Food and Agriculture Organization

of the United Nations

Andrew Speedy Former FAO Representative in Vietnam

Visiting Professor, The Royal Agricultural College

About the…..

Problem

Design an effective international system for the development of food and agriculture, for food security, equity and the environment (and to deal with emergencies and disasters)

United Nations

General Assembly

Security Council

Secretary General

UNDP UNICEF WFP UNFPA UNEP

ICCC

UNESCO

ILO UNHABITAT

UNIFEM UNAIDS

UNDG

IOM

IAEA

RLC

RAP

RAF SAFR

RNE SEUR

FAO HQ

SLAC SNEA

SAPA

•  Headquarters in Rome •  Five Regional Offices •  Five Sub-regional Offices •  Five Liaison Offices •  Seventy-Four* Country Representations.

•  3600 staff •  192 Member Countries

Intergovernmental Conference

Council Permanent

Representatives Secretariat

Commissions

Norms, standards and conventions

Regional Conferences

FAO Member Countries

Knowledge and communication

Technical cooperation

Human, financial and physical resources

Agriculture

Plant Production and Protection

Animal Production and Health

Nutrition and Consumer Protection

Commodities and Trade

FAOSTAT statistics

Gender, equity

and rural

employment

The Right

To Food

Food Security and Vulnerability

The State

of Food and

Agriculture

Land and

water Land Tenure

Research and

Extension

Science Council

Biotechnology

Sustainable

Development Global Information And Early Warning System

Forestry Forest

Industry

Inventory & Assessment

Non-wood

Forest Products

Fisheries Aquaculture

Industry Statistics

Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries

Agriculture

Plant Production and Protection

Animal Production and Health Emergency Centre for Trans-boundary Animal Diseases

Crops and Grassland

Plant Protection FAO/IAEA Joint Division

Coordinated Research Programmes

Livestock and Environment

Livestock Policy

Plant Genetic Resources

Animal Genetic

Resources

Biotechnology

Feed Resources

Livestock Systems Nutrition and Consumer Protection

Expert Meetings

Codex Alimentarius Commission

International Plant Protection Commission

International Commission

on Plant Genetic Resources

JEMRA JEFCA JMPR

Codes

Traceability

Food Safety Objective

Equivalence

Risk Analysis

Performance criterion Preventative measures

HACCP

Verification

Food Safety Maximum Residue Limits Good Practices

Knowledge Exchange Research and Extension

Technical Experts

FAO Professional Staff*

TCDC developing country experts

Letter of agreement

non-profit orgs

National consultants

*HQ, RO, SRO

Projects

Programmes

Sector Wide Approach SWAP

Technical

Cooperation

Projects

TCP Facility

General Cooperative

Programme

(Donors)

World Bank Coop Prog IFAD ADB JICA

(National Execution)

(Direct Budget Support)

Results Framework

Emergencies

Natural Disasters

Animal and Plant Diseases

Tsunami Floods

Earthquakes Drought

Desert Locust Brown

Plant Hopper

Food Borne Diseases Avian

Influenza

BSE FMD

Rinderpest

FAO Representative

Country Office

Programme

Administration Secretariat

Library Programme Programme

Project Project Project

Chief Technical Adviser Website

Chief Technical

Adviser

Government priorities

Modernization and industrialization

Food safety and quality

International trade

Socio-economic development of rural areas

Marginal areas,

ethnic minorities and

vulnerable groups Access to markets

Land reform

Infrastructure and services

Biotechnology

Reduced hunger and poverty

Global environment

Responsible trade

and use of pesticides WTO compliance

Responsible fisheries

Norms, treaties and conventions

Control of transboundary diseases

International priorities

Sustainable forestry

Success stories

Integrated pest management

New world screwworm Rinderpest

Avian influenza

Codex alimentarius Techology transfer

FAOSTAT

Droughts, floods and earthquakes

Reduced hunger and poverty

UN reform

Policy and strategy

High quality international technical expertise

Implementation of international standards

Harmonization and collaboration

Effectiveness and efficiency

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“Donors are demanding more upstream policy advice”

What is Policy?

• Priorities • Strategy • Plans • Laws

Finance

Business

People

Health Education

Social protection

Pension

Leisure Housing

Culture Environment

Work Goods Food

Biosphere

Industry Agriculture

Energy Water

Incentive

Tax

Tax

Social services

Environmental services Policy Framework Land

Policy Issues for Developing Countries

•  EU •  WTO •  Food safety •  Animal health •  Pesticide •  GMOs •  Forestry •  Fisheries

•  Climate change •  Environment •  Biodiversity •  Sustainable development •  Education •  Extension •  Land tenure •  Rural planning

Food Security

Options to address high food prices

•  Control domestic prices •  Input subsidies •  Grain reserves •  International agreements •  Safety nets for the poor •  Increase production •  New technology

Land use planning

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Human rights based approach

•  Inequality

•  Vulnerability

•  Freedom of speech

•  Quality of life

Political objectives

•  Food security

•  Consumer prices

•  Farmers incomes

•  Land rights

•  Climate change

Modalities

•  Technology transfer

•  Extension

•  Capacity building

•  International agreements

Interesting stuff •  World Economic Forum - Global Agenda Council on Food Security •  EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme •  Royal Society 2010: Food security: feeding the world in 2050 •  James Martin 21st Century School. University of Oxford.

2009.Symposium: An Agrarian Renaissassassance? •  LSE Global Policy Journal. David Held. •  TED.com

–  Hans Rosling –  Louise Fresco –  Josette Sheeran –  Kofi Anan –  Bill Gates –  Irene Rosenfeld