1. FAC Review & Planning Meeting Nairobi, 12 February 2009
Nairobi
12 Feb 09
Growth & Social Protection
2008–2009 Review –2010 Workplan
FAC Review & Planning Meeting Nairobi, 12 February 2009

2.
Nairobi
12 Feb 09
OUTLINE
PROGRESS Outputs (publications) Policy engagement (by country) CHALLENGES Programme–level Country–level PLANS 2009/10 Seasonality conference Partnerships Research

3. OUTPUTS (1): Working Paper series
Nairobi
12 Feb 09
OUTPUTS (1): Working Paper series
WP01 Building Synergies between Social Protection and Smallholder Agricultural Policies WP02 Agriculture and Social Protection in Malawi WP03 Agriculture and Social Protection in Ethiopia WP04 Agriculture and Social Protection in Ghana WP05 Agriculture and Social Protection in Kenya WP06 Social Protection for Agricultural Growth in Africa WP07 Seasonality and Social Protection in Africa

4. OUTPUTS (2): Briefing Paper series
Nairobi
12 Feb 09
OUTPUTS (2): Briefing Paper series
FAC BP The Global Fertiliser Crisis and Africa GSP BP01 Agriculture and Social Protection in Africa GSP BP03 Agriculture and Social Protection in Malawi GSP BP03 Agriculture and Social Protection in Ethiopia GSP BP04 Agriculture and Social Protection in Ghana

5. OUTPUTS (3): ODI NR Perspective
Nairobi
12 Feb 09
OUTPUTS (3): ODI NR Perspective

6.
ODI Seminar
13 Nov 07
OUTPUTS (4): “Seasons of Hunger” Launched at IDS, ODI and DFID on World Food Day, 16 October 2008

7. ENGAGEMENT (1): Ethiopia
Nairobi
12 Feb 09
ENGAGEMENT (1): Ethiopia
Evaluation of Productive Safety Net Programme: “Ethiopia’s PSNP: Assessment Report” [ IDS & ODI & A–Z Consult ]
PSNP Phase 2 planning and post–PSNP strategising: “Options for Social Protection in Ethiopia” [ Stephen Devereux & Amdissa Teshome ]
Formulating a national Social Welfare Policy: [ Amdissa is engaging with MoLSA ]

8.
Nairobi
12 Feb 09
ENGAGEMENT (2): Kenya
Drafting a national Food Security & Nutrition Policy: [ KIPPRA was a Task Force member ]
Simulated impacts of investing in agriculture (SAM): [ KIPPRA to present findings to Parliament in March ]
Evaluation of Hunger Safety Net Programme (HSNP): [ IDS is a member of the M & E Consortium ]

9.
Nairobi
12 Feb 09
ENGAGEMENT (3): Malawi
Response to high food prices: DFID–funded FAO consultation [Chirwa paper]
Evaluation of 2007/8 & 2008/9 agricultural input subsidy: Ongoing engagement with government, CSO, DFID & other donors (summary paper Jan 2009) [SOAS & Wadonda]
Inputs on Malawi input subsidy into Africa–wide activities…

10. ENGAGEMENT (4): Africa wide
Nairobi
12 Feb 09
ENGAGEMENT (4): Africa wide
AGRA policy meeting (June 2008) [Poulton & Dorward]
ReSAAKS Gaborone meeting (Dec 2008) [Dorward, Chirwa & Poulton]
DFID soil fertility and fertilisers debates (E–conference & Nov 2008 meeting) [Dorward]
Salzburg conference & Gates meeting on fertiliser (May 2008) [Chirwa, Dorward]

11. CHALLENGES FAC Ethiopia Kenya Malawi
CHALLENGES
FAC
Skewed funding (Y1=18%, Y2=30%, Y3=52%) compromises research into seasonality.
Civil Society Law restricts advocacy; Slow implementation of Welfare Policy.
Little understanding of social protection; Delayed implementation of HSNP.
Sensitivity on input subsidies in election year reducing access to senior GoM staff.
Ethiopia
Kenya
Malawi

12. PLANS (1): Seasonality conference
PLANS (1): Seasonality conference

13. PLANS (1): Seasonality conference
Nairobi
12 Feb 09
PLANS (1): Seasonality conference
Ethiopia
Seasonal analysis of Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) data
Seasonal analysis of Kenya’s Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS) data
Seasonal analysis of Malawi’s Integrated Household Survey (IHS-2) data
Kenya
Malawi

14. PLANS (2): Partnerships
Nairobi
12 Feb 09
PLANS (2): Partnerships
Regional Hunger & Vulnerability Programme (RHVP–2): ‘Frontiers of Social Protection’ includes: (1) Seasonality; (2) Food prices; (3) Fertiliser subsidies; (4) Graduation.
Agriculture Learning and Impact Network (ALINe): (1) ‘Assessing, mitigating & adapting to agricultural risks’ (2) ‘Understanding how seasonality affects agricultural project design’.

15. PLANS (3): Possible research topics
Nairobi
12 Feb 09
PLANS (3): Possible research topics
Social protection in contexts of unpredictable food prices
Smallholder responses to food price variability
Impacts of FFF crisis on informal social protection
Researching agricultural seasonality over a 1–year cycle
Seasonality in uni–modal, bi–modal & pastoralist areas
Adaptive social protection in response to climate change
Cost–effectiveness of social transfers vs. input subsidies.