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FAO and SIDS
A long-lasting partnership
Rome, 2 December 2003
Purpose of side event
Integrate agriculture in sustainable development
Contents
SIDS process
FAO achievements
Trends and issues
Agriculture within SIDS Agenda 21
Alliance Of Small Islands States (AOSIS)
PacificCaribbean
AIMS
SIDS members of FAOPacific region: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu (Tuvalu, F.S. of Micronesia)
Caribbean region: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize#, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic*, Grenada, Guyana#, Jamaica, Haiti*, St. Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago
Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and South China Seas: Maldives, Mauritius, Comoros, Seychelles, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau#, Sao Tome and Principe, Cyprus, Malta, Bahrain*
Emergence of SIDS Agenda
FAO Inter-Regional Conference, 1992
UN Global Conference, 1994
FAO Ministerial Conference, 1999
BPOA or SIDS Agenda 21
16 areas: climate, disasters, wastes, oceans, freshwater, land, energy, tourism, biodiversity, transport, science, institutions and human resources ...
Plan of Action on Agriculture in SIDS
Global trading environment
Sustainable agriculture
Fisheries needs
Forestry, environment and natural hazards
Institutional strengthening
Review of SIDS Agenda 21
Pacific: Samoa, 4-8 Aug. 2003
AIMS: Cape Verde, 1-5 Sept. 2003
Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago, 6-10 Oct. 2003
Inter-regional: Bahamas, 26-30 Jan. 2004
Prep. meeting: 12-14 April 2004
International Conference: Mauritius, 30 Aug.-3 Sept. 2004
FAO within the UN process
FAO Plan of Action
SIDS Agenda 21
Millennium Development Goals
FAO’s assistance to SIDS
Two decades:US$ 300 million1300 projects
Since 1994: US$ 95 million607 projects
Adjusting to globalization
since 1994: US$ 7.5 million
Multilateral trade negotiations
Access to WTO
Nutrition
Codex Alimentarius
Food control and safety
Agriculture diversification
since 1994: US$ 40.4 million
Enhancing traditional food systems
Agriculture-tourism linkages
Integrated pest management
Sustainable water use
Genetic resources
Fisheries needssince 1994: US$ 9 million
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
1995 UN Fish Stocks Agreement
Monitoring, control and surveillance
Regional cooperation
Forestry and the environmentsince 1994: US$ 9 million
Code of Conduct of Logging of Indigenous Forests
Forest policy review (Caribbean, 1998)
Agro-forestry
Mangrove and coastal management
Watershed management
Policies and emergencies since 1994: US$ 14 million
Initiative to Support the Review and Update of National Policies and Strategies
Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System
Natural disaster management
Issues and trends
Issues from sub-regional meetings
National security
Vulnerability to global developments
Trade regimes
Oceans and unregulated fishing
Breakdown of food systems
Regional institutions
ODA to SIDS (-50% since 1990)
FAO observed trends
Relative poverty
Food import dependency
Nutrition-related health diseases
Weaknesses
Small-scale
Land and water insecurity
Agriculture homogeneity
Ecological and economic vulnerability
Poor inter-sectoral integration
The way forward
Bahamas, January 2004New York, April 2004Mauritius, August 2004
Implementation of BPOA + MDG + JPOI
Formulation of AOSIS negotiating position
Agriculture in SIDS Agenda 21
Bahamas• FAO Report to Secretary-General• SIDS inter-sectoral dialogue
New York• FAO trade study• SIDS steps towards a trade coalition
What after Mauritius?
Thank you for your comments