For the 2004/5 biennium, the Division will maintain a portfolio of six Programme Entities covering the following:

Enhancing Small Farmer Livelihoods - To improve the support provided by public sector and civil society organizations to small farmers, including adjustments in their livelihood strategies, improved farm business management and income generation in the context of agricultural commercialisation and globalisation.

Meeting Urban Food Needs - To make Government and municipal authorities aware of the need to improve food supply and distribution systems for urban food security and of possible solutions. To encourage extension staff to use techniques and options to promote value-added processing, to reduce post-harvest losses and to increase urban and peri-urban food production

Sustainable Commercial Provision of Input Supply, Mechanisation, Investment Support and Marketing Services - to ensure increased choice and supply of inputs for farmers; improved marketing services for farmers; increased competition among suppliers of inputs and services leading to more favourable pricing

Agribusiness Development Targeted to Small and Medium Post-production Enterprises - to provide small and medium scale enterprises and entrepreneurs in member countries with capacity and efficiency to offer consumers food and agricultural products through sustainable and profitable agribusiness ventures.

Data and Information Systems - to support enhanced capacity in countries for data collection, information access, and decision making in agriculture.

Enhancing Food Quality and Safety by Strengthening Handling, Processing and Marketing in the Food Chain - to ensure that concrete, economically-feasible and environmentally-sound measures are taken at the technical level to enhance food quality and safety during handling, processing, packaging, storage, transportation and marketing.