1. 15th INTOSAI WGEA Steering Committee Meeting François BEKEMEN MOUKOKO,
Auditing Agriculture and Food Production: Guidance for Supreme Audit institutions
François BEKEMEN MOUKOKO,
Auditor, Supreme State Audit Office of Cameroon

2. Background Objective and outcome Focus Structure
FiBL
Outline of presentation
Background
Objective and outcome
Focus
Structure 2

3. Sub-Committee Outline of presentation Cameroon, Leader Botswana Chad
FiBL
Outline of presentation
Sub-Committee
Cameroon, Leader
Botswana
Chad
China
Malaysia
Niger
Togo
USA 3

4. Challenge in Agriculture and food
production
Global trends and challenges influencing food security, poverty and the overall sustainability of food and agricultural system
Economic growth and population dynamics
Agricultural investments and technological innovations are increasing
Feeding 9.1 billion people in 2050 would require raising overall food production by some 70 percent between 2005/07 and 2050

5. Challenge in Agriculture and food
production
Global trends and challenges influencing food security, poverty and the overall sustainability of food and agricultural system
Climate change
Hunger and extreme poverty
It affects disproportionately food-insecure regions, jeopardizing crop and livestock production, fish stocks and fisheries.
Increased capital-intensive food systems, vertically integrated and concentrated in fewer hands

6. Challenge in Agriculture and food
production
Global trends and challenges influencing food security, poverty and the overall sustainability of food and agricultural system
Conflicts, crises and natural disasters are increasing in number and intensity

7. Challenge in Agriculture and food
production
Produce more food and fibre to feed a growing population with a smaller rural labour force, more feedstocks for a potentially huge bioenergy market, countries,
Contribute to overall development in the many agriculture-dependent developing countries
Adopt more efficient and sustainable production methods and adapt to climate change.

8. Main challenge in Agriculture :
”increased productivity of agri-
culture in a sustainable manner”
To holistic integration of Natural Ressource Management with food and nutritional security
From focus on increased productivity alone

9. Agenda 2030
End hunger and ensure wide access to food
End all forms of malnutrition
Double agricultural productivity and incomes
Etc....

10. Main challenge in Agriculture : ”increased productivity of agri-
culture in a sustainable manner”
A diagram on sustainable agriculture :

11. Objective and outcome
The project aims to develop an INTOSAI WGEA Guidance Material to SAIs on Auditing Agriculture and Food Production.
The main objectives are to increase knowledge about agriculture and food production and to encourage more audits in this area.

12. Objective and outcome
The project seeks to reach the following objectives:
 To provide information on status, recent development and prospects on agriculture and food production;
To highlight the role of governments in managing agriculture and food production
To provide audit steps and methods to perform agriculture and food production audit;
To identify best government practices and audit case studies based on the reports submitted to WGEA Database.

13. Scope
The project will focus on the governance of agriculture and food production, including an overview of potential areas for auditing, risks and government actions therein related.
It will also identify best practices on food production management worldwide that could improve on related policies as well as Sustainable Development Goals.
The project will also use SAIs experience to identify relevant audit topics on food production and suggest appropriate steps and methods for audits on issues relating to agriculture, through the use of case studies.

14. Structure Chapter 1: Introduction, scope, and background information.
Trends, challenges and prospects for agriculture and food production management
Government responses to challenges and issues relating to agriculture and food production management
Zeolites are microporous, aluminosilicate minerals commonly used as commercial adsorbents.[
Zeolites have a porous structure that can accommodate a wide variety of cations, such as Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+ and others. These positive ions are rather loosely held and can readily be exchanged for others in a contact solution.
Natural zeolites form where volcanic rocks and ash layers react with alkaline groundwater. Zeolites also crystallize in post-depositional environments over periods ranging from thousands to millions of years in shallow marine basins.
Agriculture
In agriculture, clinoptilolite (a naturally occurring zeolite) is used as a soil treatment. It provides a source of slowly released potassium. If previously loaded with
ammonium, the zeolite can serve a similar function in the slow release of nitrogen. Zeolites can also act as water moderators, in which they will adsorb up to 55% of their weight in water and slowly release it under plant demand. This property can prevent root rot and moderate drought cycles.

15. Structure
Chapter 2: Choosing and designing audits of agriculture and food production.
Determining a focus and a scope for the audit
Selecting audit topics and priorities
Deciding on relevant audit approaches
Chapter 3: Experiences in auditing agriculture and food production: possible audit approaches and methodology from around the world.
Zeolites are microporous, aluminosilicate minerals commonly used as commercial adsorbents.[
Zeolites have a porous structure that can accommodate a wide variety of cations, such as Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+ and others. These positive ions are rather loosely held and can readily be exchanged for others in a contact solution.
Natural zeolites form where volcanic rocks and ash layers react with alkaline groundwater. Zeolites also crystallize in post-depositional environments over periods ranging from thousands to millions of years in shallow marine basins.
Agriculture
In agriculture, clinoptilolite (a naturally occurring zeolite) is used as a soil treatment. It provides a source of slowly released potassium. If previously loaded with
ammonium, the zeolite can serve a similar function in the slow release of nitrogen. Zeolites can also act as water moderators, in which they will adsorb up to 55% of their weight in water and slowly release it under plant demand. This property can prevent root rot and moderate drought cycles.

16. Thank You !