Secretariat of the Ministerial Process BUILDING TODAY THE AGRICULTURE & RURAL LIFE OF 2015 (opportunity for a renewed institutional framework, joint action and cooperation) Secretariat of the Ministerial Process

POSITIONING AGRICULTURE & RURAL LIFE ON THE INTER-AMERICAN AGENDA: from Quebec 2001 to Monterrey 2004 A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR AGRICULTURE & RURAL LIFE IN THE AMERICAS: AGRO 2015 Plan AGRO – AMÉRICAS: a new hemispheric dynamic

DEVELOPING AN INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR FOLLOWING UP ON THE AGRO 2015 PLAN: joint iniciative among 5 internacional organizations in support of the Ministerial Delegates of Agriculture and Rural Life EL DISCO COMPACTO QUE LES TRAEMOS CONTIENE 3 TRABAJOS QUE SON RESULTADO DEL ESFUERZO DE 5 ORGANISMOS INTERNACIONALES “TRABAJANDO JUNTOS” PARA DARLE SEGUIMIENTO AL CUMPLIMIENTO DE LOS MANDATOS DE LAS CUMBRES, EVALUAR SU IMPACTO EN EL COMPORTAMIENTO DE LA AGRICULTURA Y VIDA RURAL, CONOCER LAS EXPECTATIVAS DE LOS ACTORES DEL AGRO Y CON ESA BASE SUGERIR AJUSTES PARA LAS SIGUIENTES CUMBRES Y REUNIONES MINISTERIALES. ESTE ESFUERZO ES COORDINADO POR LA CEPAL Y EL IICA. www.fao.org www.eclac.org www.iica.int/cumbres Secretariat of the Ministerial Meeting “Agriculture & Rural Life in the Americas” www.unesco.org OPS www.paho.org

Summit Process & Ministerial Process QUEBEC 2001 MONTERREY 2004 MAR DEL PLATA 2005 MINISTERIAL DELEGATES WORKING TOGETHER & GRICA MINISTERIAL MEETING FIRST BAVARO 2001 MINISTERIAL MEETING THIRD GUAYAQUIL 2005 MINISTERIAL MEETING SECOND PANAMA 2003 MINISTERIAL DELEGATES WORKING TOGETHER & GRICA

THIRD SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS, 2001 DECLARATION IMPROVING AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LIFE IS ESSENTIAL TO REDUCE POVERTY AND ACHIEVE INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF ACTION WE RECOGNIZE THE FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE: As a way of life for millions of rural families As strategic sector of the socio-economic system essential for generating prosperity

Systemic Concept of Agriculture and Rural Life (beyond a purely sectoral perspective) INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT NATIONAL CONTEXT RURAL SYSTEM AGRI-FOOD SYSTEM NON AGRIC. ACTIVITIES NATIONAL & INTERN MARKETS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES RURAL TERRITORIES AGRICULTURAL CHAINS AGRO 2015 Plan Introduction – 2nd Pa.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTION- TRADE POLITICAL- INSTITUTIONAL ECOLOGICAL - ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT APPROACH (dimensions) SOCIO – CULTURAL HUMAN AGRO 2015 Plan Introduction – 2nd Pa.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION – NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT Those two aspects define the space to build today the agriculture & rural life of 2015 CATEGORIES DIMENSIONS RURAL TERRITORIES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION – TRADE CHAINS NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT PRODUCTION – TRADE ECOLOGICAL – ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIO – CULTURAL AND HUMAN POLITICAL – INSTITUTIONAL 12 components of the conceptual-thematic space for a renewed agriculture and rural life

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FROM 2015 VISION THE NATIONAL POLICIES TO RURAL TERRITORIES A-P-T CHAINS NAC./ INT. CONTEXT PROD.TRADE ECO. ENV. SOC. CULT HUM. POL. INST. COMPETITIVENESS SUSTAINABILITY EQUITY GOVERNANCE AGRO-System Matrix: space for developing national policies RURAL PROSPERITY FOOD SECURITY INTERNATIONAL POSITIONING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE COMPETITIVENESS PRIORITY LINES FOR THE PRODUCTION - TRADE DIMENSION TERRITORIES CHAINS CONTEXT 1. PROMOTING COMPETITIVE RURAL ENTERPRISES 2. INTEGRATING PRODUCTION CHAINS AND STRENGTHENING THEIR COMPETITIVENESS 3. PROMOTING AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO COMPETITIVE AGRICULTURE

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE SUSTAINABILITY PRIORITY LINES FOR THE ECOLOGICAL - ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION TERRITORIES CHAINS CONTEXT 4. BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE IN THE RURAL AREAS 5. FROM FARM TO TABLE: PROMOTING INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 6. PARTICIPATING IN BUILDING AN INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL FRAMEWORK

ADVANCING LEARNING AND EXPERTISE IN THE CHAIN STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE EQUITY PRIORITY LINES FOR THE SOCIO - CULTURAL AND HUMAN DIMENSION TERRITORIES CHAINS CONTEXT 7. QUALITY OF LIFE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES: CREATING KNOW-HOW AND OPPORTUNITIES 8. ADVANCING LEARNING AND EXPERTISE IN THE CHAIN 9. PROMOTING POLICIES TO CREATE CAPABILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE RURAL COMMUNITIES

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE GOVERNANCE PRIORITY LINES FOR THE POLITICAL - INSTITUTIONAL DIMENSION TERRITORIES CHAINS CONTEXT 10. STRENGTHENING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION AND COORDINATED ACTION BETWEEN THEM IN THE TERRITORIES 11. STRENGTHENING DIALOGUE AND COMMITMENTS AMONG ACTORS IN THE CHAIN 12. PROMOTING STATE POLICIES FOR AGRICULTURE & RURAL LIFE & REGIONAL & HEMISPHERIC COOPERATION

PURPOSES FOR THE PRIORITY LINES AND THEIR COHERENCE WITH THE VISION AND THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES OF THE AGRO 2015 PLAN CATEGORIES Rural Territories Agricultural Production-Trade Chains National and International Context STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES DIMENSIONS Production – Trade 1. Promoting competitive rural enterprises 2. Integrating chains and strengthening their competitiveness 3. Promoting an environment conducive to competitive agriculture  Competitiveness Ecological – Environmental 4. Being environmentally responsible in the rural areas 5. From farm to table: promoting integrated environmental management 6. Participating in building an institutional environmental framework  Sustainability Sociocultural - human 7. Quality of life in rural communities: creating know-how and opportunity 8. Advancing learning and expertise in the chain 9. Promoting policies to create capabilities and opportunities for the rural communities  Equity Political - institutional 10. Strengthening public and private sector participation and coordinated action between them in the territories 11. Strengthening dialogue and commitments among actors in the chain 12. Promoting state policies for agriculture and rural life and regional and hemispheric cooperation  Governance    Rural Prosperity Food Security International Positioning SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL MILIEU  

PROPOSAL FOR THE IV SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DECLARATION A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK FOR RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, TO PROMOTE INVESTMENT, JOB CREATION AND RURAL PROSPERITY, AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE OBJECTIVES DEFINED IN PARAGRAPHS 1, 2 AND 3 OF THIS DECLARATION. PLAN OF ACTION WE SHALL PROMOTE COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL POLICIES AND STRATEGIES FOR AGRICULTURE THAT WILL ENCOURAGE AGRICULTURAL TRADE, INVESTMENTS IN THE RURAL MILIEU TO CONTRIBUTE TO ITS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, THE CREATION OF JOBS AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIVING CONDITIONS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION BASED ON PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY.

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