Main Contributors

The Ad hoc IDWG on Global Perspective Studies guides the work of this PAIA. The underlying inter-disciplinary nature of studies such as AT 20XX, requires the involvement of all technical departments: AG (natural resource potentials and use, genetic resources, farm power, etc.), ES (basic statistical data), FI (SOFIA inputs), and FO (SOFO inputs).

Objectives

1. to harmonise, to the maximum extent possible, major assumptions and time horizons used in FAO's perspective analyses, and policy statements on key issues of international interest;
2. to identify and analyse issues of a long-term and inter-disciplinary nature on which FAO needs to express a position; and
3. to identify (additional) analytical tools and enhance FAO's capacity to undertake long-term perspective analysis.

 Priorities

1. major reports which are expected to benefit from the above, include:
1. a full technical report on Agriculture Towards 20XX (AT 20XX) by 2009;
2. regional perspective studies for the livestock sector;
3. regional perspective studies for the forestry sector;
4. perspective studies for fish consumption, supply and trade;
5. updated perspectives for the prevalence of under-nourishment (in preparation of the 2006 World Food Summit Mid-term Review); and
2. other priorities include:
1. development of a new analytical framework for undertaking food and agriculture projections and scenario analysis for the crop, livestock, fisheries and forestry sectors;
2. improved indicators and estimates of the environmental impacts of food and agriculture production, for use in perspective studies.

[extract from MTP 2004-09]