-day); Business say (Grow Africa) bottlenecks to invin CAADP are often regional business-led RI ! Which agric.model? TNCs (intensiveagric/monocropping) or smallfarmers/sustain.agric ? DPs at HQ-reg-nat to align/coord/harmonizeRegCompacts (reg DWG)? LR solutions cheaper than emergency (CNNeffect) but politics (elections &reg.solutions? e.g. Ethiopia: 2000 vs 2003) politicallyECDPM attractive! Page 7 7. Thank you fr@ecdpm.orgwww.ecdpm.org/foodsecuritywww. ecdpm.org/dp128 www.ecdpm.org/bn38 Page 8