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Ireland's National Task Team on Rural Africa A Report to the Government of Ireland IRELAND’S NATIONAL TASK TEAM ON RURAL AFRICA Findings and Recommendations xxx xxx 20xx I IRELAND’S NATIONAL TASK TEAM ON RURAL AFRICA: Findings and Recommendations Cover image: Farmer Universe Mafuta and Miranda Mateyo of Irish Aid partner Musika inspect biofortified orange maize planted as part of an Irish Aid funded programme to support nutrition in Zambia II A Report to the Government of Ireland IRELAND’S NATIONAL TASK TEAM ON RURAL AFRICA Findings and Recommendations 1 IRELAND’S NATIONAL TASK TEAM ON RURAL AFRICA: Findings and Recommendations PREFACE This report connects with two significant emerging and the report and its recommendations were endorsed developments: the growing strategic importance of Africa by the AU-EU Agricultural Ministerial meeting in Rome in for Europe and Ireland, and the international recognition June 2019. that sustainable food systems have a critical role to play Ireland’s relationship with Africa has, over the past two in reducing hunger, improving nutrition and health, and decades, moved from the traditional basis of development tackling climate change. cooperation, building on the historical contribution of The relationship between Europe and Africa has evolved missionaries and NGOs, to a broader base covering the substantially in the two decades since the turn of the political, development and economic spheres. Ireland’s century. It has moved from being a predominantly aid and Strategy for Africa to 2025, published in November 2019, trade arrangement to a deeper partnership acknowledging sets out a vision ‘to deepen and strengthen Ireland’s Africa and Europe as global partners on an equal footing, political, economic and cultural relationships with with each region steering its own development. The next Africa, contributing to peace, prosperity and sustainable African Union (AU)- EU Summit in early 2021 will agree development’. the basis for a comprehensive strategy between Africa Ireland’s international development programme has a and Europe. Africa is the region with the fastest growing history of prioritising Africa and tackling hunger and population in the world and represents a continent of undernutrition. The 2008 Hunger Task Force report opportunity and new markets. Europe and Africa have reflected both priorities and heavily influenced Ireland’s a profound mutual interest in partnering to ensure that international development strategy in the subsequent Africa can create sufficient jobs for its rapidly growing decade. But looking ahead to the 2020s, Ireland’s workforce and thus reduce the pressures for substantial international development policy ‘A Better World (ABW)’ migratory flows. (2019) recognises that the nature of the malnutrition One strand of this changing relationship was the challenge facing Africa is changing: malnutrition is decision in 2018 to establish the Task Force Rural Africa no longer just about undernourished and hungry (TFRA), put in place under the political leadership of EU people; there are also increasing numbers affected by Commissioners Phil Hogan and Neven Mimica and AU micronutrient deficiencies and obesity, with serious Commissioner Josefa Sacko. The Task Force was asked consequences for health. ABW includes a commitment to advise on how Europe could best contribute to the to delivering a reframed approach to tackling these new sustainable development of Africa’s agri-food sector and challenges through the lens of sustainable food systems. rural economy. The Task Force reported in March 2019 2 The relationship between oversee proposals for such a response. This report is the outcome of that process. Drawing on consultation with a Europe and Africa has evolved wide-ranging group of stakeholders, it provides a mapping substantially in the two decades of the links between the Irish agri-food sector and Africa: it concludes that these links are fragmented and sub- since the turn of the century. optimal and makes recommendations on what needs to be It has moved from being a done to develop a more impactful national response, which supports sustainable development in Africa whilst also predominantly aid and trade enhancing Ireland’s economic and development interests. arrangement to a deeper I have been privileged to chair both the TFRA and partnership acknowledging the NTTRA. The NTTRA’s work has benefitted from the strategic leadership of DFA and DAFM and the Africa and Europe as global commitment of the stakeholders involved in the fact- partners on an equal footing, finding and consultation process. I would like to thank our consultants Michael Barry and Stewart Gee for their with each region steering its excellent work during the process. The report is now being own development. submitted to Minister Coveney and Minister McConalogue, and the wider political system, for discussion and decisions. I hope these decisions will lead to both a more effective Irish contribution to Africa’s sustainable development and The combination of both factors – the growing strategic to Ireland helping to shape EU policy and programmes in its importance of Africa and the national and international future relationship with Africa. recognition of the future priority for sustainable food systems – led to a decision by the Irish government in Tom Arnold June 2019 that a coherent national response to the TFRA Chairperson of the National report should be developed. Under the leadership of the Task Team on Rural Africa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), a National Task Team on Rural Africa (NTTRA) was established to 3 IRELAND’S NATIONAL TASK TEAM ON RURAL AFRICA: Findings and Recommendations 4 CONTENTS 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 2. BACKGROUND 11 AFRICAN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT 12 TFRA AND ORIGINS OF THE NTTRA 13 IRELAND’S RESPONSE TO THE TFRA 14 IRELAND’S POLICY CONTEXT AND EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE 16 3. FINDINGS OF THE MAPPING PHASE 17 IRELAND - AFRICA TRADE ENVIRONMENT 19 THREE CORE THEMES FROM THE FINDINGS 22 1. Inclusive Economic Growth 22 2 Knowledge Exchange: for technical and systems development 22 3. Coordination of Irish activities 22 4. OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES AND CONSTRAINTS 23 5. RECOMMENDATIONS 26 GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS 27 RECOMMENDATION 1 28 Establish an Ireland Africa Rural Development ecosystem framework RECOMMENDATION 2 32 Leverage the resources of key state agencies RECOMMENDATION 3 32 Improve effectiveness of Ireland’s Food System’s Research RECOMMENDATION 4 33 Establish an evaluation and learning working group RECOMMENDATION 5 33 Establish a Irish Agri-Business Network RECOMMENDATION 6 34 Strengthen business networks in African countries 6. CONCLUSION 35 SUMMARY TABLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS 38 ANNEX I – MEMBERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL TASK TEAM ON RURAL AFRICA 42 5 IRELAND’S NATIONAL TASK TEAM ON RURAL AFRICA: Findings and Recommendations 1.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 In March 2019, the European Commission’s Task Force on THIS REPORT PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING: Rural Africa (TFRA) published its report, setting out a bold yet robust Africa-Europe agenda for rural transformation. An overview of the challenging agriculture This agenda seeks to intensify cooperation within, and and rural development context in Africa; between, EU Member States and African countries, and was subsequently endorsed at the AU-EU ministerial A detailed description of the European conference in Rome in June later that year. Commission’s TFRA; In response to the TFRA’s report, Ireland established its The establishment of Ireland’s NTTRA and own National Task Team on Rural Africa (NTTRA). This the existing structures and programmes team was given a mandate to prepare a report on Ireland’s designed to leverage Ireland’s agri-food potential contribution to the work of the TFRA and expertise in Africa; present it to the Minister for Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, (DAFM). Findings from an initial mapping exercise of The NTTRA report sets out a new framework to enhance African initiatives by Irish actors; Ireland’s existing contribution to the transformation of Africa’s agriculture and rural economy by harnessing the A summary of the opportunities, challenges collective expertise of government departments, state and constraints which were identified as part agencies, the private sector, civil society, academia and of a consultation process undertaken for this the African diaspora. A number of recommendations report; and actions have also been identified to advance this framework. A set of complementary recommendations and actions to enhance Ireland’s potential This new framework builds off the work of existing institutions and initiatives and seeks to fully harness the contribution to the TFRA with concluding expertise, experiences and commitment of all interested remarks on the critical components to drive stakeholders. It aligns with the ambitions and priorities set effectiveness and impact. out in Ireland’s international development policy, A Better World (ABW), and stands to both enable, and make a significant contribution to, the objectives set out in Global Ireland: Ireland’s Strategy for Africa to 2025. 7 IRELAND’S NATIONAL TASK TEAM ON RURAL AFRICA: Findings and Recommendations Ongoing and NTTRA Findings Emerging Challenges Ireland’s footprint in Africa is substantial, with significant Despite significant progress on a global level towards the scope for further engagement. In 2019, Irish stakeholders objectives
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