2. As can be seen from Appendix 1, most countries provided a single global response but some availed themselves of the possibility left open to them in the questionnaire to respond on a sectoral basis (agriculture, fisheries, forestry, environment and nutrition). In such cases, a process was used to consolidate the response at country level, based on selecting the codes (A, B, C or D) with highest frequency in the responses given. In those (rare) cases, where frequencies evened out, the response from the Ministry of Agriculture was given a higher weight and was selected. The same process was used in the case of one country whose Ministry for Environment sent five separate sets of responses for each of its five departments.
3. Also, it is to be noted that some of the developed countries provided two answers, one from their national point of view and another which they deemed should be the one appropriate for developing countries - in every case, giving a higher vote to the "others" than for itself. Since the questionnaire analysis is predicated on the principle that it is a survey of Members' own (national) opinions, the code answer corresponding to the national point of view was entered into the database in every case.
4. The analysis followed two lines of investigation. One was based on a simple frequency count of all the responses to each question, and then further disaggregating the responses by class of respondents: divided by region and by economic groupings. The other line of investigation consisted in putting together all the written comments in direct relation to each concerned part of the questionnaire and in addressing these to the extent possible in the first draft of the Strategic Framework.
5. Finally, a check on the patterns of "sectoral" responses was carried out as there were some differences noted at country level but once added up, no significant variations between them and the global, consolidated responses emerged, thus obviating the need to carry out a separate analysis on the sectoral responses as such.
6. As can be seen from table 1 below, there was massive support for the Member Nations' Goals.
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1. Access of all people at all times to sufficient...food..
Africa
Asia & Pacific
Europe & N. America
L.America & Carib.
Near East
All Respondents
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2. The continued and sustainable contribution
of agriculture..
Africa
Asia & Pacific
Europe & N. America
L.America & Carib.
Near East
All Respondents
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3. The conservation, improvement and sustainable
utilization...of natural resources..
Africa
Asia & Pacific
Europe & N. America
L.America & Carib.
Near East
All Respondents
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· for the first goal the general tendency was for a strengthening of the wording (i.e. "by at least 2015", "by 2015 at the latest" or "to eliminate hunger by 2015");
· for the sustainable development goal, the divergence was generally minor in terms of substance but the range of wording proposed presented a potentially difficult negotiation on the words to be finally adopted (one country manifested disagreement with the substance of this goal); and
· for the conservation goal, the comments were related to the precise wording and not to substance.
8. There was a general concern as to whether the proposed formulations
adequately covered major elements of the various international conferences
and that the Secretariat's editing would trigger a reopening of the debates.
This puts in question the advisability of attempting to summarize the goals
of Member Nations when they have already been debated at length in other
fora.
9. A number of additional global goals were also suggested which often
did not really add new goals as such, but tended to emphasize one or the
other aspect of the three proposed goals, elevating them to the status
of separate goals (for example, poverty eradication, capacity-building,
protection of biological diversity, equitable participation of women and
men etc.).
10. As shown in Table 2 below, a clear majority of countries have attached a high or very high degree of priority to all the goals-related areas of work identified for FAO. The work areas are ranked according to the percentage level of positive responses and shown in descending order of priority:
11. Basically only one sub-area -1.2 (ii) : "regular assessments and analyses of trends in food security, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, natural resources and scientific knowledge (ii) For your country"- was rated at a much lower level of priority. The reason, as confirmed by the comments, appears to be that a number of countries perceived this work area to be a national prerogative and responsibility. Also, it is noteworthy that these were mostly countries belonging to the Europe & North America region, with only a few countries from other regions expressing the same opinion.
TABLE 2: GOALS RELATED AREAS OF WORK FOR FAO: Level of priority
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1.2 Regular assessments of trends (i) Globally |
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1.3 A central place for Food Security on the international agenda |
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4.1 Improved management of natural resources |
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4.2 Supporting the adoption of policies based on the recognition of costs and benefits |
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5.2 Encouraging governments to target disadvantaged groups |
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5.3 Assistance in disaster-related emergencies |
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1.1 Provision of a global set of data |
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2.1 Agreement on and monitoring international standards |
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2.2 Adoption of national policies to meet accepted standards |
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3.1 Sectoral policy advice and assistance |
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5.1 Policies supporting more equitable access by all to natural resources |
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3.2 Facilitating the adoption of sustainable packages |
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1.2 Regular assessments of trends (ii) For your country |
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TABLE 3: GOALS RELATED AREAS OF WORK FOR FAO: FAO's Role as a
Provider of Services
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1.2 Regular assessments of trends (i) Globally |
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1.1 Provision of a global set of data |
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1.3 A central place for Food Security on the international agenda |
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2.1 Agreement on and monitoring international standards |
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5.3 Assistance in disaster-related emergencies |
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3.1 Sectoral Policy Advice and assistance |
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4.2 Supporting the adoption of policies based on the recognition of costs and benefits |
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4.1 Improved management of natural resources |
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5.2 Encouraging governments to target disadvantaged groups |
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5.1 Policies supporting more equitable access by all to natural resources |
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3.2 Facilitating the adoption of sustainable packages |
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15. A complete picture of the regional distribution of responses to
the goals related work areas is presented in Table 5 below.
LEVEL OF PRIORITY | FAO ROLE | |||||||||
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Total # | Highest | High | Reduced | Least | Total # | Central | Major | Minor | Little | |
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1.1 Provision of a global set of data | ||||||||||
Africa | 15 | 67 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Asia & Pacific | 15 | 73 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 67 | 27 | 7 | 0 |
Europe & N. America | 26 | 85 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 85 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
L. America & Caribbean | 13 | 54 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 77 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
Near East | 6 | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 83 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
All countries | 75 | 72 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 79 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
1.2 Regular assessments of trends (i) Globally | ||||||||||
Africa | 15 | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 93 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Asia & Pacific | 15 | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Europe & N. America | 26 | 81 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 81 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
L. America & Caribbean | 13 | 85 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 92 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Near East | 7 | 57 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All countries | 76 | 72 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 87 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
1.2 Regular assessments of trends (ii) For your country | ||||||||||
Africa | 15 | 73 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 33 | 60 | 7 | 0 |
Asia & Pacific | 15 | 60 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 40 | 13 | 13 |
Europe & N. America | 25 | 64 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 19 | 27 | 50 |
L. America & Caribbean | 13 | 69 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 31 | 38 | 23 | 8 |
Near East | 6 | 83 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 20 | 40 | 0 |
All countries | 74 | 68 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 74 | 23 | 35 | 20 | 22 |
1.3 A central place for food security on the international agenda | ||||||||||
Africa | 15 | 53 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Asia & Pacific | 15 | 53 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
Europe & N. America | 26 | 42 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 50 | 42 | 4 | 4 |
L. America & Caribbean | 13 | 62 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 85 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Near East | 6 | 83 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All countries | 75 | 53 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 68 | 28 | 3 | 1 |
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2.1 Agreement on and monitoring international standards | ||||||||||
Africa | 15 | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 60 | 33 | 7 | 0 |
Asia & Pacific | 15 | 53 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
Europe & N. America | 27 | 78 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 70 | 26 | 4 | 0 |
L. America & Caribbean | 13 | 77 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 54 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
Near East | 7 | 57 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 71 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
All countries | 77 | 68 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 77 | 64 | 30 | 6 | 0 |
2.2 Adoption of national policies to meet accepted standards | ||||||||||
Africa | 15 | 67 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 60 | 13 | 0 |
Asia & Pacific | 15 | 53 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 73 | 7 | 0 |
Europe & N. America | 27 | 52 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 48 | 37 | 4 |
L. America & Caribbean | 13 | 69 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 8 |
Near East | 7 | 71 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 67 | 17 | 0 |
All countries | 77 | 60 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 76 | 20 | 54 | 24 | 3 |
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT | ||||||||||
3.1 Sectoral policy advice and assistance | ||||||||||
Africa | 15 | 73 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 40 | 53 | 7 | 0 |
Asia & Pacific | 14 | 57 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 36 | 57 | 7 | 0 |
Europe & N. America | 27 | 56 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 27 | 33 | 37 | 19 | 11 |
L. America & Caribbean | 13 | 62 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 54 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
Near East | 6 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
All countries | 75 | 64 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 75 | 40 | 47 | 9 | 4 |
3.2 Facilitating the adoption of sustainable packages | ||||||||||
Africa | 15 | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 33 | 60 | 7 | 0 |
Asia & Pacific | 15 | 53 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 60 | 13 | 0 |
Europe & N. America | 27 | 30 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 37 | 33 | 15 |
L. America & Caribbean | 13 | 69 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 62 | 31 | 8 | 0 |
Near East | 6 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
All countries | 76 | 49 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 76 | 32 | 46 | 17 | 5 |
SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES | ||||||||||
4.1 Improved management of natural resources | ||||||||||
Africa | 15 | 93 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 53 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
Asia & Pacific | 15 | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 47 | 47 | 7 | 0 |
Europe & N. America | 27 | 56 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 22 | 44 | 30 | 4 |
L. America & Caribbean | 13 | 69 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 38 | 38 | 23 | 0 |
Near East | 7 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 43 | 43 | 14 | 0 |
All countries | 77 | 70 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 38 | 44 | 17 | 1 |
4.2 Supporting the adoption of policies based on the recognition of costs and benefits | ||||||||||
Africa | 15 | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 73 | 0 | 0 |
Asia & Pacific | 15 | 47 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 40 | 47 | 13 | 0 |
Europe & N. America | 27 | 41 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 19 | 59 | 15 | 7 |
L. America & Caribbean | 13 | 62 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 38 | 38 | 23 | 0 |
Near East | 6 | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 33 | 17 | 0 |
All countries | 76 | 53 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 30 | 54 | 13 | 3 |
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5.1 Policies supporting more equitable access by all to natural resources | ||||||||||
Africa | 15 | 73 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 40 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
Asia & Pacific | 15 | 60 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 53 | 20 | 0 |
Europe & N. America | 26 | 77 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 23 | 42 | 27 | 8 |
L. America & Caribbean | 13 | 62 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 23 | 62 | 15 | 0 |
Near East | 6 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 50 | 33 | 0 |
All countries | 75 | 68 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 75 | 27 | 52 | 19 | 3 |
5.2 Encouraging governments to target disadvantaged groups | ||||||||||
Africa | 15 | 73 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 47 | 40 | 13 | 0 |
Asia & Pacific | 15 | 53 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 47 | 47 | 7 | 0 |
Europe & N. America | 26 | 69 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 23 | 46 | 27 | 4 |
L. America & Caribbean | 13 | 77 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 54 | 31 | 15 | 0 |
Near East | 7 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 43 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
All countries | 76 | 71 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 39 | 43 | 16 | 1 |
5.3 Assistance in disaster-related emergencies | ||||||||||
Africa | 15 | 80 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 87 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Asia & Pacific | 15 | 60 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 47 | 53 | 0 | 0 |
Europe & N. America | 25 | 56 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 32 | 40 | 16 | 12 |
L. America & Caribbean | 13 | 69 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 46 | 38 | 15 | 0 |
Near East | 7 | 71 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 86 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
All countries | 75 | 65 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 53 | 35 | 8 | 4 |
Region | Country | Global Response | Sectoral Responses | Date received
1998 |
Africa
total: 15 |
Botswana
Burkina Faso Cape Verde Chad Comoros Côte d'Ivoire Gambia Guinea Liberia Mozambique Rwanda South Africa Tanzania Tunisia Zimbabwe |
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1
1
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2 2
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03/07
03/07 26/06 12/06 20/06 25/06 25/06 29/06 29/06 03/07 25/06 23/06 22/06 30/06 07/07 |
Asia & Pacific
total: 15 |
Australia
Bangladesh Cambodia China Indonesia Japan Korea, Rep.of Laos Myanmar New Zealand Pakistan Samoa Sri Lanka Thailand Tonga |
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1 1
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2
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02/07
30/06 25/06 30/06 02/07 24/07 02/07 03/07 23/06 26/06 01/07 03/07 01/07 24/06 08/07 |
Europe & North America
total: 27 |
Armenia
Austria Belgium Bosnia & Herz Bulgaria Canada Cyprus Denmark EC Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Romania Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom USA |
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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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2 |
14/07
29/06 03/07 01/07 02/07 03/07 30/06 09/07 27/07 30/06 03/07 06/07 26/06 04/06 08/07 30/06 24/06 03/07 06/07 30/06 24/06 08/07 03/07 03/07 18/06 29/06 02/07 |
Latin America & Caribbean
total: 13 |
Bolivia
Brazil Chile Colombia Guatemala Guyana Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Peru Suriname Uruguay |
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1 1
1 |
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2
3
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30/06
02/07 07/07 06/07 23/06 03/07 25/06 29/06 03/07 01/07 01/07 30/06 10/07 |
Near East
total: 7 |
Iran
Lebanon Libya Oman Qatar Syria Yemen |
1
1 1 1 1 1 |
3 | 22/06
24/06 25/06 01/06 25/06 22/06 28/06 |