To update the Ministry of Agriculture Act 1978

To enhance the contribution of agriculture to the Cook Island economy and livelihoods. It is identified that the most potent way of significantly increasing this is to direct effort towards matching production to the Cook Islands largest market, the tourism sector. To accomplish this the project will:The development of high quality and safe processed food products for domestic markets; The development of high value ?niche? agricultural products for export; Expanding the sale of high value products to the tourism sector and domestic market; Improving the capacity of agriculture sector stakeholders to utilize a farm manual.

The project aims at reviewing national policy framework and fostering enabling policy environment for production diversification and dietary diversity, especially tapping the potential of highly nutritious and climate-sensitive underutilized crops to address malnutrition in selected countries.

The project will develop quality knowledge products on practically proven innovative aquaculture farming practices for sharing among the regional initiative focus countries and will conduct regional/national workshops and farm demonstration for building human capacity of the participating countries in adopting selected aquaculture farming practices and the project will also seek to develop specific regional and national strategy to promote the innovative aquaculture farming practices, which will contribute significantly to sustainable development of aquaculture for blue economic growth in the region.

This project will support governments in six focus countries to develop national CSA programmes (and/or integrate CSA priorities into existing plans and programmes), linking CSA investments to NDCs and global climate finance mechanisms, based on regional best practice and knowledge.

Building Statistical Capacity for Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals related to Food Security.

The proposed regional TCP is also a planned regional activity to contribute to the Regional Initiative on Sustainable Intensification of Aquaculture for Blue Growth in Asia and the Pacific.

Counterparts have the knowledge and skills to restore degraded forestlands in the project countries using landscape approach through the adoption of FLR in national forest restoration strategies

This project will address those challenges by adopting a holistic approach that focuses on working with governments to not only develop their national e-Agriculture Strategies but also to support them in implementing some of the high priority ICT for Agriculture interventions already identified in the strategy that hold the most promising potential impact for improved agriculture outcomes in areas such as researcher-farmer-extension agricultural communication, inclusive financial services, market prices access, etc.

To strengtheing livestock sector policy analysis, design and negotiation capacity in ASEAN member countries representing a range of livestock production systems.

Effective development of regional food and nutrition security frameworks and their delivery mechanisms through a strengthened SAARC

The proposed project will adopt an integrated, multistakeholder and holistic ?plot to pot? food production system that will combine the production of a variety of nutritious vegetables and fruits and small scale livestock such as chickens, ducks and aquaculture toward a more self-reliant provision of school meals. School gardens and nutrition education will be integrated into the school curricula so it becomes an integral part of the teaching and learning process. School-community links to promote shared responsibility between government and communities will be strengthened. Home gardens will help improving the diets of households and nutrition education will contribute to family nutrition.

A regional project for Small-Scale Farmer Inclusion in Organic Agriculture Value Chains through Participatory Guarantee Systems would aim at assisting selected countries where local organic markets are developing and where a PGS would allow more small farmers to benefit from these emerging high value markets.

Development of GAP standards and certification and accreditation systems for horticultural produce in the region and thereby ensuring safe products as well as facilitating trade of such products.

Improving livelihoods and income of forest dependent communities is important in the context of poverty reduction efforts, enhancing food security and sustainable management of forest resources. In order to achieve improved livelihoods and income for those people one of the main barrier is lack of strong and secured tenure. Their access to forest resources and land are not adequately protected by policies, policy implementation and law. There two main elements that explain the situation: 1. Weak and/or lack of forest tenure policy frameworks that can protect the rights and access of forest dependant community to resources available in the forests. Where policy frameworks exist they often not implemented adequately due to various reasons, e.g. lack of human resource capacity, knowledge, budget, skills, etc. 2. Weak and/or lack of institutional capacity to implement and support the process to strengthen forest tenure. Countries often lack knowledge and skills to support the process of strengthening forest tenure. New tools and approaches need to be introduced and institutionalized to cope with rapid changes and changing demands of society on forests. The main purpose of the TCP is therefore to strengthened regulatory frameworks and institutional capacity of pilot countries on forest tenure. In the long run forest dependent communities in pilot countries are expected to have more secured and stronger forest tenure rights as a key prerequisite for ensuring the contribution of forests to their livelihoods and income.

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The main objective of the project is to strengthen phytosanitary capacity of NPPOs and technical supporting organizations/entities (e.g. universities) of the recipient countries. This will be achieved through providing technical and operation manuals, organizing field and laboratory trainings and workshops and developing recommendations to be used by the respective NPPOs, in implementation of phytosanitary activities for international movement of seeds. In addition, the promotion of changes in the consciousness of general public and related private sectors through this project will contribute to preventing introduction and spread of pests associated with the international movement of seeds. Also, the project achievements and findings can be useful reference for the member consultations on the draft ISPM on seeds, which has been elaborated in the IPPC framework, and will contribute to the harmonization of relevant phytosanitary measures.

To promote a more prudent antimicrobial usage within the Asian livestock production industry leading to a reduction in antimicrobial resistance.

The project aims at reducing the spread of H5N1 in poultry in the country, thus minimizing the risk of contagion to other mammals and humans and the possibility of a pandemic.

Cooperation in Plant Protection by member countries in the Region

Cooperation in Plant Protection by member countries in the Region

Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in South-West Asia

The overall goal of the project is to protect the health of the consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade within ASEAN countries as well as with other countries including Japan. The project also aims to establish a stronger relationship between ASEAN countries and the donor, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan.

The project will contribute to the food and livelihood security of smallholders, by integrating them into agricultural value chains (dairy, fishery and vegetable) that link them to new market opportunities.

To support Pacific SIDS in meeting their obligations to implement and effectively enforce global, regional and sub-regional arrangements for the conservation and management of transboundary oceanic fisheries thereby increasing sustainable benefits derived from these fisheries.

The Objective of the project is to reduce priority unintentionally produced POPs (uPOPs) emissions arising from poor waste management practices, thus meeting parties? Convention obligations to improve the management of chemicals in countries in the Pacific region, through assistance in the development and implementation of uPOPs strategies and guidelines, vocational training of waste workers, training of PIC staff in improved chemicals management, and the development of a regional waste oil export and reuse system.

The project objective is to strengthen the capacity within SAARC to support regional coordination for the control of TADs. This will be achieved through strengthening the Regional Support Unit, Regional Epidemiology Centre and Regional Diagnostic Laboratories. These structures will enable the SAARC member countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) to address common issues related to TADs that are predominantly spread by informal cross-border value chains in livestock products.

To stimulate local innovation using SRI/FFS approaches to sustainably improve agricultural productivity and food security in the context of climate change adaptation, and to enhance research capacities to continue to support this development

To increase incomes of smallholder farmers through the development of GI value chains, improved market access and increased recognition of GI by consumers.

The Asian Regional Componente directly addresses the three pillars forming the foundation of the Global Strategy: 1. Establishing a minimum set of core data that countries will disseminate on a regular basis to meet current and emerging demands; 2. Integrating agriculture into national statistical systems in order to meet the requirements of policy makers and other data users that statistical information be linked across the economic, social, and environmental domains ; 3. Fostering the sustainability of the agricultural statistical systems through governance and statistical capacity building.

To conserve biodiversity in Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and Niue by expanding and consolidating their networks of PAs, building capacity for conservation management and sustainable use of biodiversity and reducing forest and land degradation.

To protect Aquatic resources and stocks, to maintain and enhance biodiversity in the Coral Triangle/South China Sea (SCS) region through application of strategies and technologies for fisheries bycatch management.

To improve health and reduce environmental risk through capacity building for the proper management, and sustainable use, of agricultural and industrial chemicals. Its geographical focus is on the Greater Mekong Subregion.

The project will provide additional staff time in carrying out activities relating to activities in the implementation of the World Food Summit commitments, the Plan of Action and its Rome Declaration which explicitly made references to the importance of polices.