International Labour Project Brief Organization Decent Work for Food Security and Sustainable Rural Development (DW4FS) in East Nusa Tenggara Development Promote food security and sustainable poverty Objective reduction of rural communities in the most vulnerable and disadvantaged districts of Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province, through increased labour productivity, enhanced employment opportunities that comply with the principles of decent work, and expanding entrepreneurial opportunities in key agro-food value chains – particularly maize, seaweed and livestock – with high employment and income generation potential. Key Partners n Ministry of Manpower n Ministry of Rural, Disadvantaged Areas and Transmigration n Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas) n Provincial and District Development Planning Agencies (Bappeda) n Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries n Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development of the Ministry of Agriculture (IAARD) n Provincial Food Security and Extension Office (BKPP) n Trade Union Confederations n Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) n Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Duration 2 years (June 2014 – February 2016) Geographical East Nusa Tenggara Province, in the districts Coverage of Kupang, Belu, Timor Tengah Selatan and Sumba Timur. Implementing ILO Country Office – Jakarta Agency FAO Indonesia Donor Luxemburg Agency for Development Cooperation, ILO Budget USD 2,000,000 Contact Yunirwan Gah | Project Manager | [email protected] 1.4 million initial phase of the programme, people do not taking into consideration the have stable employment, income generation incomes and and productivity potential, as may therefore well as their impact on food be more security. The assessments vulnerable included consultations and focus to income group discussions with local shortfalls stakeholder and local and national and food governments. insecurity. The vulnerability in NTT is even greater when Project Strategy considering Project Background those who work DW4FS-NTT programme for low wages and under precarious acknowledges that rural poverty or hazardous conditions. is a multi-dimensional issue, During his address to the Food with causes ranging from weak Security Summit in Jakarta in Persistent food insecurity, institutions and conflict to natural 2012, President Susilo Bambang inadequate nutrition levels, a lack of resource degradation and climate Yudhoyono noted that the state of decent employment opportunities, change. It will therefore pursue an food security in Indonesia was still and a limited application of decent integrated approach to address fragile. Key challenges facing the work principles, are among the this multiplicity, so that members of country include low agricultural most serious obstacles preventing local communities benefit from the productivity and low purchasing the NTT economy from becoming improved functioning of key value power of farmers. Although the sufficiently vibrant and dynamic chains and farming system, as a contribution of agriculture to to sustain pathways of human, whole. In order to effectively reach Indonesia’s GDP has fallen from economic, and social development. the needs of the rural poor, the 19 per cent in 1990 to 15 per This situation is of great concern programme will focus particularly cent in 2010 and its share in total for the Indonesian government, on protecting workers’ rights, as employment from 56 per cent particularly as NTT has consistently well as providing support, tailored to 38 per cent, the number of underperformed relative to other to address the specific constraints persons employed in agriculture is areas of the country. faced by small-scale producers. significant at about 42 million. The programme is implemented in The programme will put emphasis Food and nutrition insecurity four districts of NTT (namely, Belu, on promoting social and and limited decent employment Kupang, East Sumba District, and constructive dialogue among key opportunities represent serious Timor Tengah Selatan). As both stakeholders, thereby ensuring challenges in Indonesia’s Nusa that the views and needs of key Tenggara Timur (NTT) province, food production and consumption beneficiaries are reflected in policy home to some of the nation’s are rooted in employment, formulation processes. Attention most isolated and vulnerable decent work will increase will also be paid to improving communities. NTT has over 4.5 food availability and provide access to social protection, basic million people. Approximately 80 adequate nutritional requirements services, and infrastructure in per cent of its population is rural, by contributing to a sustainable local communities, especially and 65 per cent of its population increase in domestic production, among the most vulnerable. By lives below the national poverty boost people’s access to food promoting sustainable and climate line. The rural poor often lack smart agricultural practices, the access to productive assets and through increased incomes, and programme will contribute directly markets, and thus depend on their contribute to improved food to a more sustainable management labour to earn a living. However, utilization through better diets and of natural resources and therefore local labour markets offer little to stability of food security. enhance resilience to the impacts in the way of gainful and decent The selection of the three of climate change in local employment opportunities. value chains – maize, livestock, communities. and seaweed – as a focus of The unemployment rate in NTT the programme was based on The programme addresses decent is estimated at 30 per cent, assessments carried out during the work challenges and deficits along which implies that a minimum of Decent Work for Food Security and Sustainable Rural Development in Nusa Tenggara Timur March 2015 March 2 three selected agricultural value access to social protection for chains (i.e., maize, seaweed and • Conducted Training of target community members. livestock) in four districts with a Trainers on Entrepreneurship view to enhancing productivity, Skills Development using the Output 2: competitiveness, and improving ILO’s modules on Get AHEAD, Returns of production, post- incomes and therefore livelihoods Community Based Enterprise harvesting, processing, and food and nutrition security of Development/C-BED and and marketing of selected farmers, agricultural workers and Financial Literacy for 22 commodities improved their families. participants from government through the implementation officials, unions, employers’ of sustainable agricultural The programme focuses on four organization and local NGOs. practices built on decent interrelated areas: work principles and a labour • Trained a total of 400 i. Promotion of decent productivity approach, in order smallholder seaweed employment, improved to enhance the food security growers, maize farmers and working conditions, better of rural communities. cattle breeders regarding access to social protection enterpreneurship and financial and a conducive environment Output 3: literacy. for job creation in selected Entrepreneurial capacity, • Conducted technical value chains through social employability, and the assessment on cattle and dialogue; enhancement of skills maize in three targeted sub of members of targeted ii. Promotion of sustainable districts. communities. Opportunities agricultural practices, are pursued by creating and productivity and improvement • Conducted technical training improving businesses in the of processing for the selected of trainers on sustainable selected value chains, in commodities, namely maize, cattle breeding and maize related sectors of the local seaweed and livestock; farming for 40 lead farmers in economy as well through 13 targeted villages. iii. Improvement of opportunities for social entrepreneurship businesses in the nutrition • Conducted technical seaweed opportunities and access to sphere. farming for 110 seaweed finance, employability and farmers for production skills in selected value chains Output 4: improvement. and related sectors of the local Basic rural infrastructure, • Trained a total of 500 economy; land improvement, and services for the targeted local smallholder seaweed, iv. Promotion of better access to communities as required for maize and cattle farmers in rural infrastructure and land increasing productivity in the all 13 targeted villages on improvement services. selected value chains and for entrepreneurship and financial reaching better food security. literacy. • Finalization of project Project Outputs document on joint ILO-FAO programme on decent work Activities and interventions will be Achievements to Date for food security. structured behind four core outputs to be achieved: • Trained 25 government officials, NGO, workers and Output 1: employers’ organization on A comprehensive strategy on value chain development. DW4FS-NTT developed by the • Development of participatory national and provincial policy value chain in targeted 13 makers and implemented for villages and four sub districts NTT to address decent work in Kupang district (one bottlenecks in selected agro- ILO Jakarta Office targeted district) for three and aqua-based value chains, Menara Thamrin Level 22, commodities: maize, cattle Jl. M.H. Thamrin Kav. 3 to enhance their impact on and seaweed. Jakarta 10250 poverty reduction and food Tel. +62 21 391 3112; security, and to increase Fax. +62 21 310 0766 Email: [email protected]; Website: www.ilo.org/jakarta 3.