1. The seminar agenda included opening remarks, introductions of speakers, panel discussions, and concluding remarks on the topics of global food security, school feeding programs, digital tools for agriculture, and challenges and opportunities in food systems. 2. Speakers discussed how the number of hungry people has increased in recent years due to conflict, economic and climate crises, and now COVID-19, pushing millions more into food insecurity, while school closures have interrupted feeding programs for vulnerable children. 3. Case studies presented digital tools and innovations that have helped dairy farmers in Zambia increase milk production and market access through improved data collection, extension services, credit access, and coordination during the pandemic.

2. Agenda
Opening of the seminar
Per Callenberg, State Secretary to the Minister for Rural Affairs
Introduction of the day
Kajsa Johansson, Chief Senior Advisor at We Effect
Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together. Our Actions are our Future.
Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, FAO
Strength and resilience through cooperation
Anna Tibblin, General Secretary at We Effect
School feeding – much more than providing a meal
Katarina Eriksson, Project and Partnership Development Director at Tetra Laval Food for
Development
From starvation to export potentials in 200 years
Elisabeth Hidén, President of the Federation of Young Swedish Farmers
Information and communication technology for future harvests
Zoole Newa, Programme Manager – Agricultural Market Development and Inclusive Growth, Swedish
Embassy Zambia
Panel discussion
Concluding remarks
Gustav Lindskog, Programme Manager/Specialist, Unit for Humanitarian Assistance, Thematic
Responsibility for Food Security and Livelihoods, Sida

5. How is the world?

6. Half a billion people pushed in to poverty
130 million risk acute hunger

7. The Nobel peace prize has
been awarded to WFP. We
have momentum – lets use
it together!
Smallholder farmers can
produce but lack inputs and
markets. People have lost
income.
Hunger in the shadow of the pandemic

10. Advocating together
Two out of three Swedes are
prepared to pay more for food
produced by smallholder farmers

11. #STRONGERTOGETHER

12. Tanzania 1974

13. Cambodia 2018

14. Guatemala 2020

15. 1. The world is connected
2. The future is global
3. Focus must be on vulnerability
Lessons so far

16. Betty Makiberu, president,
Kwefaako cooperative, Uganda
Thank you!

17. SCHOOL FEEDING
– More than just
providing a meal
WORLD FOOD DAY
October 2020
Katarina Eriksson
Tetra Laval Food for Development

18. Global View of School Feeding
► 368 million children in 169 countries receive food in school.
► Globally 1 in 3 children is not growing well due to malnutrition, 1 in 2 suffer from
“hidden hunger”
► The numbers of obese children aged 5-19 have soared since the mid-1970s,
rising by between 10- and 12-fold globally.
► School feeding is a good investment for a country – for every $1 spent, it is
estimated that at least $3-10 is gained in economic returns, sometimes as much
as $20. Source: WFP, Unicef

19. Global View of School Milk
► 160 million children in 62 countries receive milk in schools.
► 200 ml is the most common portion size.
► Plain whole milk is most common, followed by plain semi-
skimmed milk.
► Milk is provided for free or at a subsidized cost in the
majority of programmes.
► The majority of respondents (83%) indicated that the
programme focuses on improving child health and nutrition.
► Carton packages are used in most programmes (81%).
► UHT or long-life products are available in 73% of countries
covered by the survey.
► In 2019, 68 million children in 56 countries received milk or
other nutritious beverage in Tetra Pak packages in schools.
Source: International Dairy Federation (IDF) https://store.fil-idf.org/product/school-milk-programmes-2020/ , Tetra Laval & Tetra Pak
160 million children receive milk in schools

20. School Feeding – more than a meal
► Nutrition
► Building healthy eating habits
► Attracting children to school, especially girls
► FORMAL market for local QUALITY food products

21. School closures during COVID-19
(UNESCO data)

22. School Feeding during Covid-19
► Loss of school food heavy burden on vulnerable families world wide
► Innovation in school food distribution: Take-home rations, Home
delivered food packages, Vouchers
► Food Safety a challenge - long life products preferred
Ulianovsk, Russia: Weekly
food packages to vulnerable
China: Lockers for
delivery of school milk
El Salvador: School food and milk
through containment centres

23. WFP / FAO / Unicef respons
► Guidence on how to support,
transform or adapt school feeding (in
the short term) to help safeguard
schoolchildren’s food security and
nutrition during the COVID-19
pandemic.
► Covid-19 protocols, Nutrition, Food
Safety, Examples

24. Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together.
► School Feeding helps the young
generation GROW up educated and
healthy.
► School Feeding NOURISHES children.
► School feeding creates a SUSTAINABLE
market for local foods.
► Working TOGETHER in multistakeholder
school feeding partnerships - a key for
long term sustainability.

25. THANK YOU!
Katarina Eriksson
+46 70 679 0014
katarinam.eriksson@tetralaval.com

26. WORLD FOOD DAY 2020
2020-10-23

27. Todays agenda:
• Short about me and Federation of Young Swedish Farmers
• Swedish agriculture historically
• Swedish agriculture today
• Opportunities and challenges
• Questions

28. About me & Federation
of Young Swedish
Farmers
• Elisabeth Hidén
• 16,000 members
• Vision ”Federation of Young
Swedish Farmers are the ones
who create the conditions for
young people to grow in the
green industries. We are at the
forefront and solution-oriented
to meet today's and
tomorrow's challenges. The
future is green! "

29. LRF Ungdomen |
The journey
• From starvation to
export opportunities
• What has made this
possible?

30. LRF Ungdomen |
1750-1830: Great Partition reform
1791-1850:
Hushållningssällskapet
1850: Cheap oil
1867-69: Nitrogen-fixing legumes
1800-1900: More than doubling
arable land
1930-1940: Oil began to be used
on a large scale, nitrogen
fertilizers could be produced
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31. LRF Ungdomen |
What has this
resulted in?
1850: 700 kilos of grain per hectare.
Takes 150 working hours to produce.
About 90% worked with agriculture.
2020: 7,000 kilos of grain per hectare
(conventional cultivation). Takes about
4-5 working hours to produce. Less
than 5% work with agriculture.
1850: A cow milked an average of
about 800 kg per year
2020: 9000 kg per year
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32. LRF Ungdomen |
What has made it
possible?
• Structural
transformations
• Political actions
• Knowledge and
education
• Research and
development
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33. LRF Ungdomen |
• Breeding
• Feed optimization
• Good conditions
• Proper use of
medication
• Mineral fertilizer
• Technology
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34. LRF Ungdomen |
Challenges ahead
- Get young people to
become farmers
- Lack of consumer
knowledge
- Food waste
- Buildings of arable land
- Climate
- Soil compaction
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35. LRF Ungdomen |
Opportunities
• Increase production,
and make it more
sustainable
• Export food and
knowledge
• Educate consumers
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36. From a global perspective
- Share knowledge and experience globally
- Be humble and understand that we all have different
conditions and challenges
- Always work for improvement
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37. elisabeth.hiden@lrf.se
+46730407805
Questions?

38. Topic: Information and communication technology for future harvests
Discussed under the project titled
Digital Information Management System (DIMS) Project
Implemented by
Dairy Association of Zambia (DAZ)
Presented by Zoole Newa
Embassy of Sweden in Lusaka
Grow, Nourish Sustain. Together
and livelihoods

39. Background
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• Dairy Association of Zambia (DAZ) is a member based organisation
with direct memebrship of over 6,000 dairy farmers and more than
50,000 indirect beneficiaries.
• DAZ organises Milk business around the Milk Collection Centre
(MCC) – business hub.
• Currently, DAZ manages about 67 MCCs country wide
• The Sida funded DAZ to implement a digital pilot project – 2 years
• It is implemented with 32 MCCs.
• Target 2,600 direct beneficiaries and more than 15,000 indirect
beneficiaries.

40. Background cont’d
Lusaka 40
Overall objective of DIMS
To improve the dairy production and productivity through
a digital platform that will enhance commercialisation of the dairy
value chain.
Activities included;
- baseline survey in MCCs
- sensitisation meetings
- Profiling of farmers, input suppliers, processors
- facilitations of DIMS activities eg formation of savings groups,
business trainings, dairy management trainings etc

41. Role of DAZ
• Data Management and
Coordination
• Faciliatates linkages ,
• Training and senstisation,
• Member mobilisation,
• Lobby and Networking
• Promotion of good governance
amongst its members.
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42. Main challenges of the dairy sector in Zambia
• Limited participation of women and youths
• Low milk productivity and production
• Poor quality of milk produced
• High cost of production;
• Poor record keeping
• Limited access to regular extension
services;
• Limited to breeding stocks and AI services
• Frequent animal disease outbreaks;
• Limited access to inputs and credit
facilities
• Drought/ limited water sources
• Limited private sector participants
• Limited coordination among stakeholders.
• Outbreak of COVID 19
• Internet problems
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43. Lusaka 43

44. Results attained
Lusaka 44
• Data base of dairy farmers has been correctly captured including the milk
production levels of each farm
• Base on the information on the system, the DAZ extension staff can now
easily make follow up on each farmer to address the issues of production and
productivity
• Extension messages and alerts are easily disseminated to the DAZ members
at reduced costs and time (in some instances voice calls are sent.
• The farmers have improved access to inputs such as medicines, feed etc
which are now mostly supplied in bulk
• Improved information delivery from MCC to farmers (Market, Extension and
general MCC information)
• Improved record keeping at MCC and farmer levels including at DAZ offices

45. Results attained
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• Improved transaction processes ( eg processor to farmer , farmer to input
supplier.
• Improved access to credit through introduced savings and credit groups and
loan repayments done in instalments through the platform.
• Recorded improvement of milk transactions along the value chain than before
• New entrants on the value chain (input suppliers, women and youth)
• Enhanced Governance within DAZ and MCC through trainings on
governance and development of policies – Gender, Anti – corruption, Board
Charter, Finance and HR.
• Enhance human capital development in the use of ICT in the dairy sector

46. Performance of DIMS during COVID
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• Supply of milk to MCC was limited due to restriction of movement during the
early stages of the outbreak – affected the entire value chain.
• Thus technical extension messages were transmitted to the general
membership (voice calls, and SMS)
• COVID related sensitisation were easily transmitted to the members using the
platform.
• Youth in transport business (motor bike deliveries) made additional income as
most farmers used them to avoid congestion at the MCC.
• Transactions continued to be made using the system (even more appreciated
by members)
• Bulk demands for inputs were now more pronounced to the advantage of
both the farmer and suppliers.
• Other activities could not take place eg governance meetings at MCCs, face
to face trainings etc

47. Lusaka 47
THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING

49. • The world is currently off track to
achieve the SDG targets for
hunger and malnutrition
• The number of people suffering
from hunger has been slowly
increasing since 2014.
SDG 2End hunger, achieve food security and
improved nutrition and promote sustainable
agriculture
Agenda 2030

50. • 135 million people in need of acute
food assistance.
• 74 million food insecure people in
conflict-affected areas.
• 80 percent of humanitarian
resources are allocated to conflict
areas.
690million people or 1 in 9 of the
world's population – suffered
from hunger last year
A global overview

51. • Refugees and internally displaced
people are among the most
vulnerable to shocks
• More than half of the refugees are
hosted in countries with high
numbers of acute food-insecurity.
79million people displaced worldwide
Displacement

52. • Conflict, economic crisis and
climate-related shocks put
pressure on already vulnerable
communities.
• In a worst case scenario, the
pandemic threatens to almost
double the number of acutely
hungry people globally.
130million people in risk of falling into chronic
hunger due to COVID-19
An additional
COVID-19