Transcript CARICOM/CARIFORUM Food Security Project

Promoting CARICOM/CARIFORUM Food Security
GTFS/RLA/141/ITA
Progress Report
19th Meeting of COTED, Georgetown, Guyana, May 9 - 12, 2005
Outline
1. Project Background, Objectives, Structure/Components and
Management
2. Project Implementation – Report on Progress to date and
Planned Activities
3. Strategic Considerations for effective implementation
4. Action for the COTED
Background
•
FAO/CARICOM developed the Regional Special
Programme for Food Security (RSPFS) which was
approved by COTED in May 2002 – US$26.1 million
•
Government of Italy provided US$5 million from its
contribution to the FAO Trust Fund for Food security
and Food Safety
•
Resulted in the development of an integrated Project
entitled “Promoting CARICOM/CARIFORUM Food
Security”
General Objectives
to improve the food security situation
…by increasing the availability and
access to adequate quantities of safe,
quality assured food products…
The use of efficient, effective
and sustainable water-resource
related production systems
demonstrated
on a pilot basis on farms
To strengthen the food and
nutrition, agricultural and
trade, economic and social
policy framework
Project Components: Vertical and
Horizontal
Vertical Component
(Country-Specific)
Horizontal Components
(Regional)
Food Security
Assessments
and Training
On-Farm Demonstrations
of Irrigation/Water
Resource Management
Community Nutrition
Enhancement
Policy Integration
and Training
Trade Facilitation
Training of Extensionists,
Technicians and Farmers
Marketing Support
Organization and Management
• Project implementation is coordinated at the local,
national and regional levels
• Regional Project Management Unit (RPMU) located in
Trinidad and Tobago
• Strategic placement of specialists - to enhance Interagency multi-disciplinary value of project approach
• National Project Steering Committees established in
each country
Project Administration
CARICOM Councils
COTED, COHSOD
Committee of
Lead Agencies
Regional Organizations and Civil Society
Project Steering Committee
FAO: Technical Divisions and
Italian Trust Fund Unit
RPMU
National Steering Committees
Rural Community &
Farmer organizations
Status of Project Implementation
• 3 main areas of concentration to date:
– Preparation of country proposals (work plans)
and establishment of demon plots
– Food Security Assessments and refinement of
approach to food security policy integration
– Design and delivery of national and regional
trade related training, provision of technical
assistance and conduct of technical studies
The Vertical Component
•
Each country required to prepare a
work plan
•
National authorities required to
establish committees, identify national
coordinator, select farmers, collect
baseline data and put logistics in place
•
Aim is to establish 210 demonstrations
and expose 2500 -3000 small farmers to
improved irrigated vegetable production
systems, hydroponic greenhouse systems
and enhanced rice production systems
•
Emphasis on the adoption of modern
micro-irrigation and water management
techniques
•
US$1.58 million allocated to the
country-specific vertical component
Status of Vertical Component
• Missions undertaken to 13 countries
in support of work plan preparation
• Vertical Component Steering
Committees have been established
• Baseline surveys have been
completed in some countries/others
planned
• Full technical clearance of 10
country work plans
• Process of preparing and approving
country proposals took longer than
anticipated
•
Vertical
Activities
In the case of Grenada support being
provided as part of rehabilitation
efforts
• Activities have commenced in the
Bahamas, Belize, Jamaica, St. Kitts
and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago
Vertical Component
• Record keeping is being emphasized
• Monitoring is a critical activity – a
reporting template has been prepared
and circulated to national coordinators
• Seeking to establish linkages with
irrigation, agronomic and related
aspects of the FAO South-South
Cooperation Programme
Planned Activities – Vertical Component
• Completion of the design and preparation of on-farm
demonstrations
• Water (for agriculture) management studies
• In-country training, field days and project
demonstration activities
• Monitoring of vertical activities
• Regional Training Workshops
• National and sub-regional level training
Food Security Assessments, Policy Integration
and Enhancement Initiatives
• This cluster of functional areas is an integral part of the horizontal
component
• Seeking to assess the food security status
• Facilitate national and regional policy dialogue and conduct food
security policy related training
• Strengthen the national and regional policy framework in support
of the attainment of food security objectives – Regional Food
Security Strategy Paper
• Conduct community nutrition enhancement activities – phased to
follow areas above
Horizontal Components
Food Security Assessments, Policy Integration
and Enhancement Initiatives
• This cluster of functional areas is an integral part of the horizontal
component
• Seeking to assess the food security status
• Facilitate national and regional policy dialogue and conduct food
security policy related training
• Strengthen the national and regional policy framework in support
of the attainment of food security objectives – Regional Food
Security Strategy Paper
• Conduct community nutrition enhancement activities – phased to
follow areas above
Progress–to-date
• Food Security Assessments have been undertaken in
Guyana, Suriname and Belize
• Finalizing the methodology for the conduct of food
security assessments in four other countries – Antigua
and Barbuda, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and
Tobago
• Development and revision of instruments for the
collection of data on vulnerable groups based on
prototypes used by FAO
• Multi-sectoral inter-agency Workshop on Food
Security was conducted in Guyana
Progress to-date
• Draft Terms of Reference prepared in relation
to contracting the services of CFNI to deliver
outputs under the Project
• A draft outline of the Regional Food Security
Strategy Paper has been prepared
• Supported the convening of the Biotechnology
and Biosafety Workshop on the theme
“Towards Harmonization of Caribbean
Biotechnology.”
Planned Activities
• Finalise reports of food security assessments for Guyana,
Suriname and Belize
• Conduct food security assessments for Antigua and Barbuda,
Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago and prepare
reports of assessments.
• Prepare an Overview Paper which sets out status of food security
in the CARIFORUM region and also reviews current policies
which impact on food security
• Organise a regional training workshop on food security analysis
• Deliver national level training on food security analysis and
facilitate national level policy dialogue
Planned Activities
• Prepare draft Regional Food Security Strategy Paper
and facilitate review by experts and regional officials
• Present to COHSOD and COTED
Trade Facilitation Functional Area
• Objective is to enhance the capacity of Agricultural
Planning and Trade Policy Units in the areas of trade
policy analysis, trade negotiations and policy
formulation
• Provide technical assistance to Member States on trade
related matters
• Conduct technical studies
Progress-to-date
• Training Needs Assessment
• A Review of the Trade Policy
Formulation Process
• National Training Workshops
Conducted
• Regional Training Course in “Trade
Policy Analysis and Agricultural
Trade Agreements”
• Initiated follow-up in-country
training and technical assistance
Progress-to-date
• Regional Clarification
Workshop on Multilateral
Trade Negotiations and
Economic Partnership
Agreements (EPAs
• Investigation re
disaggregation of the Global
Trade Analysis Project
(GTAP) Database
• Technical Studies/Papers
• Analysing International
Competitiveness
Progress-to-date
• Support to the OECS
• Collaboration with the CRNM in support of trade
negotiations
• Collaboration with ICTSD on Special Products (SP)
and the proposed Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM)
• Presentations to Workshops/Seminars
Planned Activities
• Continue in-country training and technical assistance
• Collaborate with the Commodity and Trade Division of FAO in
preparing documents on the link between trade and food
security
• Collaborate with regional institutions in developing strategies
for addressing trade-related deficiencies identified
• Some training activities will also be delivered which seek to
enhance capacity in the area of marketing of agri-food
products
Strategic Considerations
• The need for Member States to assign high
priority to implementing elements of the
regional food security programme
• Programmes pursued with support from other
donors or specialised agencies should be
coordinated
• The need for appropriate mechanisms at the
national and regional levels to facilitate policy
dialogue on matters relating to food security
policy integration
Strategic Considerations
• Need to establish functional relationships with
the programmes of specialised agencies
(CARDI, IICA, UWI, CFNI) which pursue
activities relating to food security in the region
• The need to ensure the active participation and
involvement of all stakeholders including the
ultimate beneficiaries in activities planned
under the project
• The need to address the issue of sustainability
Action for COTED
COTED is invited to:
I.
consider the progress made with respect to the
implementation of the Government of Italy-funded
FAO/ CARICOM/CARIFORUM Food Security
Project;
II.
note the activities which are planned under the
various components of the project;
III.
urge Member States to continue working closely
with the RPMU in support of the implementation of
all the activities under the Project;
Action for COTED
IV.
also urge Member States to establish linkages
between the on-going and planned activities under
the vertical component and related activities under
the FAO South-South Cooperation Programme;
V.
further urge relevant Ministries and agencies
responsible for agriculture, trade, health and
nutrition to collaborate under the horizontal
component of the project to ensure that the intersectoral and multi-disciplinary nature of food
security issues are effectively addressed in
furtherance of the goals of the Project;
VI.
urge Member States to establish effective national
coordination mechanisms as a matter of priority in
support of the action to be taken in relation to (iii),
(iv) and (v) above.