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

3. www.fao.org www.eclac.org OPS www.paho.org www.unesco.org www.iica.int/cumbres Secretariat of the Ministerial Meeting “Agriculture & Rural Life in the Americas”

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

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

6. AGRI-FOOD SYSTEM AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL CHAINS NATIONAL & INTERN MARKETS RURAL TERRITORIES NON AGRIC. ACTIVITIES RURAL SYSTEM AGRO 2015 Plan Introduction – 2nd Pa.

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

8. CATEGORIES DIMENSIONS RURAL TERRITORIES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION – TRADE CHAINS NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT PRODUCTION – TRADE ECOLOGICAL – ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIO – CULTURAL AND HUMAN POLITICAL – INSTITUTIONAL Those two aspects define the space to build today the agriculture & rural life of 2015

9. RURAL TERRITORIES A-P-T CHAINS NAC./ INT. CONTEXT PROD. TRADE ECO. ENV. SOC. CULT HUM. POL. INST. COMPETITIVENESS SUSTAINABILITY EQUITY GOVERNANCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT RURAL PROSPERITY FOOD SECURITY INTERNATIONAL POSITIONING

10. TERRITORIESCHAINSCONTEXT 1. PROMOTING COMPETITIVE RURAL ENTERPRISES 2. INTEGRATING PRODUCTION CHAINS AND STRENGTHENING THEIR COMPETITIVENESS 3. PROMOTING AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO COMPETITIVE AGRICULTURE

11. TERRITORIESCHAINSCONTEXT 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

12. TERRITORIESCHAINSCONTEXT 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

13. TERRITORIESCHAINSCONTEXT 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

14. 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 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES    Rural Prosperity Food Security International Positioning SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL MILIEU   PURPOSES FOR THE PRIORITY LINES AND THEIR COHERENCE WITH THE VISION AND THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES OF THE AGRO 2015 PLAN

15. 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. 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. PLAN OF ACTION DECLARATION