Programme |
2002-03 Programme of Work |
RG Programme Change |
RG 2004-05 Programme of Work |
ZRG Programme Change |
ZRG 2004-05 Programme of Work |
Trust Fund | ||
2.2.0 |
Intra-departmental Programme Entities for Food and Agriculture Policy and Development |
0 |
6,000 |
6,000 |
(129) |
5,871 |
6,202 | |
2.2.1 |
Nutrition, Food Quality and Safety |
17,050 |
1,811 |
18,861 |
(1,032) |
17,829 |
9,375 | |
2.2.2 |
Food and Agricultural Information |
33,362 |
(1,982) |
31,380 |
(1,772) |
29,608 |
5,664 | |
2.2.3 |
Food and Agricultural Monitoring, Assessments and Outlooks |
13,229 |
506 |
13,735 |
(537) |
13,198 |
6,874 | |
2.2.4 |
Agriculture, Food Security and Trade Policy |
14,138 |
(2,118) |
12,020 |
(662) |
11,358 |
4,079 | |
2.2.9 |
Programme Management |
8,690 |
988 |
9,678 |
(394) |
9,284 |
0 | |
Total |
86,469 |
5,205 |
91,674 |
(4,526) |
87,148 |
32,194 | ||
Cost Increases |
3,671 |
3,534 |
||||||
Total - recosted |
95,345 |
90,682 |
Distribution of Resources by Strategic Objectives
Major Programme 2.2 |
A1 |
A2 |
A3 |
B1 |
B2 |
C1 |
C2 |
D1 |
D2 |
E1 |
E2 |
E3 | ||||
2.2.0 |
Intra-departmental Programme Entities for Food and Agriculture Policy and Development |
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2.2.1 |
Nutrition, Food Quality and Safety |
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2.2.2 |
Food and Agricultural Information |
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2.2.3 |
Food and Agricultural Monitoring, Assessments and Outlooks |
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2.2.4 |
Agriculture, Food Security and Trade Policy |
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Legend |
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Greater than zero, less than US$ 1 million |
US$ 1 million to 2 million |
US$ 2 million to 4 million |
More than US$ 4 million |
Main Substantive Thrusts and Priorities
395. Major Programme 2.2 is implemented by the Economic and Social Department (ES) and the Library and Documentation Systems Division (GIL). Its overall thrust is to contribute to the eradication of food insecurity and rural poverty. Building on core statistical work, it monitors and analyses the reasons for insufficient progress in combating hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity, and proposes policies and programmes that can be applied, nationally and internationally, to resolve these problems. It disseminates information on food security and rural development. Major Programme 2.2 plays a significant role in ensuring greater participation of developing countries in the formulation of a rules-based food and agricultural trading system that is supportive of food security, and in assisting the entire membership improve quality and safety of food and healthy diets for consumers. Special attention is given to capacity building in member countries to address these priorities issues.
396. This translates into substantive priorities within four principal domains of work:
(i) Statistics and Information on Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
(ii) Assessments, Outlooks and Long-term Perspectives
(iii) Analysis of Food, Agriculture and Trade Policy Issues
(iv) Standard Setting, Consensus Building and Policy Advice
397. As generally already reflected in the Medium Term Plan 2004-2009 (MTP), a number of changes to the underlying programme structure, activities and the balance of resource allocations are introduced into Major Programme 2.2. The main highlights are as follows:
Programme 2.2.0: Intra-departmental Entities
Programme 2.2.1: Nutrition, Food Quality and Safety
Programme 2.2.2: Food and Agricultural Information
Programme 2.2.3: Food and Agricultural Monitoring, Assessments and Outlooks
Programme 2.2.4: Agriculture, Food Security and Trade Policy
Programme 2.2.9: Programme Management
Programme Entity |
2002-03 Programme of Work |
RG Programme Change |
RG 2004-05 Programme of Work |
ZRG Programme Change |
ZRG 2004-05 Programme of Work | ||
2.2.0.A1 |
Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information for Better Policy Targeting (FIVIMS) |
0 |
3,835 |
3,835 |
(75) |
3,760 | |
2.2.0.P1 |
World Food Summit and Millennium Development Goals Monitoring and Action |
0 |
1,641 |
1,641 |
(54) |
1,587 | |
2.2.0.S1 |
Servicing the Committee on World Food Security |
0 |
524 |
524 |
0 |
524 | |
Total |
0 |
6,000 |
6,000 |
(129) |
5,871 | ||
Cost Increases |
221 |
217 | |||||
Total - recosted |
6,221 |
6,088 |
398. This Programme clusters those entities within Major Programme 2.2 that relate most directly to the WFS target of halving the number of undernourished by 2015 and the UN-wide efforts towards the MDGs. It is inter-disciplinary in nature, with outputs implemented by units across the ES Department. Servicing of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Elaboration of Voluntary Guidelines for the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security falls within this programme, but is financed from extra-budgetary resources.
399. Objective: assist Members and the international community in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of policies and programmes to achieve the food security goals of the WFS and other international conferences, by providing accurate and timely information on the incidence, nature and causes of food insecurity and vulnerability at the national and sub-national levels.
Biennial Outputs
400. Objective: an operational mechanism is set up, monitoring progress towards the attainment of the WFS goals and helping decision makers in governments, donor agencies and civil society to implement policies and manage food security interventions and take corrective action, as necessary.
Biennial Outputs
401. Objective: harmonised and prioritised implementation of the World Food Summit Plan of Action by member nations and their various development partners.
Biennial Outputs
Impact of Zero Real Growth (ZRG) Resource Levels |
While resources for the Committee on World Food Security are not affected, reductions under the other two entities would affect support to the Inter-Agency Working Group on FIVIMS and some capacity building activities (220A1) and analytical work under 220P1 |
402. As recalled above, servicing of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Elaboration of Voluntary Guidelines for the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security is financed from extra-budgetary resources. Donor support is also expected for normative FIVIMS work on the determination of indicators and mapping tools as well as FIVIMS start-up activities within countries, particularly within the United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks (UNDAF)/Common Country Assessments (CCA) and the World Bank sponsored Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs).
2004-05 Estimates by Funding Source, Unit and Region (US$ 000) | |||||||
Funding Source |
Organizational Unit |
Region | |||||
Fund |
Total |
Unit |
Programme of Work |
Trust Fund |
Total |
Region |
Total |
Programme of Work |
AFI |
231 |
0 |
231 |
Global |
7,812 | |
Regular Programme |
6,000 |
ESA |
2,246 |
181 |
2,427 |
Inter-Regional |
2,128 |
Programme of Work |
6,000 |
ESC |
66 |
0 |
66 |
Africa |
692 |
Trust Fund Activities |
ESD |
603 |
6,021 |
6,624 |
Asia and Pacific |
523 | |
Trust Funds |
6,202 |
ESN |
432 |
0 |
432 |
Near East |
246 |
Trust Fund Activities |
6,202 |
ESS |
1,067 |
0 |
1,067 |
Europe |
288 |
GIL |
80 |
0 |
80 |
Latin America / Caribbean |
513 | ||
RO |
973 |
0 |
973 |
||||
SO |
302 |
0 |
302 |
||||
Programme 2.2.0 Total |
12,202 |
6,000 |
6,202 |
12,202 |
12,202 |
Programme Entity |
2002-03 Programme of Work |
RG Programme Change |
RG 2004-05 Programme of Work |
ZRG Programme Change |
ZRG 2004-05 Programme of Work | ||
2.2.1.A1 |
Human Nutrition Requirements |
1,074 |
(1,074) |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
2.2.1.A2 |
Nutrition Improvement for Sustainable Development |
1,803 |
(1) |
1,802 |
(43) |
1,759 | |
2.2.1.A4 |
Community Action for Improved Household Food Security and Nutrition |
1,277 |
(246) |
1,031 |
(40) |
991 | |
2.2.1.A5 |
Food and Nutrition Education, Communications and Training |
1,104 |
163 |
1,267 |
(30) |
1,237 | |
2.2.1.A6 |
Nutrition and Household Food Security in Emergencies |
666 |
(9) |
657 |
(31) |
626 | |
2.2.1.P1 |
Nutrient Requirements and Dietary Assessment for Food Safety and Quality |
736 |
794 |
1,530 |
(222) |
1,308 | |
2.2.1.P2 |
Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme (Codex Alimentarius) |
4,724 |
849 |
5,573 |
(21) |
5,552 | |
2.2.1.P5 |
Food Quality Control and Consumer Protection |
2,450 |
268 |
2,718 |
(356) |
2,362 | |
2.2.1.P6 |
Food Safety Assessment and Rapid Alert System |
1,495 |
956 |
2,451 |
(10) |
2,441 | |
2.2.1.P7 |
Public Information about Nutrition, Food Quality and Safety |
366 |
(51) |
315 |
(7) |
308 | |
2.2.1.P8 |
Food Quality and Safety throughout the Food Chain |
0 |
226 |
226 |
(77) |
149 | |
2.2.1.S1 |
Technical Support Services to Member Nations and the Field Programme |
1,355 |
(64) |
1,291 |
(195) |
1,096 | |
Total |
17,050 |
1,811 |
18,861 |
(1,032) |
17,829 | ||
Cost Increases |
756 |
732 | |||||
Total - recosted |
19,617 |
18,561 |
403. The programme is structured in five technical projects (TPs) and five continuing programme activities (CPs), in addition to the usual technical services agreement (TS). A major priority is to ensure quality and safety of food for consumer protection and fair practices in food trade. Together with WHO, the programme provides a forum for risk assessment of chemical, biological and microbiological food-borne hazards. Through the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, it hosts the Secretariat of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, which develops and adopts science-based international food standards and related instruments for use of governments.
404. The programme also seeks to improve dietary intakes and promote nutritional well-being for all, giving particular attention to food insecure and nutritionally vulnerable households and population groups. Policy and technical advice is provided to Members on various aspects of food and nutrition, including the implementation of national plans of action, as a follow-up to the International Conference on Nutrition (ICN) and the WFS.
405. The programme develops international norms for nutrient requirements and coordinates international food composition, food consumption and dietary assessment work. It provides guidelines, training and technical support for national food control systems and specific nutrition programmes and activities, and for incorporating nutrition improvement objectives into development initiatives. It covers methodologies for monitoring, surveillance and assessment of human nutrition and household food security requirements under a wide range of situations.
406. Objective: to enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of national plans of action for food security and nutrition.
Biennial Outputs
407. Objective: assist national and international development institutions and NGOs to initiate, implement and evaluate community-based programmes aimed at improving household food security and nutrition in both urban and rural areas; enhance collaboration among development practitioners towards practical community-based food security and nutrition interventions.
Biennial Outputs
408. Objective: strengthened capacities of national and local institutions in developing countries and countries in transition to implement effective nutrition education and communication programmes and activities.
Biennial Outputs
409. Objective: national and international development institutions working in emergencies have the technical skills to take due account of nutrition aspects in emergency preparedness, response and rehabilitation.
Biennial Outputs
410. Objective: international accepted estimates of the minimum, optimal and maximum safe intakes of macro-nutrients (energy, protein, carbohydrates, fats), micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, trace elements), non-nutrients, and anti-nutrients used as a basis to provide advice on healthy diets, to estimate the number of under-nourished and assist countries in assessing their food needs designing nutrition programmes.
Biennial Outputs
411. Objective: internationally accepted, science-based food standards and related instruments are used by governments at the national level, or as a reference in bi-lateral, regional or international agreements to protect consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade.
Biennial Outputs
412. Objective: to help countries organise and manage their food control systems, harmonise their food standards and regulations with the Codex Alimentarius, participate in the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, and therefore facilitate access of their products to international food markets.
Biennial Outputs
413. Objective: to assist countries with sound, scientific assessments of food-related risks, allowing them to respond appropriately to food-related crises and to implement effective regulatory systems; enhance transparency in international food trade through globally accepted scientific assessments.
Biennial Outputs
414. Objective: a steady stream of unbiased information on nutrition, food insecurity, diet and health, under-nutrition, livelihood strategies, food quality and safety, food regulations and international food standards reaches out to the food industry, consumer organizations, NGOs, and is relayed to the general public.
Biennial Outputs
415. Objective: contribute to the development of comprehensive and efficient food safety systems and provide a framework for more focused policy advice, provision of safety evaluations, capacity building and technical assistance, and required interventions along the food chain.
Biennial Outputs
416. Objective: institutional building for assessing and ensuring food quality and safety throughout the food chain, and for regulatory food control; improved access to international food markets; improved participation in Codex work; Safer food for the local consumer. National and international development institutions, ministries, NGOs, donors, and educational institutes, will use their improved and strengthened capacity to initiate, manage and evaluate better community-based programmes aimed at improving household food security and nutrition, nutrition education, and preparedness for nutrition in emergencies.
Biennial Outputs
Impact of ZRG Resource Levels |
The contribution that 221P5 - Food Quality Control and Consumer Protection, could make to capacity building in member countries would be curtailed, as would the normative contribution of 221P1 - Nutrient Requirements and Dietary Assessment for Food Quality and Safety, to food quality and safety standard setting. Under 221S1, lower resources would imply reduced technical assistance and capacity building in nutrition and food quality and safety. |
417. Field activities are expected to expand particularly in the areas of capacity building for national food control systems, for the protection of consumer health and for facilitating international trade in agricultural commodities, as well as to support household food security and nutrition programmes. Extra-budgetary resources to expand normative work, will permit the creation of an Internet-based portal for the exchange of information between countries on conventions and standards relating to food safety and plant and animal health. Donor support is anticipated for conducting international and regional conferences on food quality and safety, with related follow-up activities at national level.
2004-05 Estimates by Funding Source, Unit and Region (US$ 000) | |||||||
Funding Source |
Organizational Unit |
Region | |||||
Fund |
Total |
Unit |
Programme of Work |
Trust Fund |
Total |
Region |
Total |
Programme of Work |
AFI |
532 |
0 |
532 |
Global |
14,542 | |
Regular Programme |
17,563 |
ESN |
15,850 |
5,599 |
21,449 |
Inter-Regional |
3,188 |
TF / UNDP PSC |
70 |
FAOR |
16 |
1,842 |
1,858 |
Africa |
3,245 |
Technical Support Service Income |
24 |
RO |
1,385 |
581 |
1,966 |
Asia and Pacific |
2,540 |
Secondments |
81 |
SO |
1,078 |
0 |
1,078 |
Near East |
2,536 |
CODEX (WHO) |
1,123 |
TCE |
0 |
1,353 |
1,353 |
Europe |
888 |
Programme of Work |
18,861 |
Latin America / Caribbean |
1,297 | ||||
Trust Fund Activities |
|||||||
Trust Funds |
9,375 |
||||||
Trust Fund Activities |
9,375 |
||||||
Programme 2.2.1 Total |
28,236 |
18,861 |
9,375 |
28,236 |
28,236 |
Programme Entity |
2002-03 Programme of Work |
RG Programme Change |
RG 2004-05 Programme of Work |
ZRG Programme Change |
ZRG 2004-05 Programme of Work | ||
2.2.2.A1 |
Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System (FIVIMS) |
3,886 |
(3,886) |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
2.2.2.A2 |
FAO/World Bank/USDA Initiative for Agricultural Statistics in Africa |
422 |
18 |
440 |
(19) |
421 | |
2.2.2.A3 |
FAO Country Profiles and Mapping Information System |
341 |
0 |
341 |
(108) |
233 | |
2.2.2.A4 |
Systematic Evaluation and Improvement of Statistical Data Quality |
0 |
151 |
151 |
(71) |
80 | |
2.2.2.A5 |
World Agriculture Information Resource System (WAIR) |
488 |
1,807 |
2,295 |
(130) |
2,165 | |
2.2.2.P1 |
Agricultural Resources and Income Statistics |
2,507 |
23 |
2,530 |
(166) |
2,364 | |
2.2.2.P2 |
Agricultural Production, Trade Statistics and Food Balance Sheets |
4,777 |
28 |
4,805 |
(271) |
4,534 | |
2.2.2.P3 |
Agricultural Statistics Development |
1,850 |
67 |
1,917 |
(224) |
1,693 | |
2.2.2.P5 |
Programme for the Improvement of Language Coverage |
2,066 |
(292) |
1,774 |
(25) |
1,749 | |
2.2.2.P6 |
WAICENT Corporate Information Management and Dissemination Systems |
3,991 |
362 |
4,353 |
(61) |
4,292 | |
2.2.2.P7 |
Standards, Norms and Procedures for Improved Access to Agricultural Information |
3,119 |
(1,943) |
1,176 |
(49) |
1,127 | |
2.2.2.P8 |
Facilitation of WAICENT Outreach |
1,771 |
448 |
2,219 |
(114) |
2,105 | |
2.2.2.P9 |
Virtual Library and Library Information Services in Support of WAICENT |
4,230 |
594 |
4,824 |
(141) |
4,683 | |
2.2.2.S1 |
Technical Support Services to Member Nations and the Field Programme |
1,648 |
123 |
1,771 |
(35) |
1,736 | |
2.2.2.S2 |
Assistance to Countries in Capacity Building for Agriculture and Food Information through WAICENT |
2,266 |
518 |
2,784 |
(358) |
2,426 | |
Total |
33,362 |
(1,982) |
31,380 |
(1,772) |
29,608 | ||
Cost Increases |
1,094 |
1,036 | |||||
Total - recosted |
32,474 |
30,644 |
418. Members and the international community require comprehensive information and statistics based on common concepts, standards and definitions for international comparisons and to reflect the global situation. The programme involves the compilation and dissemination of statistics on production, trade and food supply and consumption, as well as statistics on the economics of agriculture and on gender-disaggregation. At the national level, it provides assistance for strengthening statistical information systems so that reliable and timely data are available for policy formulation and decision making.
419. This programme includes the corporate information platform (WAICENT) aimed at the effective management of FAO's store of information and its widest dissemination to Members. It coordinates methods and standards for the management of this information. Within the WAICENT framework, multilingual corporate information systems, i.e. the Corporate Database for Substantive Statistical Data (FAOSTAT), the FAO Information Database (FAOINFO), the Virtual Library, and AGRIS are key components. The Programme also develops new information systems in response to changing information perspectives, such as WAIR, the Corporate Document Repository and FAO Country Profiles.
420. After the transfer of FIVIMS to Programme 2.2.0, four TPs address time-bound initiatives. The ongoing nature of FAO's data and information collection and dissemination work explains the substantial number of distinct CPs. One entity (222P5) is dedicated to spearheading enhanced language coverage in FAO's work. The Programme also includes two TS.
421. Objective: national governments, the private sector and development agencies take advantage of more integrated, reliable and timely statistical information on food and agriculture in Africa, to improve sectoral planning and enhance monitoring and evaluation of the performance of the agricultural sector.
Biennial Outputs
422. Objective: analysts, researchers, project formulators and policy makers will have a comprehensive, area-specific view of the state of agriculture, enabling them to take a coordinated approach across sectors, to identify specific target areas and/or populations in need of attention and to better define technical or emergency assistance.
Biennial Outputs
423. Objective: the complete overhaul of FAO statistical database with more reliable, methodologically-sound and transparent data and new aggregations and extrapolations functions, providing decision makers with improved data series, therefore, contributing to improved planning, evaluation and policy setting in countries.
Biennial Outputs
424. Objective: decision makers, scientists and development workers will have access to a centralised gateway to multimedia resource collections on research and development in agriculture, and will be better able to search and retrieve information relevant to their work. Members will become proactive participants in the management and networking of national agricultural and research information systems.
Biennial Outputs
425. Objective: to provide analysts and policy makers in governments and development agencies with: a set of up-to-date and world-wide statistical series and indicators relating to land use, population, labour force, agricultural inputs, prices, income, investment, resource flows and environmental issues; and statistical profiles with integrated presentation of key indicators of the agricultural sector.
Biennial Outputs
426. Objective: to provide users in FAO and the world community at large with a set of consistent and up-to-date series and indicators relating to production, trade and utilisation - crop and livestock - statistics to analyse and monitor the food and agricultural regional and global situation and to support decision making.
Biennial Outputs
427. Objective: improved availability, reliability, timeliness and usefulness of statistics relating to food and agriculture at the national level for improved sector planning, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes addressing food security issues.
Biennial Outputs
428. Objective: ensure that information and normative products generated under all programmes are accessible in the required FAO languages.
Biennial Outputs
429. Objective: decision makers, researchers, planners and evaluators, in particular in developing countries, will be assured timely access to multilingual information on food, agriculture and rural development via Web-based and other media such as CD-ROM, scanning and digitisation technologies.
Biennial Outputs
430. Objective: the adoption of international standards and methodologies for the collection, storage and dissemination of electronic information pertaining to food and agriculture, enabling better management of national information systems, and resulting in increased utilisation of available information.
Biennial Outputs
431. Objective: enhanced ability of individuals and communities in countries to access and exchange information and knowledge, as well as improve the efficiency, quality and relevance of information being exchanged among the various stakeholder groups involved in agricultural development and food security.
Biennial Outputs
432. Objective: development projects and national agriculture support systems have access to technical information and expert knowledge on effective agricultural practices.
Biennial Outputs
433. Objective: the objective of this entity is to assist national governments, the private sector and development partners to have better access to reliable and timely statistics relating to food and agriculture for improved sector planning and monitoring and evaluation as well as for addressing food security issues.
Biennial Outputs
434. Objective: enhanced ability of individuals and communities in member countries to better mobilise, access and exchange information and knowledge, as well as improve the efficiency, quality and relevance of information and knowledge being exchanged among the various stakeholder groups involved in agricultural development and food security, with a focus on the most vulnerable and deprived groups.
Biennial Outputs
Impact of ZRG Resource Levels |
Efforts to improve coverage, quality and timeliness of core statistical information and activities under 222A4 - Systematic Evaluation and Improvement of Statistical Data Quality, 222P1 - Agricultural Resources and Income Statistics, and 222P2 - Agricultural Production, Trade Statistics and Food Balance Sheets, would be compromised. Support to national capacity building under 222P3 - Agricultural Statistics Development, would be reduced. Enhancements to the multilingual, thematic database and digital map repository of the FAO Country Profiles and Mapping System under 222A3 would be delayed. Under 222S2, reduced resources for collecting indicators on national information management strategies would jeopardize timely Consultation on Agricultural Information Management (COAIM) reports to countries and FAO participation in key UN coordinating fora would be limited. Less resources for 222P9 - Virtual Library, means reduced access to technical information resources in priority subject areas. Lower capacity to implement the AGORA project under 222A5 would deprive developing countries of information to support key national programmes. |
435. The field programme will continue to aim at strengthening the capacity of developing countries to produce statistical and other information for their own planning purposes, as well as for international comparison purposes. Extra-budgetary resources are used in particular to support the FAO/World Bank/USDA Initiative for Agricultural Statistics in Africa (222A2), and will be sought for the introduction and/or adoption at the country level of tools, conceptual frameworks, methodologies and training materials for information management applications developed by FAO.
2004-05 Estimates by Funding Source, Unit and Region (US$ 000) | |||||||
Funding Source |
Organizational Unit |
Region | |||||
Fund |
Total |
Unit |
Programme of Work |
Trust Fund |
Total |
Region |
Total |
Programme of Work |
AFI |
3,432 |
0 |
3,432 |
Global |
17,926 | |
Regular Programme |
31,081 |
ESS |
9,493 |
3,947 |
13,440 |
Inter-Regional |
1,298 |
World Bank |
77 |
FAOR |
16 |
218 |
234 |
Africa |
4,087 |
Jointly Funded Activities |
40 |
GII |
1,769 |
0 |
1,769 |
Asia and Pacific |
4,160 |
TF / UNDP PSC |
14 |
GIL |
13,634 |
653 |
14,287 |
Near East |
5,472 |
Technical Support Service Income |
90 |
RO |
2,386 |
815 |
3,201 |
Europe |
1,816 |
Secondments |
78 |
SO |
650 |
0 |
650 |
Latin America / Caribbean |
2,284 |
Programme of Work |
31,380 |
TCE |
0 |
31 |
31 |
||
Trust Fund Activities |
|||||||
Trust Funds |
5,664 |
||||||
Trust Fund Activities |
5,664 |
||||||
Programme 2.2.2 Total |
37,044 |
31,380 |
5,664 |
37,044 |
37,044 |
Programme Entity |
2002-03 Programme of Work |
RG Programme Change |
RG 2004-05 Programme of Work |
ZRG Programme Change |
ZRG 2004-05 Programme of Work | |
2.2.3.A1 |
Global Perspective Studies |
1,186 |
(1,186) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.2.3.A2 |
Global Food and Agricultural Perspective Studies |
0 |
1,196 |
1,196 |
(22) |
1,174 |
2.2.3.P2 |
The State of Food and Agriculture |
1,167 |
(3) |
1,164 |
(112) |
1,052 |
2.2.3.P3 |
Market Assessments for Basic Food Commodities and Impact on Global Food Security |
1,458 |
(22) |
1,436 |
(45) |
1,391 |
2.2.3.P4 |
Projections and Global Commodity Market Assessments |
986 |
49 |
1,035 |
(87) |
948 |
2.2.3.P5 |
Market Assessments of Tropical, Horticultural and Raw Material Commodities and Impact on Food Security |
1,976 |
31 |
2,007 |
(78) |
1,929 |
2.2.3.P6 |
Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture |
5,924 |
196 |
6,120 |
(174) |
5,946 |
2.2.3.S1 |
Technical Support Services to Member Nations and the Field Programme |
532 |
245 |
777 |
(19) |
758 |
Total |
13,229 |
506 |
13,735 |
(537) |
13,198 | |
Cost Increases |
626 |
608 | ||||
Total - recosted |
14,361 |
13,806 |
436. The programme serves to meet Members' requirements for regular and timely flows of information on, and assessments of, current food supply/demand situation, the outlook for agricultural commodities, and for strategic analyses and perspectives on longer-term food and agriculture and food security at national, regional and global levels.
437. The programme builds on core statistical information generated mainly through Programme 2.2.2, as well as commodity market information within Programme 2.2.3. It addresses cross-cutting issues having policy implications, particularly food security in developing countries. SOFA is a major vehicle to report policy-oriented analyses that contribute to and influence debate on emerging food security, rural and agricultural development issues. The programme provides assessments of the world commodity situation and its short and medium-term implications and fosters understanding of the impact that agricultural development and commodity export earnings have on food security. The GIEWS will pursue its essential role in alerting the world community to pending food shortages, and wide circulation of the results of the global perspective study, Agriculture Towards 2015/30, will be continued.
438. Objective: key decision makers at national and international levels will be more aware of long-term developments, constraints and opportunities in world food, nutrition and agriculture, and will be able to make more informed policy and programmatic choices, as a result.
Biennial Outputs
439. Objective: decision makers can make improved policy or planning decisions based on enhanced awareness and understanding of global or major trends, constraints and opportunities in agricultural development.
Biennial Outputs
440. Objective: the key actors in food and agricultural commodity market will be able to make better decisions in adapting to changing market conditions. In particular, decision makers in governments will promote appropriate programmes or policies aimed at enabling the private sector to seize emerging commodity market opportunities.
Biennial Outputs
441. Objective: countries adjust their policies, strategies and plans to seize trade-related opportunities, based on increased awareness of current developments and future prospects in global commodity markets.
Biennial Outputs
442. Objective: enhanced market efficiency and improved participation in commodity markets by developing countries, through better informed policies and decision making.
Biennial Outputs
443. Objective: enable the provision of relief assistance to people affected by natural and man-made disasters in time to prevent loss of life or minimise human suffering.
Biennial Outputs
444. Objective: improved technical and economic efficiency of commodity markets, and enhanced capability of member countries to maximise benefits from commodity production and trade; mobilisation of extra-budgetary resources in support of these aims
Biennial Outputs
Impact of ZRG Resource Levels |
The scope and coverage of information produced under 223P2 – The State of Food and Agriculture, and 223P4 – Projections and Global Commodity Assessment, would be scaled down. 223P6 – Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture, would have insufficient resources to meet the increasing number of requests from countries for crop and food supply assessment missions and timely reports and alerts. |
445. Extra-budgetary resources are expected to support the further development of GIEWS information technology applications and, where feasible, national and regional early warning systems. They will also be used in projects or activities to strengthen the competitiveness of developing countries exports and for conducting analytical case studies on the functioning of commodity markets.
2004-05 Estimates by Funding Source, Unit and Region (US$ 000) | |||||||
Funding Source |
Organizational Unit |
Region | |||||
Fund |
Total |
Unit |
Programme of Work |
Trust Fund |
Total |
Region |
Total |
Programme of Work |
AFI |
550 |
0 |
550 |
Global |
8,626 | |
Regular Programme |
13,625 |
ESA |
1,104 |
91 |
1,195 |
Inter-Regional |
364 |
TF / UNDP PSC |
70 |
ESC |
10,646 |
654 |
11,300 |
Africa |
1,992 |
Technical Support Service Income |
40 |
ESD |
1,169 |
0 |
1,169 |
Asia and Pacific |
1,471 |
Programme of Work |
13,735 |
FAOR |
16 |
0 |
16 |
Near East |
6,762 |
Trust Fund Activities |
RO |
224 |
905 |
1,129 |
Europe |
665 | |
Trust Funds |
6,874 |
SO |
26 |
0 |
26 |
Latin America / Caribbean |
729 |
Trust Fund Activities |
6,874 |
TCE |
0 |
5,224 |
5,224 |
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Programme 2.2.3 Total |
20,609 |
13,735 |
6,874 |
20,609 |
20,609 |
Programme Entity |
2002-03 Programme of Work |
RG Programme Change |
RG 2004-05 Programme of Work |
ZRG Programme Change |
ZRG 2004-05 Programme of Work | ||
2.2.4.A1 |
World Food Summit Monitoring and Follow-up |
616 |
(616) |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
2.2.4.A2 |
Commodity and Trade Policy Support to Developing Countries for Trade Negotiations |
941 |
488 |
1,429 |
(66) |
1,363 | |
2.2.4.A3 |
Mid-term Review in 2006 of Progress Towards the WFS Target |
671 |
(671) |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
2.2.4.P1 |
Agricultural Adjustment and Policy Reforms |
1,626 |
(73) |
1,553 |
(43) |
1,510 | |
2.2.4.P2 |
Agriculture, Poverty Alleviation, Rural Development and Food Security: Analysis of Linkages |
1,559 |
212 |
1,771 |
(175) |
1,596 | |
2.2.4.P3 |
Economics of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability |
436 |
182 |
618 |
(161) |
457 | |
2.2.4.P4 |
Analysis and Consensus-Building on Emerging Commodity and Trade Issues |
4,983 |
(1,161) |
3,822 |
(136) |
3,686 | |
2.2.4.P5 |
Enhancing Diversification and Competitiveness of Agricultural Commodities |
1,132 |
(31) |
1,101 |
(37) |
1,064 | |
2.2.4.S1 |
Technical Support Services to Member Nations and the Field Programme |
2,174 |
(448) |
1,726 |
(44) |
1,682 | |
Total |
14,138 |
(2,118) |
12,020 |
(662) |
11,358 | ||
Cost Increases |
543 |
525 | |||||
Total - recosted |
12,563 |
11,883 |
446. This programme aims at sustainable improvements in the standard of living and nutritional status of the whole population, taking full advantage of the contributions made by agriculture to economic and rural development and to the reduction of poverty and food insecurity. Sound agricultural policies play a major role in this effort. In an increasingly complex and rapidly changing international trade environment, countries need to strengthen their agricultural trade performance by improving competitiveness and developing appropriate policies. This programme also covers comparative analyses of food security and agricultural development experiences and aims at informing policy advice rendered by FAO. The outputs are mainly in terms of publications, meetings and seminars. Advisory services are provided in collaboration with the Policy Assistance Division (TCA).
447. In the area of policy analysis, emphasis is given to how policies could promote harmonious development of both agriculture and the overall rural space, including opportunities for the poor to improve their livelihoods. In relation to poverty and food security, attention is given to the analysis of the persistence of hunger, its effects on the society at large and the ways (policies, programmes, institutions) in which it can be effectively tackled. Taking account of environmental and natural resources in the mainstream agricultural policy framework, and innovative schemes of environmental payments for poverty reduction, constitute important elements.
448. In the high priority area of trade policy, the broad objective is to strengthen national capacities, particularly of developing countries, for fuller participation in bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations, as well as the formulation of better trade policies. Special attention is given to pursuing reforms of the Intergovernmental Group (IGG) system including thematic commodity conferences in collaboration with other bodies; further work on the linkages between scientific developments and agricultural commodity trade; and assisting developing countries in more rational formulation of trade policies in light of changing international environment.
449. Objective: countries, especially developing countries, are able to participate effectively in trade negotiations affecting the international regulatory framework for agriculture.
Biennial Outputs
450. Objective: policy makers and international organizations have increased awareness of the need to revise agricultural policies, build their capacity to design, adjust and evaluate policies of relevance to agriculture and rural development, and use this capacity to negotiate and implement enabling policy frameworks for agriculture development.
Biennial Outputs
451. Objective: strengthened awareness among decision makers at national and international levels about the importance of reversing declining resource flows to agricultural and rural development and improving the policy environment in order to fight hunger and poverty.
Biennial Outputs
452. Objective: decision makers, increasingly aware of the economics of environmental degradation, propose, adopt and implement agricultural policies and programmes taking environmental costs into account; supporting the implementation of multilateral environmental agreements and conventions.
Biennial Outputs
453. Objective: the international trading system becomes better accepted by all countries as a fair and efficient system, and developing countries improve their capacity in maximising the benefits from trade in processed and semi-processed food and agricultural commodities.
Biennial Outputs
454. Objective: more effective national commodity and trade development strategies; enhanced capacity to generate individual commodity and trade development projects aimed at improved competitiveness and exploitation of market opportunities.
Biennial Outputs
455. Objective: the objective is to provide technical support to countries and regions in implementing the World Food Summit Plan of Action in the manner most appropriate to the country and region specific context through fostering information exchange, debate and consensus-building on policy issues identified as most critical to reducing hunger sustainably, and providing advisory services on request.
Biennial Outputs
Impact of ZRG Resource Levels |
Normative work underpinning agricultural and food security policy analysis would be reduced under 224P2 – Agriculture, Poverty Alleviation, Rural Development and Food Security: Analysis of Linkages. The planned expansion of work on 224P3 – Economics of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability, would not be feasible due to the inability to create a P-3 post of Environmental Economist. Work on issues related to the economics of natural resource management and poverty alleviation, particularly by ensuring leadership in using multilateral environmental agreements for poverty alleviation would be drastically curtailed. |
456. Analytical studies and capacity building for countries to participate as well-informed and equal partners in WTO trade negotiations on agriculture remain strong candidates to attract donor interest. Extra-budgetary resources are to support normative work on the socio-economic analysis and the policy implications of the roles of agriculture in developing countries, and on ways to improve information to guide emergency operations, especially in situations of complex emergencies, where normal information systems have stopped functioning. Moreover, extra-budgetary resources should enable FAO to carry out further analyses of the various dimensions of food security, and direct field work on food security information systems.
2004-05 Estimates by Funding Source, Unit and Region (US$ 000) | |||||||
Funding Source |
Organizational Unit |
Region | |||||
Fund |
Total |
Unit |
Programme of Work |
Trust Fund |
Total |
Region |
Total |
Programme of Work |
AFI |
476 |
0 |
476 |
Global |
5,252 | |
Regular Programme |
11,810 |
ESA |
4,350 |
2,853 |
7,203 |
Inter-Regional |
2,042 |
TF / UNDP PSC |
130 |
ESC |
5,909 |
410 |
6,319 |
Africa |
3,408 |
Secondments |
80 |
FAOR |
16 |
0 |
16 |
Asia and Pacific |
1,697 |
Programme of Work |
12,020 |
RO |
787 |
815 |
1,602 |
Near East |
1,544 |
Trust Fund Activities |
SO |
482 |
0 |
482 |
Europe |
618 | |
Trust Funds |
4,079 |
TCE |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Latin America / Caribbean |
1,539 |
Trust Fund Activities |
4,079 |
||||||
Programme 2.2.4 Total |
16,099 |
12,020 |
4,079 |
16,099 |
16,099 |
Programme Entity |
2002-03 Programme of Work |
RG Programme Change |
RG 2004-05 Programme of Work |
ZRG Programme Change |
ZRG 2004-05 Programme of Work | ||
2.2.9.S1 |
Departmental Direction |
3,351 |
701 |
4,052 |
(359) |
3,693 | |
2.2.9.S2 |
Divisional Direction |
3,495 |
232 |
3,727 |
(29) |
3,698 | |
2.2.9.S3 |
Regional and Sub-regional Direction |
1,844 |
55 |
1,899 |
(6) |
1,893 | |
Total |
8,690 |
988 |
9,678 |
(394) |
9,284 | ||
Cost Increases |
431 |
416 | |||||
Total - recosted |
10,109 |
9,700 |
457. This programme covers the immediate Office of Assistant Director-General (ESD), including the Programme Coordination Unit (ESDP), the offices of Division Directors and those parts of regional office direction attributable to the programmes on food and agriculture policy and development. The increase in programme management under 229S1 results from a technical adjustment in the distribution of the Management Support Service (MSS) of AFD.
Impact of ZRG Resource Levels |
The proposal to establish a new Communications Officer post would need to be cancelled, forsaking the expected improved outreach of the Department’s activities. |