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Outline of the presentationOutline of the presentation

• FAO Strategic ObjectivesFAO Strategic Objectives

• Mandate of FAO Mandate of FAO

• Role of FAO and Focus AreasRole of FAO and Focus Areas

• The role of the FAO country Office Current projectsThe role of the FAO country Office Current projects

• Possible areas of collaborationPossible areas of collaboration

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FAO leads international efforts to defeat hunger and its FAO leads international efforts to defeat hunger and its major focus is on agriculture, forestry, fisheries and major focus is on agriculture, forestry, fisheries and related areas.related areas.

FAOFAO has 5 strategic objectives namely:

SO1 - Eradicate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition

SO2 - Increase and improve provision of goods and services from agriculture, forestry and fisheries in a sustainable manner

FAO Strategic ObjectivesFAO Strategic Objectives

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SO3 - Livelihoods of rural populations and in particular SO3 - Livelihoods of rural populations and in particular for women and youth improved through enhanced for women and youth improved through enhanced employment opportunities and conditions, increased employment opportunities and conditions, increased access to productive resources and rural servicesaccess to productive resources and rural services

SO4 - Enable more inclusive and efficient food and SO4 - Enable more inclusive and efficient food and agricultural systems at local, national and international agricultural systems at local, national and international levelslevels

SO5 - Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats SO5 - Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crisesand crises

FAO Strategic Objectives FAO Strategic Objectives (continues)(continues)

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Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO's Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO's efforts - to make sure people have regular access to efforts - to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy livesenough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives

Gather, process and disseminate information relating to nutrition, food and agriculture

Promote and recommend national/international action with respect to nutritional, food and agriculture interventions

Provide technical assistance and capacity building to governments upon request

Mandate of FAO Mandate of FAO

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Role of FAO

• Humanitarian• Rehabilitation• Development

FAOHumanitarian Development

Rehabilitation

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Current projects in South AfricaCurrent projects in South Africa

Capacity Building for South African Professionals in Capacity Building for South African Professionals in the Field of Agriculture and Food Security (with initial the Field of Agriculture and Food Security (with initial emphasis on International Development Cooperation)emphasis on International Development Cooperation)

FAO support for CAADPFAO support for CAADP Public understanding of aquaculturePublic understanding of aquaculture Support Conservation AgricultureSupport Conservation Agriculture Telefood food security micro projectsTelefood food security micro projects

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“Capacity Building for South African Professionals

in the field of agriculture and food security”

The project is funded by RSA Government

Objectives Increase knowledge and skills of a cadre of DoA

officers for more effective management of DAFF international development cooperation programmes (supporting food security and agricultural rehabilitation)

Capacity building for effective policies, strategies and service delivery in support of emerging farmers

Currently busy with mid-term review of the project

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FAO is supporting Department of Agriculture,

Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) to develop the CAADP Process.

Expected results areExpected results are Policy briefs reviewed. A report on priority investment areas along the four

CAADP pillars. CAADP implementation roadmap with an

accompanying monitoring and accountability framework and related capacity strengthened.

CAADPCAADP

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Objective Objective at providing a comprehensive market and policy

analysis, to identify the public understanding of aquaculture and to develop a five-year aquaculture awareness programme.

The results are-Aquaculture reference database, a searchable web based resource, with an accompanying brief

A framework outlining a five year aquaculture awareness programme

Public Understanding of AquaculturePublic Understanding of Aquaculture

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ObjectivesObjectives to enhance household and national food security to enhance household and national food security

while combating the potential impact of climate while combating the potential impact of climate change by promoting sound and sustainable change by promoting sound and sustainable farming practices farming practices

to build awareness of the potential benefits of CA to build awareness of the potential benefits of CA in countries where it is not widely practiced or in countries where it is not widely practiced or understood understood

To document and analyse past and current CA To document and analyse past and current CA activities in the region to identify best practices activities in the region to identify best practices and lessons learnedand lessons learned

““Regional Dissemination of Knowledge, Regional Dissemination of Knowledge, Information and Experiences on Conservation Information and Experiences on Conservation Agriculture (CA) Activities in Southern Africa”Agriculture (CA) Activities in Southern Africa”

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FAO programme established to finance micro-projects. Objective: to finance micro-Objective: to finance micro-projects (production inputs) in developing projects (production inputs) in developing countries such as poultry and communal countries such as poultry and communal gardens.gardens.

Purpose-to help poor people free themselves from their daily struggle to get enough food to eat. It aims at improving the capacity of poor and vulnerable families to produce more food and generate cash income for more sustainable livelihoods

Telefood ProjectsTelefood Projects

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Support to Government on Policy, legislation, regulations

Technical support and advice to Government To enhance household and national food securityTo enhance household and national food security Joint collaboration on project developmentJoint collaboration on project development

Possible areas of collaborationPossible areas of collaboration