BUILDING TODAY THE AGRICULTURE & RURAL LIFE OF 2015

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

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www.iica.int/cumbresSecretariat of the Ministerial Meeting

“Agriculture & Rural Life in the Americas”

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

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DELEGATES

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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 familiesAs a way of life for millions of rural families

As strategic sector of the socio-economic system As strategic sector of the socio-economic system essential for generating prosperityessential for generating prosperity

AGRI-FOOD SYSTEM

AGRICULTUR

ALACTIVITIES

AGRICULTURAL

CHAINS

NATIONAL & INTERNMARKETS

RURALTERRITORIES

NON AGRIC.ACTIVITIES

RURALSYSTEM

AGRO 2015 Plan Introduction – 2nd Pa.

POLITICAL-INSTITUTIONAL

SOCIO – CULTURAL

HUMAN

PRODUCTION-TRADE

ECOLOGICAL -ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

APPROACH(dimensions)

AGRO 2015 Plan Introduction – 2nd Pa.

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

RURAL TERRITORIES

A-P-T CHAINS

NAC./ INT. CONTEXT

PROD.TRADE

ECO.

ENV.

SOC.

CULT

HUM.

POL.

INST.

COMPETITIVENESS

SUSTAINABILITY

EQUITY

GOVERNANCE

SUSTAINABLESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT

• RURAL PROSPERITY

• FOOD SECURITY

• INTERNATIONAL POSITIONING

TERRITORIES CHAINS CONTEXT

1.

PROMOTING COMPETITIVE

RURAL ENTERPRISES

2.

INTEGRATING PRODUCTION CHAINS AND

STRENGTHENING THEIR

COMPETITIVENESS

3.

PROMOTING AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO COMPETITIVE AGRICULTURE

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

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

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

CATEGORIES

Rural TerritoriesAgricultural

Production-Trade Chains

National and International

Context

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVESDIMENSIONS

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

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