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Major Programme 2.2: Food and Agriculture Policy and Development

(All amounts in US$ 000)

 

Programme

2002-03 Programme of Work

RG Programme Change

RG 2004-05 Programme of Work

ZRG Programme Change

ZRG 2004-05 Programme of Work

220

Intra-departmental Programme Entities for Food and Agriculture Policy and Development

0

5,713

5,713

(90)

5,623

221

Nutrition, Food Quality and Safety

17,050

1,509

18,559

(1,804)

16,755

222

Food and Agricultural Information

33,362

(2,025)

31,337

(1,628)

29,709

223

Food and Agricultural Monitoring, Assessments and Outlooks

13,229

515

13,744

(263)

13,481

224

Agriculture, Food Security and Trade Policy

14,138

(2,074)

12,064

(535)

11,529

229

Programme Management

8,690

846

9,536

(342)

9,194

Total

 

86,469

4,484

90,953

(4,662)

86,291

Main Substantive Thrusts and Priorities

172. Major Programme 2.2 is implemented by the Economic and Social Department (ES) and the Library and Documentation Systems Division (GIL), which maintains the World Agricultural Information Centre (WAICENT). Building on core statistical work and diverse analytical capacities, it will continue to analyse, in the first instance, the reasons for insufficient progress in combating hunger and food insecurity and propose and support policies and programmes that can be applied, nationally and internationally, to resolve this problem. Major Programme 2.2 also plays a significant role in ensuring greater participation of developing countries in the formulation of a rules-based food and agricultural trading system that is supportive of food security, and in assisting the entire membership improve quality and safety of food for consumers.

173. These overriding thrusts translate into the following substantive priorities:

  1. raising awareness of the benefits of alleviating hunger and poverty and identifying priority areas for policy intervention and investment for achieving the World Food Summit (WFS) target and commitments and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - Strategic objectives E3 and A2;
  2. identification and targeting of the food insecure through FIVIMS17 in full collaboration with its partners, and supporting national information systems for improved decision making and targeting policies and programmes on poor and undernourished people; progress is reported in a key annual publication, the State of Food Insecurity in the World (SOFI) - Strategic objectives E1 and A2;
  3. in the context of WFS follow-up, elaborating voluntary guidelines to support Members' efforts to achieve the progressive realisation of the right to adequate food - Strategic objective B1;
  4. promoting sustained improvements in nutritional well-being through: community-based actions that address local causes of malnutrition including emergency situations; support to civil society institutions that create the conditions for poor households to have access to sufficient food; advice on related national and sectoral policies and programmes; and adequate nutrition education - Strategic objectives A2 and A3;
  5. ensuring food quality and safety throughout the food chain, from primary producers to consumers, including international harmonisation of risk analysis, independent and scientifically-based assessments of food-related risks, and work on food safety at national and international levels in close cooperation with WHO, particularly through the Codex Alimentarius Commission; a key dimension is capacity building for developing countries to organize and manage food control systems - Strategic objectives B1 and B2;
  6. facilitating the integration of developing countries into international markets, especially to assist those seeking to enhance the competitiveness of their agricultural products through improved domestic and trade policies, and to enable them to participate as well-informed and equal partners in multilateral trade negotiations (MTN) on agriculture - Strategic objectives B1 and B2;
  7. access by a broad range of users to comprehensive and high-quality information and statistics based on common concepts, standards and definitions for international comparisons; this goes hand-in-hand with strengthening national statistical systems, so that reliable and timely data are available for policy analysis, formulation and decision making - Strategic objective E1;
  8. regular and timely assessments of food supply/demand situations, the outlook for agricultural commodities and strategic analyses and perspectives on longer-term food and agriculture and food security at national, regional and global levels - Strategic objective E2;
  9. improving preparedness and response to food emergencies through refinement of GIEWS methodologies and indicators for crop and food supply assessments, particularly in complex emergencies, and by incorporating nutritional considerations - Strategic objectives A3 and E1; and
  10. further expansion of WAICENT, also raising international awareness of the importance of the widest possible access to, and dissemination of information for achieving the goals of the World Food Summit; outreach to countries is to strengthen management of national agricultural information and research systems, utilising WAICENT standards and methodologies, adapted to different levels of technology, and meeting the information needs of key audiences; international cooperation in these areas is to be facilitated by a neutral forum for governments to discuss and establish effective national and international information management policies (COAIM18) - Strategic objective E1.

Changes in resources

174. As already reflected in the Medium Term Plan 2004-2009, a number of changes to the underlying programme structure and the balance of resource allocations are introduced. Main highlights are as follows:

  1. new Programme 2.2.0 is created, clustering those entities of an inter-disciplinary nature that relate most directly to the WFS target of halving the number of undernourished by 2015;
  2. the title of Programme 2.2.1 is modified to Nutrition, Food Quality and Safety, highlighting the higher priority attributed to food quality and safety;
  3. work on human nutrition requirements and food composition is restructured under the new entity, 221P1, Nutrient Requirements and Dietary Assessment for Food Safety and Quality;
  4. resources for Codex and Codex-related work are substantially increased, although they still remain below the level recommended in the 2002 Evaluation Report;
  5. a new entity, 221P8, Food Safety and Quality throughout the Food Chain, is created to act as a nucleus for inter-departmental collaboration from the producer to the consumer;
  6. under Programme 2.2.2, the Basic Data Branch (Statistics Division) is proposed to be upgraded to a Service;
  7. emphasis will continue to be given to the production of higher-quality and more timely statistics having global coverage;
  8. FAOSTAT19 will be redeveloped (2003-05), with a full corporate scope, thanks to funding available from arrears payment, as specified in Conference Resolution 6/2001;
  9. under the same Programme 2.2.2, GIL entities underwent restructuring in part to eliminate potential duplication of activities;
  10. work on the WAIR20 (222A5) has expanded considerably to include integrated information network activities such as AGRIS21, AGLINET22 (including the AGORA project) and information exchange activities with international partners, resulting in a substantial increase;
  11. the entity on Standards, Norms and Procedures for Improved Access to Agricultural Information (222P7) has been reduced in scope, while that on the virtual library (222P9) has been slightly expanded to build virtual library capacities in FAO country offices;
  12. within entity 222P8 (Facilitation of WAICENT Outreach) decentralized Regional Information Management Specialists will be actively involved in technical assistance to countries in the use of ICTs23, they will participate in the roll-out of a new distance-learning initiative (Information Management Resource Kit) which will offer training in the use of WAICENT systems, tools, standards and guidelines;
  13. under Programme 2.2.3, additional resources are provided to entity 223P6 - Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture to meet the increasing number of requests for assessment missions from member countries;
  14. increased emphasis is also given to supporting the formulation of agricultural commodity and trade strategies centering on competitiveness of developing countries' agricultural sectors and exports;
  15. work on a new long-term global food and agriculture perspective study, entity 223A2, is to be initiated (time horizon to be determined), to be completed towards the end of the MTP 2004-09 period;
  16. within Programme 2.2.4, core analytical work will focus on the "cost of hunger" and the linkages between poverty, food insecurity, agriculture and rural development, within the overall UN-wide effort on the Millennium Development Goals;
  17. additional resources are allocated to entity 224P3 for work on the economics of natural resources and environmental sustainability, which underpins FAO's contributions to the analysis of the implications of various environmental conventions and agreements especially on food security in developing countries;
  18. high priority will continue to be given to entity 224A2 for the analysis of trade-related policies and national capacities to participate fully in WTO24 multilateral trade negotiations; and
  19. under Programme 2.2.9, the creation of a post of Communications Officer is to improve substantially the communication of outputs to target audiences and thereby achieve greater impact.

Programme 2.2.0: Intra-departmental Entities

(All amounts in US$ 000)

 

Programme Entity

2002-03 Programme of Work

RG Programme Change

RG 2004-05 Programme of Work

ZRG Programme Change

ZRG 2004-05 Programme of Work

220A1

Insecurity and Vulnerability Information for Better Policy Targeting (FIVIMS)

0

3,785

3,785

(58)

3,727

220P1

World Food Summit and Millennium Development Goals Monitoring and Action

0

1,552

1,552

(9)

1,543

220S1

Servicing the Committee on World Food Security

0

376

376

(23)

353

Total

 

0

5,713

5,713

(90)

5,623

220A1 - Insecurity and Vulnerability Information for Better Policy Targeting (FIVIMS)
Objective

Assist Members and the international community in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of policies and programmes to achieve the food security goals of the WFS and other international conferences, by providing accurate and timely information on the incidence, nature and causes of food insecurity and vulnerability at the national and sub-national levels.

Biennial Outputs
220P1 - World Food Summit and Millennium Development Goals Monitoring and Action
Objective

An operational mechanism is set up, monitoring progress towards the attainment of the WFS goals and helping decision makers in governments, donor agencies and civil society to implement policies and manage food security interventions and take corrective action, as necessary.

Biennial Outputs
220S1 - Servicing the Committee on World Food Security
Objective

Harmonised and prioritised implementation of the World Food Summit Plan of Action by member nations and their various development partners.

Biennial Outputs

Impact of ZRG resource levels

FIVIMS work on dietary assessment and nutrition would be reduced under 220A1 and provision of secretarial services for the Inter-Agency Working Group on FIVIMS would not be assumed. Under 220S1 - Servicing of the Committee on World Food Security, lower resources would clearly impact on the ability of the Secretariat to service the Committee adequately. Reduced technical staff time allocations would also negatively affect support to the Inter-Governmental Work Group on the Right to Adequate Food.

Programme 2.2.1: Nutrition, Food Quality and Safety

(All amounts in US$ 000)

 

Programme Entity

2002-03 Programme of Work

RG Programme Change

RG 2004-05 Programme of Work

ZRG Programme Change

ZRG 2004-05 Programme of Work

221A1

Human Nutrition Requirements

1,074

(1,074)

0

0

0

221A2

Nutrition Improvement for Sustainable Development

1,803

6

1,809

(42)

1,767

221A4

Community Action for Improved Household Food Security and Nutrition

1,277

(249)

1,028

(40)

988

221A5

Food and Nutrition Education, Communications and Training

1,104

172

1,276

(30)

1,246

221A6

Nutrition and Household Food Security in Emergencies

666

(12)

654

(31)

623

221P1

Nutrient Requirements and Dietary Assessment for Food Safety and Quality

736

791

1,527

(221)

1,306

221P2

Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme (Codex Alimentarius)

4,724

720

5,444

(700)

4,744

221P5

Food Quality Control and Consumer Protection

2,450

277

2,727

(348)

2,379

221P6

Food Safety Assessment and Rapid Alert System

1,495

394

1,889

(256)

1,633

221P7

Public Information about Nutrition, Food Quality and Safety

366

(36)

330

(8)

322

221P8

Food Quality and Safety throughout the Food Chain

0

482

482

(71)

411

221S1

Technical Support Services to Member Nations and the Field Programme

1,355

38

1,393

(57)

1,336

Total

 

17,050

1,509

18,559

(1,804)

16,755

221A2 - Nutrition Improvement for Sustainable Development
Objective

To enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of national plans of action for food security and nutrition.

Biennial Outputs
221A4 - Community Action for Improved Household Food Security and Nutrition
Objective

Assist national and international development institutions and NGOs to initiate, implement and evaluate community-based programmes aimed at improving household food security and nutrition in both urban and rural areas; enhance collaboration among development practitioners towards practical community-based food security and nutrition interventions.

Biennial Outputs
221A5 - Food and Nutrition Education, Communications and Training
Objective

Strengthened capacities of national and local institutions in developing countries and countries in transition to implement effective nutrition education and communication programmes and activities.

Biennial Outputs
221A6 - Nutrition and Household Food Security in Emergencies
Objective

National and international development institutions working in emergencies have the technical skills to take due account of nutrition aspects in emergency preparedness, response and rehabilitation.

Biennial Outputs
221P1 - Nutrient Requirements and Dietary Assessment for Food Safety and Quality
Objective

International accepted estimates of the minimum, optimal and maximum safe intakes of macro-nutrients (energy, protein, carbohydrates, fats), micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, trace elements), non-nutrients, and anti-nutrients used as a basis to provide advice on healthy diets, to estimate the number of under-nourished and assist countries in assessing their food needs designing nutrition programmes.

Biennial Outputs
221P2 - Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme (Codex Alimentarius)
Objective

Internationally accepted, science-based food standards and related instruments are used by governments at the national level, or as a reference in bi-lateral, regional or international agreements to protect consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade.

Biennial Outputs
221P5 - Food Quality Control and Consumer Protection
Objective

To help countries organise and manage their food control systems, harmonise their food standards and regulations with the Codex Alimentarius, participate in the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, and therefore facilitate access of their products to international food markets.

Biennial Outputs
221P6 - Food Safety Assessment and Rapid Alert System
Objective

To assist countries with sound, scientific assessments of food-related risks, allowing them to respond appropriately to food-related crises and to implement effective regulatory systems; enhance transparency in international food trade through globally accepted scientific assessments.

Biennial Outputs
221P7 - Public Information about Nutrition, Food Quality and Safety
Objective

A steady stream of unbiased information on nutrition, food insecurity, diet and health, under-nutrition, livelihood strategies, food quality and safety, food regulations and international food standards reaches out to the food industry, consumer organizations, NGOs, and is relayed to the general public.

Biennial Outputs
221P8 - Food Quality and Safety throughout the Food Chain
Objective

Contribute to the development of comprehensive and efficient food safety systems and provide a framework for more focused policy advice, provision of safety evaluations, capacity building and technical assistance, and required interventions along the food chain.

Biennial Outputs
221S1 - Technical Support Services to Member Nations and the Field Programme
Objective

Institutional building for assessing and ensuring food quality and safety throughout the food chain, and for regulatory food control; improved access to international food markets; improved participation in Codex work; Safer food for the local consumer. National and international development institutions, ministries, NGOs, donors, and educational institutes, will use their improved and strengthened capacity to initiate, manage and evaluate better community-based programmes aimed at improving household food security and nutrition, nutrition education, and preparedness for nutrition in emergencies.

Biennial Outputs

Impact of ZRG resource levels

The enhancement of Codex and Codex-related work, as recommended in the 2002 Evaluation Report, would be seriously impaired. Under 221P2 - Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme (Codex Alimentarius), the provision would be insufficient to create a P-5 post of Senior Food Standards Officer to support food safety and standards work, at a level commensurate to the programme of the Codex Alimentarius and related meetings. The additional number of meetings of JECFA and JEMRA, as recommended by the Evaluation Report, would not be accommodated under 221P6 - Food Safety Assessment and Rapid Alert System. Likewise, the contribution that 221P5 - Food Quality Control and Consumer Protection could make to capacity building in food quality and safety in Member Countries would be curtailed, as would the normative contribution of 221P1 - Nutrient Requirements and Dietary Assessment for Food Quality and Safety to food quality and safety standard setting. Under 221S1, lower resources would imply reduced technical assistance and capacity building in nutrition and food quality and safety.

Programme 2.2.2: Food and Agricultural Information

(All amounts in US$ 000)

 

Programme Entity

2002-03 Programme of Work

RG Programme Change

RG 2004-05 Programme of Work

ZRG Programme Change

ZRG 2004-05 Programme of Work

222A1

Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System (FIVIMS)

3,886

(3,886)

0

0

0

222A2

FAO/World Bank/USDA Initiative for Agricultural Statistics in Africa

422

18

440

(18)

422

222A3

FAO Country Profiles and Mapping Information System

341

0

341

(108)

233

222A4

Systematic Evaluation and Improvement of Statistical Data Quality

0

161

161

(71)

90

222A5

World Agriculture Information Resource System (WAIR)

488

1,789

2,277

(130)

2,147

222P1

Agricultural Resources and Income Statistics

2,507

43

2,550

(138)

2,412

222P2

Agricultural Production, Trade Statistics and Food Balance Sheets

4,777

49

4,826

(217)

4,609

222P3

Agricultural Statistics Development

1,850

70

1,920

(165)

1,755

222P5

Programme for the Improvement of Language Coverage

2,066

(292)

1,774

(25)

1,749

222P6

WAICENT Corporate Information Management and Dissemination Systems

3,991

274

4,265

(59)

4,206

222P7

Standards, Norms and Procedures for Improved Access to Agricultural Information

3,119

(1,928)

1,191

(49)

1,142

222P8

Facilitation of WAICENT Outreach

1,771

438

2,209

(113)

2,096

222P9

Virtual Library and Library Information Services in Support of WAICENT

4,230

594

4,824

(142)

4,682

222S1

Technical Support Services to Member Nations and the Field Programme

1,648

137

1,785

(35)

1,750

222S2

Assistance to Countries in Capacity Building for Agriculture and Food Information through WAICENT

2,266

508

2,774

(358)

2,416

Total

 

33,362

(2,025)

31,337

(1,628)

29,709

222A2 - FAO/World Bank/USDA Initiative for Agricultural Statistics in Africa
Objective

National governments, the private sector and development agencies take advantage of more integrated, reliable and timely statistical information on food and agriculture in Africa, to improve sectoral planning and enhance monitoring and evaluation of the performance of the agricultural sector.

Biennial Outputs
222A3 - FAO Country Profiles and Mapping Information System
Objective

Analysts, researchers, project formulators and policy makers will have a comprehensive, area-specific view of the state of agriculture, enabling them to take a coordinated approach across sectors, to identify specific target areas and/or populations in need of attention and to better define technical or emergency assistance.

Biennial Outputs
222A4 - Systematic Evaluation and Improvement of Statistical Data Quality
Objective

The complete overhaul of FAO statistical database with more reliable, methodologically-sound and transparent data and new aggregations and extrapolations functions, providing decision makers with improved data series, therefore, contributing to improved planning, evaluation and policy setting in countries.

Biennial Outputs
222A5 - World Agriculture Information Resource System (WAIR)
Objective

Decision makers, scientists and development workers will have access to a centralised gateway to multimedia resource collections on research and development in agriculture, and will be better able to search and retrieve information relevant to their work. Members will become proactive participants in the management and networking of national agricultural and research information systems.

Biennial Outputs
222P1 - Agricultural Resources and Income Statistics
Objective

To provide analysts and policy makers in governments and development agencies with: a set of up-to-date and world-wide statistical series and indicators relating to land use, population, labour force, agricultural inputs, prices, income, investment, resource flows and environmental issues; and statistical profiles with integrated presentation of key indicators of the agricultural sector.

Biennial Outputs
222P2 - Agricultural Production, Trade Statistics and Food Balance Sheets
Objective

To provide users in FAO and the world community at large with a set of consistent and up-to-date series and indicators relating to production, trade and utilisation - crop and livestock - statistics to analyse and monitor the food and agricultural regional and global situation and to support decision making.

Biennial Outputs
222P3 - Agricultural Statistics Development
Objective

Improved availability, reliability, timeliness and usefulness of statistics relating to food and agriculture at the national level for improved sector planning, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes addressing food security issues.

Biennial Outputs
222P5 - Programme for the Improvement of Language Coverage
Objective

Ensure that information and normative products generated under all programmes are accessible in the required FAO languages.

Biennial Outputs
222P6 - WAICENT Corporate Information Management and Dissemination Systems
Objective

Decision makers, researchers, planners and evaluators, in particular in developing countries, will be assured timely access to multilingual information on food, agriculture and rural development via Web-based and other media such as CD-ROM, scanning and digitisation technologies.

Biennial Outputs
222P7 - Standards, Norms and Procedures for Improved Access to Agricultural Information
Objective

The adoption of international standards and methodologies for the collection, storage and dissemination of electronic information pertaining to food and agriculture, enabling better management of national information systems, and resulting in increased utilisation of available information.

Biennial Outputs
222P8 - Facilitation of WAICENT Outreach
Objective

Enhanced ability of individuals and communities in countries to access and exchange information and knowledge, as well as improve the efficiency, quality and relevance of information being exchanged among the various stakeholder groups involved in agricultural development and food security.

Biennial Outputs
222P9 - Virtual Library and Library Information Services in Support of WAICENT
Objective

Development projects and national agriculture support systems have access to technical information and expert knowledge on effective agricultural practices.

Biennial Outputs
222S1 - Technical Support Services to Member Nations and the Field Programme
Objective

The objective of this entity is to assist national governments, the private sector and development partners to have better access to reliable and timely statistics relating to food and agriculture for improved sector planning and monitoring and evaluation as well as for addressing food security issues.

Biennial Outputs
222S2 - Assistance to Countries in Capacity Building for Agriculture and Food Information through WAICENT
Objective

Enhanced ability of individuals and communities in member countries to better mobilise, access and exchange information and knowledge, as well as improve the efficiency, quality and relevance of information and knowledge being exchanged among the various stakeholder groups involved in agricultural development and food security, with a focus on the most vulnerable and deprived groups.

Biennial Outputs

Impact of ZRG resource levels

Planned efforts to strengthen core statistical activities under 222A4 - Systematic Evaluation and Improvement of Statistical Data Quality, 222P1 - Agricultural Resources and Income Statistics and 222P2 - Agricultural Production, Trade Statistics and Food Balance Sheets, particularly to improve quality, timeliness and coverage of statistics, would be further postponed. For the entities of the GIL division, leaving the posts of decentralized Information Management Specialist at their present low level would not allow for greater technical effectiveness and a more proactive role in assisting national agricultural information management programmes.
Less work on the Virtual Library, under 222P9 in support to WAICENT would reduce access to technical information resources in all FAO priority subject areas by FAO headquarters staff and decentralized offices. Lower capacity to implement the AGORA project under 222A5 would deprive developing member countries of leading-edge research and scientific information to support agricultural research, forestry and fisheries management, food safety and food security programmes.

Programme 2.2.3: Food and Agricultural Monitoring,
Assessments and Outlooks

(All amounts in US$ 000)

 

Programme Entity

2002-03 Programme of Work

RG Programme Change

RG 2004-05 Programme of Work

ZRG Programme Change

ZRG 2004-05 Programme of Work

223A1

Global Perspective Studies

1,186

(1,186)

0

0

0

223A2

Global Food and Agricultural Perspective Studies

0

1,200

1,200

(6)

1,194

223P2

The State of Food and Agriculture

1,167

(33)

1,134

(16)

1,118

223P3

Market Assessments for Basic Food Commodities and Impact on Global Food Security

1,458

(10)

1,448

(33)

1,415

223P4

Projections and Global Commodity Market Assessments

986

49

1,035

(74)

961

223P5

Market Assessments of Tropical, Horticultural and Raw Material Commodities and Impact on Food Security

1,976

18

1,994

(66)

1,928

223P6

Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture

5,924

176

6,100

(49)

6,051

223S1

Technical Support Services to Member Nations and the Field Programme

532

301

833

(19)

814

Total

 

13,229

515

13,744

(263)

13,481

223A2 - Global Food and Agricultural Perspective Studies
Objective

Key decision makers at national and international levels will be more aware of long-term developments, constraints and opportunities in world food, nutrition and agriculture, and will be able to make more informed policy and programmatic choices, as a result.

Biennial Outputs
223P2 - The State of Food and Agriculture
Objective

Decision makers can make improved policy or planning decisions based on enhanced awareness and understanding of global or major trends, constraints and opportunities in agricultural development.

Biennial Outputs
223P3 - Market Assessments for Basic Food Commodities and Impact on Global Food Security
Objective

The key actors in food and agricultural commodity market will be able to make better decisions in adapting to changing market conditions. In particular, decision makers in governments will promote appropriate programmes or policies aimed at enabling the private sector to seize emerging commodity market opportunities.

Biennial Outputs
223P4 - Projections and Global Commodity Market Assessments
Objective

Countries adjust their policies, strategies and plans to seize trade-related opportunities, based on increased awareness of current developments and future prospects in global commodity markets.

Biennial Outputs
223P5 - Market Assessments of Tropical, Horticultural and Raw Material Commodities and Impact on Food Security
Objective

Enhanced market efficiency and improved participation in commodity markets by developing countries, through better informed policies and decision making.

Biennial Outputs
223P6 - Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture
Objective

Enable the provision of relief assistance to people affected by natural and man-made disasters in time to prevent loss of life or minimise human suffering.

Biennial Outputs
223S1 - Technical Support Services to Member Nations and the Field Programme
Objective

Improved technical and economic efficiency of commodity markets, and enhanced capability of member countries to maximise benefits from commodity production and trade; mobilisation of extra-budgetary resources in support of these aims.

Biennial Outputs

Impact of ZRG resource levels

The entities most affected would be 223P4 - Projections and Global Commodity Assessment and 223P6, Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture. The latter would continue to suffer from chronic under-budgeting, especially for crop and food supply assessment missions, timely reports and alerts.

Programme 2.2.4: Agriculture, Food Security and Trade Policy

(All amounts in US$ 000)

 

Programme Entity

2002-03 Programme of Work

RG Programme Change

RG 2004-05 Programme of Work

ZRG Programme Change

ZRG 2004-05 Programme of Work

224A1

World Food Summit Monitoring and Follow-up

616

(616)

0

0

0

224A2

Commodity and Trade Policy Support to Developing Countries for Trade Negotiations

941

504

1,445

(47)

1,398

224A3

Mid-term Review in 2006 of Progress Towards the WFS Target

671

(671)

0

0

0

224P1

Agricultural Adjustment and Policy Reforms

1,626

(56)

1,570

(13)

1,557

224P2

Agriculture, Poverty Alleviation, Rural Development and Food Security: Analysis of Linkages

1,559

140

1,699

(153)

1,546

224P3

Economics of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability

436

182

618

(161)

457

224P4

Analysis and Consensus-Building on Emerging Commodity and Trade Issues

4,983

(1,159)

3,824

(107)

3,717

224P5

Enhancing Diversification and Competitiveness of Agricultural Commodities

1,132

(30)

1,102

(31)

1,071

224S1

Technical Support Services to Member Nations and the Field Programme

2,174

(368)

1,806

(23)

1,783

Total

 

14,138

(2,074)

12,064

(535)

11,529

224A2 - Commodity and Trade Policy Support to Developing Countries for Trade Negotiations
Objective

Countries, especially developing countries, are able to participate effectively in trade negotiations affecting the international regulatory framework for agriculture.

Biennial Outputs
224P1 - Agricultural Adjustment and Policy Reforms
Objective

Policy makers and international organizations have increased awareness of the need to revise agricultural policies, build their capacity to design, adjust and evaluate policies of relevance to agriculture and rural development, and use this capacity to negotiate and implement enabling policy frameworks for agriculture development.

Biennial Outputs
224P2 - Agriculture, Poverty Alleviation, Rural Development and Food Security: Analysis of Linkages
Objective

Strengthened awareness among decision makers at national and international levels about the importance of reversing declining resource flows to agricultural and rural development and improving the policy environment in order to fight hunger and poverty.

Biennial Outputs
224P3 - Economics of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability
Objective

Decision makers, increasingly aware of the economics of environmental degradation, propose, adopt and implement agricultural policies and programmes taking environmental costs into account; supporting the implementation of multilateral environmental agreements and conventions.

Biennial Outputs
224P4 - Analysis and Consensus-Building on Emerging Commodity and Trade Issues
Objective

The international trading system becomes better accepted by all countries as a fair and efficient system, and developing countries improve their capacity in maximising the benefits from trade in processed and semi-processed food and agricultural commodities.

Biennial Outputs
224P5 - Enhancing Diversification and Competitiveness of Agricultural Commodities
Objective

More effective national commodity and trade development strategies; enhanced capacity to generate individual commodity and trade development projects aimed at improved competitiveness and exploitation of market opportunities.

Biennial Outputs
224S1 - Technical Support Services to Member Nations and the Field Programme
Objective

The objective is to provide technical support to countries and regions in implementing the World Food Summit Plan of Action in the manner most appropriate to the country and region specific context through fostering information exchange, debate and consensus-building on policy issues identified as most critical to reducing hunger sustainably, and providing advisory services on request.

Biennial Outputs

Impact of ZRG resource levels

Normative work underpinning agricultural and food security policy analysis would be reduced under 224P2 - Agriculture, Poverty Alleviation, Rural Development and Food Security: Analysis, while the planned expansion of work on 224P3 - Economics of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability would not be feasible due to the inability to create a P-3 post of Environmental Economist who would deal with natural resource management and poverty alleviation, particularly by ensuring leadership in valuing ecosystems in terms of poverty alleviation potential. Less resources would limit the scope of the analysis of food insecurity issues, agricultural development programmes, and the linkage between relief aid and development, entailing less effective policy recommendations for food security. Likewise, work on the cost of hunger and on the analysis of household savings behaviour as related to risk and uncertainty would be scaled back. Less case studies on the role of agriculture in the provision of public goods may also result as well as a reduced quantity of information material to FAO's governing bodies in the context of SOFA.

Programme 2.2.9: Programme Management

(All amounts in US$ 000)

 

Programme Entity

2002-03 Programme of Work

RG Programme Change

RG 2004-05 Programme of Work

ZRG Programme Change

ZRG 2004-05 Programme of Work

229S1

Departmental Direction

3,351

629

3,980

(310)

3,670

229S2

Divisional Direction

3,495

138

3,633

(26)

3,607

229S3

Regional and Sub-regional Direction

1,844

79

1,923

(6)

1,917

Total

 

8,690

846

9,536

(342)

9,194

175. This programme covers the immediate Office of Assistant Director-General (ESD), including the Programme Coordination Unit (ESDP), the offices of division directors and those parts of the Regional Office direction attributable to the programmes on food and agriculture policy and development. The increase in programme management under 229S1 results from a technical adjustment in the distribution of the Management Support Service (MSS) of AFD.

Impact of ZRG resource levels

The reduction under ZRG mainly relates to the elimination of the new Communications Officer post proposed in Real Growth.




17 Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System

18 Consultation on Agricultural Information Management

19 Corporate Database for Substantive Statistical Data

20 World Agriculture Information Resource System

21 International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology

22 Worldwide Network of Agricultural Libraries

23 Information and communication technologies

24 World Trade Organization

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