CCP:GR-RI/04/5 |
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CCP:GR-RI/04/5 |
Item III of the Provisional Agenda |
COMMITTEE ON COMMODITY PROBLEMS |
JOINT MEETING OF THE |
Rome, Italy, 10-11 February 2004 |
DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING THE COMMON FUND FOR COMMODITIES |
II. STATUS OF PROJECTS FALLING UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE IGG ON RICE
III. STATUS OF PROJECTS FALLING UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE IGG ON GRAINS
IV. MECHANISM FOR DELEGATION OF ICB’S SPONSORING FUNCTION BETWEEN FORMAL SESSIONS
ANNEX A - STATUS AND FEATURES OF COMMON FUND PROJECTS
ANNEX B - REVISED RULES AND PROCEDURES OF THE IGGs ON GRAINS AND RICE
1. This document reports on progress made in the formulation and implementation of projects sponsored by the Intergovernmental Group (IGG) on Grains and the IGG on Rice for financing by the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC). Projects are reviewed separately for each group of commodities and updates are provided to describe progress made since 2001, when the two IGGs last met.
2. Regarding the projects under implementation, the Secretariat has continued to coordinate, on behalf of the Groups, project supervisory activities. Relevant progress reports will be made available to delegates for review during the meeting. In addition, summary tables containing information on the sequence of the approval process for each project and other details of the projects are provided in Annex A for a quick overview. As the Groups will see, the two IGGs Secretariats have been very active in providing supervisory and support to the CFC development activities, which now totals 13 projects. It will also be noted that the CFC has increasingly committed resources to fund “fast track” projects in the form of workshops and other meetings of interested shareholders to develop project proposals in a particular region and/or sub-region.
3. The objective of this project is to raise the productivity of rice in Western Africa on a sustainable basis, through the introduction of improved technological packages in inland valleys. Three sites in Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria and Burkina Faso, representative of different agro-ecological zones, were selected to implement the project. The African Rice Centre (WARDA) was chosen as Project Executing Agency while the day-to-day implementation of the project in the individual country sites was entrusted to national agricultural research institutes.
4. The project officially started on 1 January 2000. Scheduled to last four years, it should have ended officially in December 2003. However, considerable difficulties were faced in the development of land and water infrastructure during the initial phase of the project. This situation was aggravated by the political instability that has prevailed in Cote d’Ivoire since September 2002, which led to a transfer of WARDA staff from the organization headquarters in Bouaké (Cote D’Ivoire) to Mamako (Mali). As a result, the project has been seriously delayed and little progress has been made in testing improved technological packages. For this reason, the PEA presented in November 2003 a request for an extension of the project to 2006.
5. The IGG on Rice conducted its last supervision mission on the Spirivwa project in December 2001. The mission identified several flaws, which do not appear to have been redressed subsequently, partly due to the transfer of WARDA to Bamako. Identified shortcomings include a lack of continuity of staff at WARDA in following-up implementation, but also the limited assistance provided and lack of control exerted by the responsible national research centres acting as national project coordinators. The mission recognized that the rules and procedures imposed by the CFC, for instance in the selection of suppliers, were particularly difficult to meet under the conditions prevailing in the selected African countries. It also identified a series of issues with potentially serious implications for the sustainability and social impact of the project that had not been originally considered, relating to the maintenance of infrastructure by farmers after the finalization of the project and, more generally, some land tenure and gender issues arising from the project.
6. The project aims to increase productivity of irrigated rice in two strategically located South American countries, Brazil and Venezuela, by strengthening national grower associations' capacity to identify and transfer crop management practices that narrow the yield gap in irrigated rice. The project will be implemented by the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), in close assistance with the Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice (FLAR). Other collaborating institutions are the Venezuela Rice Foundation, (FUNDARROZ) and the Brazil Rice Institute of Rio Grande do Sul, (IRGA). The project was endorsed by the CFC Consultative Committee in July 2002, subject to the confirmation of co-financing and counterpart contributions by FUNDARROZ, IRGA and FLAR and finally signed in May 2003. The project was launched in November 2003.
7. Following the submission of an ambitious rice production development project proposal by the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) directly to the CFC, the Fund commissioned a study, in the form of a fast track project, to assess the potential for a sustainable and economically viable development of rice production in Comesa member countries1. Based on that first assessment, four countries were retained for further analysis, i.e. Angola, Madagascar, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan. However, because of political unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo and insecutiry in Angola, the second phase of the project has not yet been completed.
8. This fast track project was organized by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) to hold a regional expert meeting in to evaluate and prioritise issues raised in the project proposals on sorghum and pearl millet presented to the CFC. The meeting was organized to review production and productivity, assess the ongoing programmes, including research capabilitiesOf whom?, and identify the gaps in production, processing and development of value-added products of sorghum and pearl millet in the region. The problems with sorghum and millet development in Western and Central Africa, namely the erosion of genetic resources and inefficient post harvest technologies, are regional in nature. While there are a variety of internationally-sponsored programmes dealing with sorghum and millet development already in existence, the CFC assistance was justified in principle to identify those issues particular to the region by specialists in the field. The results of the expert meeting are to be used to re-formulate project proposals on sorghum and pearl millet submitted earlier to the CFC. The reformulation would improve the focus of the proposals by taking into consideration both the nature and extent of problems with sorghum and millet and the experience of other international development programmes in this field.. The CFC Secretariat has prepared the proceedings for publication which should be available soon.
9. The main objective of the workshop, a fast track project organized by the United Nations Office for Project Service (UNOPS) in Guinea, was to facilitate the initiation of a joint action to develop the potential of potato production in selected areas of West Africa (Middle Guinea, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Mauritania) as a source of income and improved nutrition and food security for the rural and urban poor populations. Fifty-eight participants representing three countries of West Africa (Guinea, Senegal, and Côte d’Ivoire) and international organizations (CFC, UNOPS and FAO) attended the workshop, which brought together individual farmers and their associations/federations, researchers, development agencies, donors, policy makers and private stakeholders involved in potatoes. A group of studies were commissioned concerning current situation of potatoes in the target region, including the identification of constraints to production and their utilization both as a food crop as well as seed material for marketing in the sub-region. The conclusions of the studies were presented, discussed and analyzed at the workshop with a view to provide background information on the current status, constraints and possible solutions to enable the identification of key areas of intervention. The results of the workshop will be used by the project executing agency (PEA) to formulate the recommendations for action on potato development in West Africa, which could be followed up by the CFC in collaboration with other development organizations active in the area to complement their activities.
10. The fast track project, implemented by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), funded an expert meeting held to analyze constraints to alternative utilization of sorghum and pearl millet in Asia, where they are important cereals grown in the hot and dry environments of the region. The expected economic growth in Asia is likely to boost the demand for alternative uses of these grains. The workshop brought together international experts on sorghum and pearl millet processing, food/feed, alcohol and brewing and other alternative uses to identify constraints along the commodity supply chain of high quality grain and fodder and to suggest strategies for improved utilization and enhanced market demand for these grains. Commercialization for alternative uses will increase market demand for sorghum and pearl millet and, hence, improve the livelihood of the farmers and others involved in food/feed/industrial product development and trade. The workshop identified priority research and development areas and potential partners from public sector, private sector, NGOs and industrial sector to build the institutional alliances that can work together through the commodity chain from production to value-addition.
11. The project was executed by the Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD) and implemented in three countries, namely, Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso, by collaborating institutions that worked directly with CIRAD. Originally scheduled to run for four years, the project was extended to be completed by February 2004. The overall objective of the project is to stimulate production, sales and consumption of fonio by improving post-harvest processing by developing machines to thresh, de-husk and clean fonio. The project seeks to reduce the cost of processing, minimize production difficulties, improve quality of the finished product and increase the supply of processed products to urban and export markets.
12. Most of the scheduled activities have been completed, including the inventory and testing of traditional and new (mechanical) technologies for fonio processing, the cataloguing of fonio varieties, surveys of consumer preferences, sales and distribution channels and training of project staff. CIRAD felt that the results of field trials for mobile threshers were quite satisfactory. A thresher in Guinea processed 26 tonnes of fonio before requiring maintenance - demonstrating that it could be used for considerable time away from the workshop. The most successful partner of CIRAD was using a decorticator/winnow combination in Mali to process fonio paddy into decorticated whitened fonio. Cleaning machines (rotating sieves) were used to remove stones and husks, while sand could only be removed by washing. A pilot washing machine was manufactured in Mali and a variety of multistage rotating sieves were tested in all three countries. CIRAD prepared complete journals containing technical documentation for the manufacture of the equipment developed by the project.
13. The greatest drawback of the project has been the failure to develop a plan for the practical use of the machines after the termination of research and completion of the current project. This issue was raised by the mid-term evaluation team, which was concerned that none of the machines was ready for commercial use. Cost estimates (production, usage, maintenance) made by the project, to date, could not serve as basis for commercial dissemination and use of the equipment. The FAO supervisory body supported the view that the value of the project would be significantly degraded if no analysis of commercial potential of the new technologies was made. In this regard, the CFC may support a “follow up project” on the diffusion of the equipment and methodologies developed. It may also provide technical and financial assistance to the processors in order to improve the quality of the processed fonio for national and even export opportunities. A workshop is being planned for June 2004 in Mali to develop alternative projects, which will also expand the country and stakeholder participation.
14. The project, originally sceduled to end in 2002, was extended to be completed by the end of 2003. The project is located in Ghana, Ethiopia and Zambia and the Project Executing Agency (PEA) is the National Resources International, Ltd. (NRI). The central objective of the project is to improve the performance of markets primarily through the development of grain warehousing and inventory credit in all three countries. Based on supervisory mission reports and the mid-term evaluation, the project has made advances, but some concerns have arisen.
15. In Ghana, the primary concern was the status of the Ghana Food Distribution Corporation (GFDC) which was scheduled to provide the storage facilities for the project. However, the future of the GFDC is uncertain, as is the disposition of its warehouse facilities. Other storage alternatives were proposed, but they were not as satisfactory as the GFDC facilities. Because these difficulties could not be resolved within the time frame of the project, the Ghana component of the project was terminated and the remaining funds transferred to the other two project components.
16. In Zambia, the Zambian Agricultural Commodities Association (ZACA) has the essential ingredients in place to perform the role of an industry-based, self-regulated organization, including the licensing and registration of warehouses for the purpose of issuing warehouse receipts (WR) for grains placed in storage. ZACA staff and licensees are trained in the provision of scale tickets, setting of standard weights and grades, and grain sampling procedures. Third party arbitration is available to intervene in the event of a dispute between the owner of the grains and the warehouse management. ZACA performs regular financial reviews, ensures the warehouses are legally registered and examines the physical suitability of the applicants prior to certification. ZACA has 23,000 mt of certified warehouse capacity with more under review for registration.
17. The mainstream Zambian banks are currently prohibited from providing credit against grain commodities unless there is a third-party collateral manager involved. However the “non-banks” as well as foreign banks from South Africa have indicated a strong desire to provide financing for grain in-store at ZACA warehouses. Banks, on the other hand, are reluctant to accept WR as collateral until existing legislation is modified to clarify their status as legal financial instuments. ZACA intends to pursue wider participation beyond farmers and warehouse managers for the system throughout the industry by encouraging millers and grain traders to be depositors of grain using WR. Unfortunately, two back-to-back crop failures slowed progress in the WIC system to date, as the relatively high prices at harvest failed to provide an incentive to delay the sale of harvested crops. This season’s improved crop (2003/04) should provide an opportunity to test the new system.
18. As for Ethiopia, several studies have been conducted and a business plan is in place for the furtherance of this project. The pilot project will include the Ethiopian Grain Trade Enterprise (EGTE), one farmer cooperative and one individual farmer as depositors of grain. EGTE, which is the largest operator of warehouses in Ethiopia, will be the initial provider of storage space for WRs. Although EGTE is owned by the Government of Ethiopia, it operates as a commercial entity, buying and selling grain at the prevailing market price in competition with other commercial grain companies. EGTE warehouses are of the flat storage type with approximately 50,000-100,000 tonnes capacity. Both the grading and quality standards reviews have been completed while another study concluded that the format of issued WRs should initially be in hard copy and then evolve into an electronic format. The Market Information System (MIS) study has been completed but has not been reviewed or received final approval. A draft budget was submitted to the finance department but cannot be approved until the associated legislation is enacted into law. The legislation process is well advanced, with passing, printing and enactment appearing to be imminent. The first practical test of the WIC system could occur following the end of the harvest in 2003.
19. As noted in the mid-term review, the general enthusiasm for the theory of the WIC system in Ethiopia is very high. However, in the case of the stakeholders, there appeared to be a general lack of understanding of the practical applications for WRs. This would suggest that training should be the next priority. In addition, the Ethiopian WIC project has been stalled for some months. There was a basic disagreement between the PEA and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) as to the WIC model to be followed in Ehtiopia, i.e. the industry-lead model (preferred by the PEA) and the government-influenced model as preferred by the Ministry. The inclination of the MOTI is to have a significant role in the development, delivery and regulatory control of the WIC system.
20. The project was approved by the Fund in October 1998. However, due to difficulties in finding counterpart funding and resolving differences between FAO and the CFC with respect to intellectual property rights, the initiation of the project agreement was delayed until June 2003. The PEA is the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The project sites will be located in Ghana and Nigeria and will include a pilot brewing facility in Ghana. The main objective of the project is to enhance the industrial utilization of locally grown sorghum in the two countries through the adaptation of new sorghum varieties and appropriate technologies for malting sorghum and processing sorghum malt into beer. This is expected to stimulate expansion of local grain production and markets, improve integration between agriculture and industry, and create new commercial opportunities through increased added value of industrial food products using local raw materials. A project steering committee was established including local stakeholders and FAO members.
21. This project was approved by the CFC in April 2000 but its implementation was delayed until September 2002 when it was signed by FAO and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the selected PEA. The overall duration of the project (Phases I & II) will be five years. It will be located in five countries, i.e. Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The project seeks to develop the income generating potential of cassava as a cash crop in southern and eastern Africa. To achieve this goal, the project will provide simple market-oriented technologies to smallholder farmers and farmer co-operatives, allowing them to transform highly perishable fresh cassava into stable market-grade intermediate products like chips and flour. This will, on the one hand, expand the marketing opportunities available to smallholder farmers, and, it will, on the other hand, improve the quality of intermediate cassava products. The production and marketing strategies targeting the regional market will be formulated and tested in Phase I of the project ; while they will be disseminated and extended in Phase II.
22. The two-year project was proposed and developed by the Consortium to Support Cassava Research and Development (CLAYUCA), located in Cali, Colombia. It is being funded by a grant from the CFC with contributions from CLAYUCA, the Department of Cordoba, Colombia, the Ministry of Science and Technology, Venezuela, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Haiti. These three countries will host the project. The regional market-led development project aims to promote an integral use of the cassava crop (leaves, roots, stems and starch processing wastes), as an abundant and cost-effective energy source for the fast growing animal and balanced feed industries of the targeted countries. The main development objective of the project will be to establish and strengthen links between cassava producers, processors and private sectors’ growing markets and to offer to these sectors a viable option to diminish their dependency on imported grains as raw material for the balanced feeds, with direct benefits on foreign exchange savings in the targeted countries. The expected increase in demand for cassava roots will stimulate farmers to adopt improved production and processing technologies.
23. To achieve these objectives, the project will promote the formation and consolidation of sustainable cassava-base agro-industrial enterprises as its main development target. Following planning activities at the country and target region level, assessment and feasibility studies of animal feed market characteristics and potential will be conducted. End product quality, competitiveness and adequate supply requirements will be assured by complementary adaptive research and development activities. These activities will include: product/process development, improved selection of plant varieties, rapid multiplication of planting material, planting and harvest mechanisation practices, integrated management of pest and diseases, cassava-based animal nutrition programmes, improved marketing systems and organisational approaches for enhanced participation of project stakeholders.
24. The four-year project was initiated by the International Potato Center (IPC) in Peru, the selected PEA, and will be funded by a grant from the CFC (Phase I) with contributions from IPC, Druk Seed Coporation (Bhutan parastatal) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The project would tackle the main known constraints to potato production in Bhutan and the DPRK, which include poor quality of the planting material and large postharvest losses. It is expected that the project would rehabilitate seed producing facilities, introducing improved methods for production of quality seeds, and identify postharvest storage and handling technologies suitable to the local climate and economic conditions. By removing these technical barriers to potato production, potato yields and planted areas could be increased. In the DPRK the resulting gains in potato production would make a significant contribution to improved nutrition and famine relief, while in Bhutan the increased efficiency of the potato sector would improve the incomes of potato producers and provide new opportunities for export to Northern India.
25. Potatoes are an important source of carbohydrates in DPRK. By tonnage, it is the third largest produced starchy crop in the country. Despite the importance of potatoes for nutrition, production declined by as much as 50 percent between 1991 and 1997. The decline in production is mostly the result of economic hardship, seed degeneration, and severe late blight attacks related to unfavourable weather conditions. This had a major negative effect on food security. In Bhutan, potato is ranked 4th in order of importance as food and cash crop. In spite of the relatively low yields, the 6,000 hectares farmed to potatoes ensure a per capita consumption of 22 kilograms/year. Yields are limited by sub-optimal seed quality and by major diseases such as late blight and bacterial wilt. While potatoes play a very significant role in nutrition in the region, the potato sector is facing numerous problems, which constrain the economic growth of the sector. Harsh winter conditions make storage an essential link in ensuring potato availability throughout the year. Difficulties with transport such as frequent blockages of the mountain roads by avalanches complicate the delivery of potatoes to the processing centres. Despite the measures taken by the countries the availability of quality planting material remains a major problem, especially in the remote areas.
26. The Groups are requested to consider in this Session the adoption of an admendment to the mechanism for decision making between formal sessions with regard to the sponsoring of CFC project proposals. As the Groups may recall, the IGG on Grains (27th Session) and the IGG on Rice (39th Session) amended their Rules and Procedures to avoid long delays in approving CFC project proposals received between sessions. The admendments entrusted a Sub-group composed of the IGG Chairperson and the two Vice-chairpersons, with the authority to take decisions regarding project sponsorship in the period between sessions on behalf of their respective Group. However, the Secretariat has faced considerable problems in using the Sub-group for this purpose because of serious difficulty in contacting those members of the Sub-group who were no longer representatives of their governments at FAO. As a result, lengthly delays in approving some project proposals have been incurred. It is suggested, therefore, that the Groups consider amending their Rules of Procedures to approve CFC project proposals between sessions, as a way to improve the effectiveness in sponsoring new project proposals for submission to the CFC:
“A majority vote of the members of the Sub-group will be sufficient to approve, on behalf of the Group, the submission of project proposals to the CFC.”
27. The amended Rules of the IGG on Grains and the IGG on rice are attached in Annex B, for the consideration and possible approval by the Groups.
RICE |
IGG Sponsorship |
Action by the CFC |
Project Status |
Main Features |
Sustainable Productivity Improvement for Rice in Inland Valleys of West Africa |
35th Session, 1992 38th Session, 1996 |
Accepted, subject to revisions, 1995 Approved 1996 |
Fourth year of implementation |
· PEA: WARDA (Côte D’Ivoire) · Location: Burkina Faso, Côte D’Ivoire, Nigeria · Total Budget: 1.8 mill (CFC grant: US$ 1 mill) · Length: 4 Years (from 1April 1999, later revised to 1 January 2000) · SB: IGG
on Rice |
Bridging the Irrigated Rice Yield Gap in Latin America |
IGG Bureau of 39th Session – March 2001 |
Accepted subject to revisions 2001 and 2002 Approved 2002 |
Project launched in November 2003 |
· PEA: CIAT (Colombia) · Location: Brazil and Venezuela · Total Budget: US$ 1.56 (CFC grant: US$ 1.33 mill) · Length: 3 years
· SB: IGG on Rice |
Preparatory Phase for Rice Production in COMESA Member States (fast track project) |
Not yet submitted to IGG |
Review of rice situation and outlook in Comesa countries completed and four countries selected for further study (Angola, the Dem. Rep of Congo, Madagascar and Sudan) |
Study on four selected countries’ potential for rice production to be completed |
· PEA: COMESA (Zambia) · Location: COMESA member countries · Total Budget: US$ 0.34 million (CFC grant: US$ 0.28) · Length: 2 years · SB: IGG on Rice
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GRAINS |
IGG Sponsorship |
Action by the CFC |
Project Status |
Main Features |
Improvement of post-harvest technology for fonio in West Africa |
Approved by IGG on Grains, 26th Session |
Recommended for approval by the CC with revisions, July 1997. Approved by the EB, Oct 1997 |
PA signed March 1999. Project extended to Dec. 2003 |
· PEA: CIRAD · Location: Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso · Budget: $1.5 million (grant -$915 000) · Length: 4 Years · SB: IGG on Grain |
| Developments of Grain Marketing Systems through Warehousing and Inventory Credit in Africa | Approved by IGG on Grains, 27th Session, Feb. 1997 |
Recommended for approval by the CC with revisions, Jan. 1998. |
PA signed Nov. 1999. Ghana component terminated in 2002. |
· PEA: National Resources Institute (UK) · Location: Ghana, Ethiopia, Zambia · Budget: $2 million (grant - $1.2 million) · Length: 2 Years · SB: IGG on Grains |
| Industrial Development of Sorghum Malt and Its Utilization in the Food Industries | Approved by IGG on Grains 27th Session, Feb. 1997 |
Recommended for approval by the CC with revisions, Jan. 1998. Approved by the EB, Oct. 1998 |
PA signed May 2003 |
· PEA: UNIDO · Location: Ghana, Nigeria · Budget: $2.5 million (grant - $1.5 million) · Length: 4 Years · SB: IGG on Grains
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GRAINS |
IGG Sponsorship |
Action by the CFC |
Project Status |
Main Features |
Expert Meeting on Alternative Uses of Sorghum and Pearl Millet in Asia |
Approved by IGG Bureau, July 2002 |
Recommended for approval by the CC, Oct. 2002 |
Meeting held 1-4 July 2003 |
· PEA: ICRISAT (India) · Location: Patancheru, India · Budget: $81,525 (grant - $60,000)
· SB: IGG on Grains |
Expert meeting on utilization of regional germplasm in the improvement of sorghum and pearl millet and improved post-harvest technologies (fast track project) |
Approved by IGG Bureau, May 2001 |
CC recommended to develop fast track project to combine two project proposals, Jan. 2001 |
Meeting held on 23-26 April 2002 |
· PEA: ICRISAT (Niger/Mali) · Location: Bakoma, Mali · Budget: $ 71,000 (grant - $53,000)
· SB: IGG on Grains |
| ROOTS AND TUBERS |
IGG Sponsorship | Action by the CFC | Project Status | Main Features |
Workshop on local processing and vertical diversification of cassava in southern and eastern Africa (fast track project) |
Approved by IGG Bureau, April 1998 |
Approved by the Managing Director |
Workshop held 15-19 June 1998, Kampala, Uganda |
· PEA: IITA (Nigeria) · Location: Kampala, Uganda · Budget: US$30,000 (CFC grant) · June 1998
· SB: IGG on Grains |
Small scale cassava processing and vertical integration of the cassava sub-sector in southern and eastern Africa |
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Recommended for approval by the CC,
Approved by the EB, |
PA signed September 2002 |
· PEA: IITA (Nigeria) · Location: Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia · Budget: US$ 4,111,817 (grant – $US 1,150,944; loan - $US 100,000) · Length: Phase I, 3 years
· SB: IGG on Grains |
Enhanced Use of Cassava in the Animal and Balanced Feed Industries of LAC: A Market Development Approach for Improved Competitiveness |
Approved by IGG Bureau, Jan. 2002 |
CC recommended two project phases and a PPF to prepare the second phase, Feb. 2002 |
PA signed May 2003 |
· PEA: CLAYUCA (CIAT, Colombia) · Location: Colombia, Venezuela and Haiti · Budget: $3,089,475 (CFC: grant: $1,049,000, loan: $900,000; co-financing $600,000; counterpart $540,000) · Length: 4 years · SB: IGG on Grains
|
ROOTS AND TUBERS |
IGG Sponsorship |
Action by the CFC | Project Status | Main Features |
Rehabilitation and Development of Potato Production in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Bhutan (Phase I) |
Approved by IGG Bureau, Aug. 2003 |
Approved by the EB, October 2002 |
PA signed November 2003 |
· PEA: Intern. Potato Center (Peru) · Location: Bhutan, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Budget: $2,755,000 (grant: $1,435,000; counterpart: $1,320,000) · Length: 3 years · SB: IGG on Grains |
Workshop on the Identification of Constraints to Potato Cultivation and Marketing in Guinea and West Africa (fast track project) |
Approved by IGG Bureau , Dec. 2000 |
CC recommended fast track project to organize a workshop |
Workshop held 13-19 July 2002, Conarky, Guinea |
· PEA: UNOPS (Abidjan) · Location: Fouta Djallon (Guinea) · Budget: $35,840 (grant - $23,640; counterpart: UNOPS - $4,700 and CRA Bareng - $7,500)
· SB: IGG on Grains |
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IV. AGENDA AND DOCUMENTS
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4. Documents not already circulated shall be dispatched with the provisional agenda, or as soon as possible thereafter.
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3. The decisions of the Group shall be ascertained by the Chairman, who shall resort, upon the request of one or more representatives of Members of the Group, to a vote, in which case the pertinent provisions of Rule XII of the General Rules of the Organization shall apply mutatis mutandis.
VI. RECORDS AND REPORTS
1. Each session of the Group shall report to the Committee on Commodity Problems. The report of the Group shall embody its views, recommendations and decisions, including, when requested, a statement of minority views.
2. Reports of sessions shall be circulated to all Members of the Group and shall be made available for information to all Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization, and to non-Member States invited to attend the session, as well as to interested international organizations entitled to be represented at the session.
3. Subject to Rules III.4 above and VI.4 below, record of sessions shall be circulated to all Members of the Group and Observer Nations, Associate Members and organizations having attended the session.
4. Whenever a meeting of the Group is restricted to representatives of each member Nation and Associate Member of the Organization, in accordance with the provisions of Rule III.4 above, The Group shall, at the beginning of that meeting, decide whether a record of the meeting shall be kept and, if so, what circulation, not exceeding that provided for in Rule VI.3 shall be given to it.
5. The Group shall determine the procedures in regard to press communiques concerning its activities.
VII. SUBSIDIARY BODIES
1. The Group may, when necessary, establish subsidiary bodies, subject to the necessary funds being available in the relevant chapter of the approved budget of the Organization, and may include in the membership of such subsidiary bodies Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization that are not members of the Group.
2. Before taking any decision involving expenditure in connection with the establishment of subsidiary bodies, the Group shall have before it a report from the Director-General on the administrative and financial implications thereof.
3. The Group shall determine the terms of reference of its subsidiary bodies which shall report to the Group.
VIII. SUSPENSION OF RULES
Any of the foregoing Rules of Procedure of the Group may be suspended by the group by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast, provided that twenty-four hours' notice of the proposal for the suspension has been given, and that such action is consistent with the Constitution and the General Rules of the Organization. Such notice may be waived if no Member objects.
IX. AMENDMENT OF RULES
The Group may decide, by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast, to amend its Rules of Procedure, provided that such amendments are approved by the Committee on Commodity Problems and is consistent with the Rules of Procedure of the Committee.
X. MECHANISM FOR DECISION-MAKING BY THE GROUP DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN SESSIONS
In order to deal with CFC projects during periods between sessions, the following provisions are for inclusion in its Rules and Procedures:
I. OFFICERS
1. The Group shall elect at each of its sessions a Chiarman, a first Vice-Chairman and a second Vice-Chairman from among the representatives of its eligible Members who shall remain in office until the election of a new Chairman and Vice-Chairman.
2. The Chairman, or in his absence one of the Vice-Chairmen, shall preside at meetings of the Group and exercise such other functions as may be required to facilitate its work. In the event of the Chairman and the Vice-Chairmen not being able to preside at a meeting, the Group shall appoint the representative of one of its eligible Members to take the chair.
3. The Director-General of the Organization shall appoint a Secretary who shall perform such duties as the work of the Group may require and prepare the records of the proceedings of the Group.
II. SESSIONS
1. The Group shall normally hold its sessions annually and shall only hold such sessions in each biennium as are listed in the Programme of Work of the Organization for the relevant period. However, the Director-General may, if requested by the Group or by its Chairman, or on his own initiative, exercise his authority to hold sessions not provided for in the current Programme of Work when in his view such action is necessary for the fulfillment of the Programme of Work as approved by the Conference. The Director-General shall report any such unscheduled sessions to the next Session of the Council.
2. Any number of separate meetings may be held during each session of the Group.
3. The sessions of the Group shall be held at places to be decided, in consultation with the Director-General, by the Group or by the Chairman.
4. Notice of the date and place of each session shall be communicated to all Members of the Group and to participating observer nations, Associate Members and organizations at least two months in advance.
5. Each Member of the Group shall have one representative. Such Member may appoint an alternate and advisers to its representative on the Group.
6. Presence of the representatives of a majority of the Members of the Group entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for any formal action by the Group.
III. ATTENDANCE
1. Participation of international organizations in an observer capacity in the work of the Group shall be govered by the relevant provisions of the Constitution and the General Rules of the Organization as well as by the rules on relations with international organizations.
2. Attendance in an observer capacity by non-member States of the Organization at sessions of the Group shall be governed by the principles relating to the granting of observer status to nations adopted by the Conference.
3. Meetings of the Group shall be held in private, unless otherwise decided by the Group.
4. Any Member Nation or Associate Member of the Organization which is not a Member of the Group or any non-member State invited to attend in an observer capacity a session of the Group may submit memoranda on any item on the agenda of the Group and participate without vote in any discussion at a public or private meeting of the Group unless in exceptional circumstances the Group decides that it is necessary, in the interest of the Organization, to restrict attendance to the representative of each Member Nation and Associate Member of the Organization.
5. Members of the Group that have been unrepresented at three consecutive sessions of the Group shall be requested by the Director-General to state whether they intend to maintain membership in the Group or whether they would wish to be considered as observers.
IV. AGENDA AND DOCUMENTS
1. The Director-General, in consultation with the Chairman of the Group, shall prepare a provisional agenda and circulate it at least two months in advance of the session to all Members of the Group and to participating observer nations, Associate Members and Organizations.
2. Any Member of the Group or any Member Nation of the Organization or Associate Member acting within the limits of its status may propose to the Director-General the insertion of an item on the provisional agenda. The Director-General shall thereupon circulate the proposed item to Members of the Group and to participating observer nations, Associate Members and organizations together with any necessary papers.
3. The Group in session may by general consent amend the agenda by the deletion, addition or modification of any item provided that no matter referred to it by the Committee on Commodity Problems or on the request of the Council or Conference may be omitted from the agenda.
4. Documents not already circulated shall be dispatched with the provisional agenda or as soon as possible thereafter.
V. VOTING
1. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Rule, each Member of the Group shall have one vote.
2. Associate Members participating in the work of the Group as Members of the Group shall not hold office nor have the right to vote.
3. The decisions of the Group shall be ascertained by the Chairman. If it does not prove possible to reach a decision by general consent, the Chairman shall resort, upon the request of one or more representatives of Members of the Group to a vote, in which case the pertinent provisions of Rule XII of the Genral Rules of the Organization shall apply mutatis mutandis.
VI. RECORDS AND REPORTS
1. Each session of the Group shall report to the Committee on Commodity Problems. The report of the Group shall embody its views, recommendations and decisions, including, when requested, a statement of minority views.
2. Reports of sessions shall be circulated to all Members of the Group and shall be made available for information to all Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization and to non-member States invited to attend the session as well as to interested international organizations entitled to be represented at the session.
3. Subject to Rules III.4 above and VI.4 below, records of sessions shall be circulated to all Members of the Group and observer nations, Associate Members and organizations having attended the session.
4. Whenever a meeting of the Group is restricted to representatives of each Member Nation and Associate Member of the Organization in accordance with the provisions of Rule III.4 above, the Group shall at the beginning of that meeting decide whether a record of the meeting shall be kept, and, if so, what circulation, not exceeding that provided for in Rule VI.3 above, shall be given to it.
5. The Group shall determine the procedures in regard to press communiqués concerning its activities.
VII. SUBSIDIARY BODIES
1. The Group may when necessary establish subsidiary bodies subject to the necessary funds being available in the relevant chapter of the approved budget of the Organization, and may include in the membership of such subsidiary bodies Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization that are not members of the Group.
2. Before taking any decision involving expenditure in connection with the establishment of subsidiary bodies, the Group shall have before it a report from the Director-General on the administrative and financial implications thereof.
3. The Group shall determine the terms of reference of its subsidiary bodies which shall report to the Group.
VIII. SUSPENSION OF RULES
Any of the foregoing Rules of Procedure of the Group may be suspended by the Group by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast, provided that twenty-four hours' notice of the proposal for the suspension has been given and that such action is consistent with the Constitution and the General Rules of the Organization. Such notice may be waived if no member objects.
IX. AMENDMENT OF RULES
The Group may decide, by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast, to amend its Rules of Procedure, provided that such amendments be approved by the Committee on Commodity Problems and are consistent with the Rules of Procedure of the Committee.
X. MECHANISM FOR DECISION-MAKING BY THE GROUP DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN SESSIONS
In order to deal with CFC projects during periods between sessions:
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