The Malabo Montpellier (MaMo) Forum 5th Report presentation in Banjul, The Gambia , December 17 , 2019
Energized
Policy innovations to power the transformation of Africa’s agriculture and food system
2. Policy innovations to power the transformation of
Africa’s agriculture and food system
Outline
Part One: Malabo Montpellier Panel and Forum
Part Two: Main Report Findings
Part Three: Country Case Studies
Part Four: Key Recommendations
3. Policy innovations to power the transformation
of Africa’s agriculture and food system
Ousmane Badiane
Panel Co-chair
Director for Africa
International Food Policy
Research Institute (IFPRI)
Outline
Part One: Malabo Montpellier Panel and Forum
Part Two: Main Report Findings
Part Three: Country Case Studies
Part Four: Key Recommendations
4. MaMo Approach to Policy Innovation
Policy innovation from top is
more likely:
• to be adopted and faster,
• to be implemented and at
scale,
• hence to be transformative.
Drivers of policy innovation
from the top
• Failed experiments costlier
• Policy change gradual vs
transformative
• Peer learning to accelerate
pace of innovation
6. Share of
Population under
Poverty Line
Level of Malnutrition*
-36%
-20%
-43%
* % malnourished population; under-5 stunted and wasted
LEARNING FROM POSITIVE CHANGE
Where there is progress, there are lessons to be learnt
7. 0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
Agricultural value added index, 2000-2017 (1=2000)
East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East & North Africa
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
LEARNING FROM POSITIVE CHANGE
Where there is progress, there are lessons to be learnt
8. 400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025
Actual and 2000s trend for the future
1960-1977 growth path
3.2% annual
growth rate
7.0% annual
growth rate
to catch up
$700
$1,200
$1,900
Source: Badiane et al (2015).
!!!! At current pace of growth
It would take decades to make up for the lost ground
THE IMPERATIVE TO LEARN
Need to make up for lost decades of slow growth and decline
9. There is still a
long way to go
despite progress
THE IMPERATIVE TO LEARN
Hunger Persists in Africa Despite Progress
10. Understanding Positive Change
• Find out where progress is taking
place
• Understand what works, how and
why
Evidence and Dialogue for Policy Innovation
Institutional Innovation
Policy Innovation
Program Interventions
Learning from Positive Change
• Good practices in policy and
program design and implementation
• Dialogue and exchange for adoption
13. Policy innovations to power the transformation
of Africa’s agriculture and food system
Muhammadou Kah
Panel Member
Professor and Provost
American University of Nigeria
Outline
Part One: Malabo Montpellier Panel and Forum
Part Two: Main Report Findings
Part Three: Country Case Studies
Part Four: Key Recommendations
14. Setting the scene: Access is growing…
North Africa is nearly at
100%
In SSA, access is still
lagging at 45%
• 80% of people without
electricity live in rural areas
Source: Africa Energy Outlook 2019, IEA
15. Population WITHOUT
access to electricity
• 55% of people in SSA
• In 13 countries, more
than 75% of the
population does not have
access to electricity
Source: Adapted from Africa Energy Outlook 2019, IEA
Setting the scene: … but challenges persist
16. Biomass accounts for >45%
of total energy use in Africa
and up to 60% in SSA.
Cooking accounts for more
than 70% of household
energy usage in Africa.
Major cause of indoor air
pollution, with damaging
health effects.
Biomass dominates energy consumption
Total primary energy supply % by
source, Africa 2017
Source: Adapted from Africa Energy Outlook 2019, IEA
17. Agriculture employs almost ½
of Africa’s workforce, but
consumes less than 10% of
energy used for productive
purposes.
80% of the energy used to
prepare land in SSA comes
from manual power.
60% of total energy used
across the whole value chain
is manual power.
Animal power provides an
additional 25%
of farm power.
Energy for Africa’s food systems
18. Continental and global frameworks (& initiatives)
AU Agenda 2063, “a prosperous
Africa based on inclusive growth
and sustainable development”
SDG #7: Universal access to
energy by 2030
Sustainable Energy for All
(SE4ALL)
Africa-EU Energy Partnership
Power Africa
New Deal on Energy in Africa /
Transformative Partnerships on
Energy for Africa – AfDB
Africa Renewable Energy
Initiative
Clean Energy Corridors in
Africa
22. Elements of an enabling environment
Holistic and inclusive policy
making
• Women empowerment
Private sector and SMEs
Financing Africa’s
agricultural energy
Infrastructure and new
technology
• Increased regional
cooperation
• Access to reliable energy
• Increase energy efficiency
• Mini-grids and off-grids
Capacity strengthening and employment opportunities
28. Policy Innovations for Transforming Africa’s
Food System with Digital Technologies
Outline
Part One: Malabo Montpellier Panel and Forum
Part Two: Main Report Findings
Part Three: Country Case Studies
Part Four: Key Recommendations
Debisi Araba
Panel Member
Director for Africa
International Center for Tropical
Agriculture (CIAT)
29. Country case studies: selection
Agricultural growth
rates per Nighttime
Lights intensity 1992 –
2013
30. Country case studies: selection
Country Expansion of electrification
in logarithm of the difference
of number of Nighttime
Lights pixels 1992-2013
(mean=8)
Averaged growth in
agricultural value
added per worker
1992-2013 (%)
RISE score
2017
Ethiopia 9.10 2.36 48.46
Ghana 9.49 4.55 63.89
Morocco 10.98 6.53 74.04
Senegal 8.55 2.68 38.92
South Africa 11.23 5.08 75.81
Zambia 8.43 1.51 42.96
31. WHAT HAS WORKED
Experiences From 6 Case Study Countries
Actions at three levels
1. Institutional innovations
2. Policy innovations
3. Programmatic interventions
37. Morocco: scaling up the use of renewable energy
Driving energy efficiency,
including in agriculture
Scaling up renewables through:
• Private sector and independent
power producers
• Fiscal incentives
• Subsidies to farmers for solar
pumps and panels
Locally adapted solutions
41. South Africa: Bridging energy gap for rural areas
Bridging energy gap for poor communities and rural areas
oEarly focus on off-grid solar PV systems for rural areas
oAlternative sources for electricity
Crowding in the private sector to boost and diversify energy
supply
oIPPs to tender for licenses to sell electricity to the Eskom grid under a
20-year purchase agreement
43. Zambia: taking a cluster based approach and SMEs
Fiscal incentives to boost and diversify energy supply
Cluster-based approach to agricultural electrification
• “Farm blocks” equipped with basic infrastructure
• Industrial cluster zones for agricultural processing
Matching demand and energy mix to accelerate rural electrification
Smart financing for power suppliers and farm equipment:
• Beyond the Grid for Zambia: Supporting SMEs by de-risking operating and
expansion costs
• Pro-poor business models e.g. Rent to Own (RTO)
44. Part One: Malabo Montpellier Panel and Forum
Part Two: Main Report Findings
Part Three: Country Case Studies
Part Four: Key Recommendations
Joachim von Braun
Panel Co-chair
Professor and Director
Center for Development
Research
University of Bonn, Germany
Policy Innovations for Transforming Africa’s
Food System with Digital Technologies
45. Recommendations
Designing integrated approaches to energy strategies and
policies for food, agriculture and rural development.
Scaling investments in off-grid and mini-grid solutions especially
via start-ups and businesses to leapfrog outdated and dirty
technologies.
Adopting gender-responsive energy strategies for the design
and implementation of energy strategies as well as the choice of
technologies and tools applied.
46. Recommendations - continued
Addressing the multiple challenges of biomass-based energy
use to ensure that biomass is produced more sustainably, and that
indoor cooking is designed to be more environmentally friendly
and less harmful to human health.
Developing cross-border policies for energy security to help
reduce countries’ reliance on imported fuels while diversifying the
energy mix.
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