Enhancing Food Security Interventions: NDA Strategies & Priorities

NDA INTERVENTIONS ON FOOD SECURITY DURING COVID-19

PURPOSE To present the NDA approach to supporting food security interventions during the sustainable food security. Covid-19 pandemic towards 2

LEGISLATIVEMANDATE Primary Mandate Secondary Mandate To contribute towards the eradication of poverty and its causes by granting funds to civil society organisations for the purpose of: To promote consultation, dialogue and sharing of development experience between the CSOs and relevance organs of state through: Carrying out programmes and projects aimed at meeting development needs of the poor Debating development policy Undertaking research and publication aimed at proving basis for development policy Strengthening the institutional capacity of other civil society organisations involved in direct service provision to the poor communities

STRATEGIC OVERVIEW OF THE NDA Vision: A society free from poverty Mission: Facilitate sustainable development by strengthening CSOs involved in poverty eradication through enhanced capacity building with grant funding and research Accountability Empowerment Transparency Excellence Partnering Integrity Dignity ORGANISATIONAL VALUES 4

NDA APPROACH TO FOOD SECURITY INTERVENTIONS The NDA uses grant funding as a strategic intervention to support CSOs involved in food and nutrition security. This is premised on the fact that grant funding plays a critical role in the sustainability of the CSO sector and enhancing their capacity to deliver services in poor communities. Communities need to be supported in a sustainable manner so that they can continue to have the agency that they need to address challenges that they face in their environments. 5

NDA PRIORITIES IN FOOD SECURITY The NDA prioritises the following outcomes for its food and nutrition security programme: Improved access to food through social protection and development i) programs/schemes: This outcome ensures improved food availability, affordability and accessibility through adoption of broad-based and inclusive approaches. This is realized through promotion of market access; income generating activities and infrastructure development; improving of access to social grants; targeting; irrigation schemes; feeding programs; smallholder food production support; community and institutional gardens; self-reliant and diversified food production; rural development and mainstreaming of gender and youth. 6

NDA PRIORITIES IN FOOD SECURITY cont ii) Improved health, nutrition and hygiene: This outcome ensures that improved health and nutrition status and hygiene have been inculcated in daily practices of South Africans. This is achieved through improved food utilization; safe storage, handling, preparation and distribution of food in feeding programmes; fortification of staples; nutrition awareness and promotion of healthy life style. iii) Establishment of food value chains for improved rural economies: This outcome focuses on promotion of rural food value chain supply in order to ensure better market access for both subsistence and small holder producers. This is envisaged through establishment of agro-processing and distribution of commodities including contractual markets, synchronization of production and demand, processing and packaging of commodities and agro-logistic support. 7

NDA INTERVENTIONS ON FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY DURING COVID 19 Intervention Grant funding to food and nutrition security projects Description The NDA provided grant funding of R7,024m to 49 CSOs Impact / result Household food security has been improved through support to communal food gardens and small-holder farmers. Household income from the funded CSOs and Co-operatives involved in economic activities has been increased thereby increasing the asset base in their respective communities. Through the volunteers the NDA distributed food parcels and hot meals to a total of 73 581 vulnerable households The work of the volunteers assisted in mitigating against people going hungry at a time when many people, particularly those in the informal economy and unstable employment, could not earn income due to the lockdown restrictions. Distribution of food through the CNDCs The NDA assisted 294 small holder farmers in their applications for the DARDLR relief fund to small-holder farmers Small holder farmers were assisted with basic farming implements to sustain their agricultural activities. Referral of CSOs for further support and funding 8

CONCLUSION The NDA through the CSOs development framework provided support to CSOs implementing development initiatives including food and nutrition security to needy households in poor communities. Through the partnerships programme, the NDA has partnered with the World Food Programme to empower CSOs involved in food and nutrition security initiatives. 9

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