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Support for Regional Agriculture Policy Analysis
Implementer:              FANRPAN/South Africa 
Duration:                    September 2004-September 2012
Funding to Date:        $3.85 million 
 
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)is a multi-stakeholder, multi-national policy network that supports the development and implementation of better food, agriculture and national resources (FANR) policies in Southern Africa. FANRPAN supports USAID/Southern Africa’s Feed the Future (FTF) initiative to advance agricultural policy reform advocacy work, as well as with its development of strategies for identifying vulnerable groups and improving the targeting these groups.
 
 
Support for Regional Agriculture Data and Knowledge Sharing
Implementer:              RESAAKS/South Africa 
Duration:                     September 2004-September 2012
Funding to Date:         $3.85 million 
 
In addition to providing technical support to the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) to develop the Regional Agricultural Policy, ReSAAKS /South Africa conducts ongoing food policy trends analysis as well as special reports on relevant topics. ReSAAKS recently launched a trends analysis study to monitor the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) and SADC Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) targets as well as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the region, with an emphasis this year on Agriculture Productivity. Re-SAKSS also helps put in place a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system to measure progress, or lack thereof, in achieving CAADP objectives in the region as well as progress in achieving MDG goal 1 (eradicate extreme hunger and poverty). ReSAKSS was also instrumental in working with SADC Ministers to launch of a Sub-Regional Research Organization (SRO), known as the Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA).
 
Regional Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Support
Implementer/              USDA Foreign Agriculture Service  
Duration:                     2004 – 2012
Funding to Date:         $3.6 million
             
USAID supports USDA to assist African countries to diversify their economies and increase exports of plant, horticultural, and animal products through improved Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures. SPS activities strengthen the plant health, animal health, and food safety inspection services of regional governments, and also assists regional governments to meet international compliance standards and to conduct assessments on plant pests and diseases (such as fruit fly and other invaders). The program also conducts research and disseminates analytical results on SPS issues in the region.
 
 
Southern Africa Trade Hub (SATH) 
Implementer:               AECOM
Duration:                     September 2010-September 2014
Project Ceiling:            $82.6 million
 
USAID’s Southern Africa Trade Hub (SATH) seeks to increase international competitiveness, intra-regional trade, and food security in the SADC region. SATH also supports energy planners to harmonize regional infrastructure planning and adoption of clean energy regulations through support to SADC Infrastructure and Services Directorate and the Regional Electricity Regulators Association (RERA). SATH promotes regional food security by addressing transportation and trade barriers along key regional trade corridors and by strengthening trade of key food security commodities, including maize, soybean, and groundnut. SATH is also partnering with South Africa’s Agriculture Business Chamber (ABC) to leverage South African private sector investments in the region to develop regional agribusinesses as part of the Mission’s overall Feed-the-Future (FTF) Strategic Partnership with South Africa.