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DocumentFAO and EU Food Facility. Ex-Post Economic Impact Assessment 2012
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No results found.In 2007-2008, agriculture commodity prices skyrocketed worldwide. The 2009 financial crisis extended the global recession. As of 2012, prices continue to remain higher than at pre-crisis levels and trends are marked by volatility. These shocks have had both short- and long-term adverse affects on the earning capacity and prospects of the poor, especially net food buyers. The combined effect of the high food prices and the global financial crisis of 2009 have driven an estimated 105 million peopl e into hunger and malnutrition. Although the effects have been pronounced in urban areas, of the 1.1 billion people living in poverty, an estimated 70 percent reside in rural areas and depend on the productivity of ecosystems for their livelihoods1. Many of these rural poor are smallholder farmers whose opportunities to benefit from higher food prices are constrained by a lack of access to inputs, such as improved and quality seeds, chemicals, fertilizers and adequate mechanization, as well as a ppropriate technical advice and access to markets. The European Union (EU) allocated EUR 1 billion for a food price crisis response facility to deliver emergency assistance in a manner that would provide immediate relief for those adversely affected by high food prices and improve the capacities of vulnerable rural people to: (i) increase agricultural productivity; (ii) generate more income; and (iii) secure livelihoods against future food price shocks. The idea was to support effective transiti ons between humanitarian action and development processes, focusing on programmes that would have both a rapid and lasting impact on food security. -
Book (stand-alone)European Union Food Facility Foundations for Future Action
An Initial Review of Selected Projects
2011The combined impact of the high food prices crisis of 2007-2008 and the global financial crisis of 2009 has pushed an estimated 105 million more people into hunger and malnutrition. These events have threatened to reverse critical gains made toward reducing poverty and hunger as outlined in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In an effort to quell global food security concerns, world leaders have addressed the need for urgent action in several high level meetings, including the 2009 W orld Summit on Food Security, and two consecutive G8 Summits. The European Union has been at the forefront of the food crisis response, generously allocating one billion euros through the European Union Food Facility (EUFF) to help bridge the gap between short-term emergency relief and longer-term development support. In 2009, FAO began carrying out projects worth € 228 million (approximately USD 314 million) in 28 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean through the EUFF . With these projects coming to a close in mid-2011, FAO initiated an exercise to document initial outcomes of selected projects in 13 of the 28 countries. Though still too early to evaluate their full impact on food production and food security, “Foundations for Future Action: an Initial Review of Selected Projects”, a new report published by FAO, highlights some early EUFF project achievements, together with lessons learned and suggestions for the way forward. -
No Thumbnail AvailableBook (series)Strategies for sustainable animal agriculture in developing countries 1993
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No results found.he FAO Expert Consultation on Strategies for Sustainable Animal Agriculture in Developing Countries was held at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy, from 10 to 14 December 1990.Animal agriculture is a complex, multi-component, interactive process that is dependant on land, human resources and capital investment. Throughout the developing world it is practised in many different forms, in different environments and with differing degrees of intensity and biological efficiency. As a result any meaningful discussion of the subject must draw on a broad spectrum of the biological and earth sciences as well as the social, economic and political dimensions that bear so heavily on the advancement of animal agriculture. There is a growing consensus among politicians, planners and scientists alike that livestock production in the third world is not developing as it should, or at a sufficient pace to meet the high quality protein needs of a rapidly expanding human population. The sobering reality is, despite the many development projects implemented over the years by national, bilateral and multinational agencies and often substantial capital investment, there has been little or no change in the efficiency of animal production in the developing world. Livestock numbers have increased substantially in many countries and while the growth in output is welcome, it does not necessarily equate with sustainable productive growth. On the contrary it can, as it has done in the drought prone arid regions, lead to a lowering of productivity and degradation of the rangelands.The purpose of the Expert Consultation was to discuss and formulate specific criteria and questions relating to the planning and implementation of sustainable livestock production programmes in the developing world. There is increasing concern regarding the conservation of the natural resource base and protection of the global environment and FAO attaches highest priority to the sustainable development of plant and animal agriculture. This Expert Consultation is one of a number of initiatives being undertaken by FAO to ensure the sustainability of it's agricultural development programme. The discussion and recommendations arising from this Expert Consultation have been used to help to focus and guide global, regional and national policies and action programmes on the sustainable development of agriculture and have provided an important contribution to the FAO/Government of the Netherlands International Conference on Agriculture and the Environment held in the hague, 15–19 April, 1991.
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