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BookletUNDFF Regional Action Plan for strengthening family farming in South Asia 2021–2028 2022
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No results found.The Regional Action Plan for strengthening family farming in South Asia has been elaborated through a participatory and multi-stakeholder approach in the framework of the UN Decade of Family Farming and in close collaboration with SAARC Agriculture Center, the Asia Farmer Association for Sustainable Rural Development and the International Cooperative Alliance – Asia Pacific. Consultations with farmers’ organizations, cooperatives and other relevant stakeholders at country level first helped identifying and prioritizing key interventions for the region along the seven pillars of the Global Action Plan. These initial inputs then contributed to the overall drafting of the contextualized pillars led by recognized experts from the region. The draft pillars were presented during a first regional virtual consultation on UN Decade of Family Farming: Formulating Strategies and Action Plan to Strengthen Smallholder Family Farmers in South Asia held on the 5–6 November 2020. A follow up regional consultation meeting on review and finalization of the Regional Action Plan for strengthening family farming in South Asia was then organized on 29 July 2021. The objective was to present, discuss and validate the draft Regional Action Plan for strengthening family farming in South Asia. This Regional Action Plan aims at facilitating and accelerating the process of developing national action plans through inclusive multi-stakeholder processes, not only putting family farmers at the centre but recognizing them as critical partners. -
Book (series)COFI - Report of the Expert Consultation on the Proposed Sub-Committee on Aquaculture of the Committee on Fisheries. Bangkok, Thailand, 28-29 February 2000. 2001This is the report of the Expert Consultation on the Proposed Sub-Committee on Aquaculture of the Committee on Fisheries, which was held, in response to the request by the 23rd Session of COFI, in FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, Thailand, from 28 to 29 February 2000. Thirty-three participants from 14 countries, two regional inter-governmental organizations and two international non-governmental organizations attended the consultation. The expert consultation confirmed th at the growing importance of aquaculture, including culture-based fisheries, and its interactions justified a focused global intergovernmental mechanism to provide the opportunity for information exchange, discussion and consensus-building among various parties interested in aquaculture development and to establish an efficient means to advise and guide COFI and FAO. The consultation concluded that the establishment of such a sub-committee would be in line with the FAO Conference Resolution 13/9 7 and the expenditure of funds on the sub-committee would be justified. The consultation identified major issues and prioritized six key areas that need to be addressed and stated that the role of aquaculture for enhancing food security and economic development in FAO member countries was a primary priority.
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BookletSIDS Solutions Forum report 2022
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No results found.On the 30 and 31 August 2021, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Government of Fiji and the International Tele¬communication Union (ITU), organized a successful Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum. The theme of the SIDS Solutions Forum was: “COVID-19 impacts on the economy and the potential of digitalization and innovation to accelerate progress on resilient agrifood systems; improved nutrition and health; and strengthened climate resilience adaptation within the context of achieving the Sustainable Development Goas (SDGs).” About 1 600 people from various countries attended the Forum, either virtually or physically, in Apia, Samoa. Nine Heads of States/governments and 20 ministers from SIDS; the President Elect of the UN General Assembly (UNGA); Agriculture Ministers from China and Ireland; the Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS); the Secretary General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS); the Director General of FAO and eight heads of other UN and regional agencies; and senior representatives of International Financing Institutions (IFIs) were notable attendees. There were also 11 SIDS solutions innovators, women and youth leaders, parliamentarians, policy makers, UN and development partner officials, academics, researchers, farmers, and fishers in attendance. Participants of the SIDS Solutions Forum made several recommendations, which are summarized into 12 key action points.
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