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IFAD / G8 FOOD SECURITY
STORY: IFAD / G8 FOOD SECURITY
TRT: 2.45
SOURCE: IFAD
SOUND: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 15 MAY 2012, ROME, ITALY / FILE
FILE – 2011, TANZANIA, ZANZIBAR ISLAND
1. Wide shot, market
2. Med shot, market
3. Med shot, men selling bananas
FILE – JULY 2011, MADAGASCAR
4. Tilt up, farmers at work
15 MAY 2012, ROME, ITALY
5. Set up shot, Kanayo F. Nwanze, IFAD President
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Kanayo F. Nwanze, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD):
“The whole initiative should put the farmer as the centre point of the discussion. Small holders are central, so one is for the initiative to see how the international private sector can contribute to transforming the smallholder producer from subsistence farmer to a commercial farmer.”
FILE – DECEMBER 2011, IVORY COAST
7. Wide shot, farmers at work
8. Medium shot of farmers at work
9. Close up of farmer at work
15 MAY 2012, ROME, ITALY
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Kanayo F. Nwanze, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD):
“What you may describe as constraints to agricultural development - soils are not fertile, famers do not use new technologies, irrigation is low, use of inputs are minimal - these are tremendous opportunities and so the private sector realizes when you look around Africa, it has the largest available untouched agriculture land, available for cultivation.”
FILE – DECEMBER 2011, COTE D’IVOIRE
11. Close up, seeds being thrown into a bag
12. Wide SHOT, farmers throwing seeds into a bag
FILE – JUNE 2011, TANZANIA, ZANZIBAR ISLAND
14. Wide shot, farmers training
FILE – NOVEMBER 2010, GHANA
16. Tilt up, cassava farmer Faustina Sakyi during quality control process
17. Med shot, woman throwing Cassava into grounding machine at cassava processing factory
18. Med shot, cassava processing
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Faustina Sakyi, Cassava farmer:
“I have customers from US. UK, Nigeria, Mali, Niger and so many other places they come to buy my gari because I am proud of my processing. It is good and it is quality.”
FILE – AUGUST 2011, ETHIOPIA
20. Med shot, mother and child by hut sifting seeds
21. Wide shot, Ethiopian woman at work in field
22. Close up, Ethiopian woman
FILE – DECEMBER 2011, COTE D’IVOIRE
23. Wide shot, farmers at work to collect seeds
15 MAY 2012, ROME, ITALY
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Kanayo F. Nwanze, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD):
"As we transform smallholder agriculture into profitable, commercial, economic, money-generating businesses, I see Africa not only feeding itself but also contributing to feeding the world".
FILE – DECEMBER 2011, COTE D’IVOIRE
25. Med shot, farmers at work
A proposal to improve African food security through private sector investments, is one outcome expected from this week’s G8 meeting. But some development specialists wonder how familiar G8 leaders really are with farming in Africa, where 80 per cent of farmland is owned or cultivated by smallholder farmers.
Kanayo F. Nwanze, is president of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development.
SOUNDBITE (English) Kanayo F. Nwanze, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD):
“The whole initiative should put the farmer as the centre point of the discussion. Small holders are central, so one is for the initiative to see how the international private sector can contribute to transforming the smallholder producer from subsistence farmer to a commercial farmer.”
Nwanze admits transforming Africa’s subsistence farmers into commercial business may be challenging but, he says, it also presents a great opportunities.
SOUNDBITE (English) Kanayo F. Nwanze, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD):
“What you may describe as constraints to agricultural development - soils are not fertile, famers do not use new technologies, irrigation is low, use of inputs are minimal - these are tremendous opportunities and so the private sector realizes when you look around Africa, it has the largest available untouched agriculture land, available for cultivation.”
To realize Africa’s potential as a food producer, Nwanze says private sector needs to invest in supporting smallholder farmers by helping them access local and international markets, and by providing essential services such as training, rural finance and technical assistance.
In Ghana, cassava farmer Faustina Sakyi is a good example of what can happen with the right kind of support. With some training, new equipment and investment capital, she turned her small cassava processing operation into a thriving business that now employs 35.
SOUNDBITE (English)Faustina Sakyi, Cassava farmer:
“I have customers from US. UK, Nigeria, Mali, Niger and so many other places they come to buy my gari because I am proud of my processing. It is good and it is quality.”
But the reality for many smallholder farmers is much different. Many in sub-Saharan Africa don’t produce enough to feed themselves and their families.
If done right, supporters of this new G8 initiative say smallholder farmers could become substantial food producers.
SOUNDBITE (English)Kanayo F. Nwanze, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD):
As we transform smallholder agriculture into profitable, commercial, economic, money-generating businesses, I see Africa not only feeding itself but also contributing to feeding the world.
Nwanze will be taking that message to G8 leaders where he’ll participate in a discussion on “Farm Futures” during the opening morning of the summit.
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