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Book (stand-alone)Country gender assessment of agriculture and the rural sector in Viet Nam 2019
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No results found.The Country Gender Assessment (CGA) was commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from October 2017 to February 2018 as a way to gauge Viet Nam’s progress in achieving gender equality in agriculture and the rural sector and as a mechanism to guide FAO’s strategic mission in Viet Nam. Its objective is to inform FAO country-level planning and programming in line with national development priorities and FAO’s mandate and strategic framework. The Assessment is also aimed at facilitating FAO’s contribution to the UN Country Team report on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) with up-to date and objective information on the situation of rural women in the country. The methodology of the CGA included a desk review of policies and programmes on agriculture, food and nutrition security and gender equality, a quantitative analysis of national statistics, in-depth interviews with FAO Viet Nam partners and qualitative surveys and focus group discussions (FGDs) conducted in two provinces (Ninh Thuan and Lao Cai). -
DocumentMaldives and FAO: Achievements and Success Stories 2011
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No results found.Maldives became a member of FAO in 1971 and was accredited to the FAO Representative’s office in Sri Lanka in 1979. The economy of Maldives has grown rapidly since 1975, making impressive socio-economic progress when measured by improvements in socio-economic indicators and poverty reduction. The government has played a central role in the rapid growth of fisheries and tourism, which are the main foreign exchange earners of the country. Food security in Maldives has unique features as the countr y depends on imports for most of its food needs, including rice, which is the country’s staple grain. Outside of Malé, fishing and subsistence agriculture are the main sources of food security and livelihoods for the vast majority of the people. The agricultural sector of Maldives is based primarily on coconuts and other tree crops with only some 4 000 hectares under other agriculture crops. In response to the current food and fuel crisis, Maldives is integrating food security into national plan ning. It has removed tariffs on imported food items, agricultural inputs and fuel and is intensifying and diversifying agriculture and fisheries. Maldives is also promoting and strengthening small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in both these sectors, while providing financial support for small growers and fishers in rural areas. Climate change is central to all discussions about food security in Maldives, because it is adversely affecting crops and fish stocks and reducing land area as the sea le vel rises. Developing agriculture as the third pillar of the economy, after tourism and fishing, is one of the priorities of the 7th National Development Plan, which is being implemented at present. The government is working with FAO and IFAD as well as the private sector to develop agriculture by introducing new and innovative techniques and technology that would make farming into a vehicle for commercially viable sustainable rural development. Since the early 1970’s, FAO has provided assistanc e to the government through national and regional programmes to address the needs and priorities of the country. Direct support from FAO in the form of targeted Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) projects has totalled US$9.5 million. Additionally, Maldives has been a recipient of support from numerous regional TCP projects. The country also received substantial amounts of emergency assistance for post tsunami recovery in 2005 and 2006. Donors supporting development through FAO in Maldives inc lude: Japan, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, EC, Germany, Saudi Arabia, and the Netherlands. -
ProjectTuna Fisheries In The EEZs Of India, Maldives And Sri Lanka - BOBP/WP/31 1985
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No results found.This paper attempts to summarize the present knowledge of those tuna resources in the EEZs of India, Maldives and Sri Lanka that are likely to be shared stocks. It contains a summary report, a survey of tuna fishery in the three EEZs and country reports from Maldives and Sri Lanka. The material was put together following a working group meeting of scientists from Maldives and Sri Lanka, with India represented by two observers from the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka. The meeting was hel d 4-8 June 1984 at the National Aquatic Resources Agency (NARA), Colombo, Sri Lanka, and was held under the auspices of the FAO/UNDP project “Marine Fishery Resources Management in the Bay of Bengal “(RAS/81/051). Dr. K. Sivasubramaniam, Senior Fishery Biologist of the project, acted as convenor. The Director General of NARA, Dr. Onil Pereira, opened the meeting. “Marine Fishery Resources Management in the Bay of Bengal” is a component of the Bay of Bengal Programme. The project has a du ration of four years; it commenced in January 1983. Its immediate objective is to improve the practice of fishery resources assessment among participating countries and to stimulate and assist in joint assessment and management activities between countries sharing fish stocks.
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