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FAO meets with the Minister of Agriculture of Bangladesh during PARTNER project scoping mission
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FAO meets with the Minister of Agriculture of Bangladesh during PARTNER project scoping mission
15/12/2023
The Honorable Minister, H.E. Dr. Muhammad Abdur Razzaque, Minister of Agriculture of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, had a fruitful meeting on 11 December 2023 with the scoping mission of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headed by Mr. Nafis Khan, Senior Programme Officer, South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division (PST), FAO.
The primary objective of the scoping mission was to identify areas for the potential provision of technical assistance and implementation support to the Program on Agricultural and Rural Transformation for Nutrition, Entrepreneurship, and Resilience (PARTNER), in Bangladesh. PARTNER is a joint loan project with a financial envelop of USD 543 million, funded by the World Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
Through rigorous multi-stakeholders’ consultations with the 22 implementing agencies, contributing agencies, strategic partners and other stakeholders, such as the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), the mission analyzed the different deliverables assigned to each of the agencies, in order to spot potential areas for technical assistance and implementation support provisions for PARTNER.
The weeklong consultations provided a platform to reassess existing capacities, potential for FAO’s support, as well as joint opportunities for key players of PARTNER to synchronize their activities, to achieve overall targets of the program, labeled as ten Disbursement Linked Indicators.
A wide range of national experts and officials participated, such as institutes, entities of the Ministry of Agricultural and the CGIAR member institutes.
During the meeting, the Minister provided a comprehensive overview of the country’s agricultural sector. He highlighted several areas where Bangladesh has achieved remarkable results in ensuring food sufficiency, despite a prevalence of financial and other challenges.
The efficient usage of water remains an issue, but the country has continued to improve the performance of its agricultural sector, for example, by increasing vegetable production, harvesting and processing, and by enhancing the rice value chain. The country does, however, still need to focus on the improvement of storage and market access. In addition, improving rice productivity and main crops for sparing arable lands for marginal crops, such as oilseed crops, was also highlighted.
The Minister showed keen interest in stepping up collaboration with FAO, by requesting immediate support from FAO to implement the PARTNER.
The Minister was briefed by Mr. Nafis Khan on the overall deliverables of this ambitious Program and the probable areas of collaboration. The Honorable Minister conveyed his appreciation of FAO’s support and acknowledged the long withstanding partnership between Bangladesh and FAO in dealing with the agricultural development of the country. The mission reiterated FAO’s continued support to Bangladesh, one of its esteemed member states.
It was agreed that the FAO mission will submit a detailed gap analysis, including a concept note, with a clear set of recommendations on the way forward to engage with the government, focusing on leveraging South-South and Triangular Cooperation in support of the implementation of PARTNER.
Earlier that week, the Honorable Secretary, Ms. Wahida Aktar of the Ministry of Agriculture was given an appraisal of interim progress by Mr. Nafis Khan, based on the findings from the different sessions of the consultations between the scoping mission and the team from the Ministry of Agriculture.
FAO Director-General showcases OCOP Initiative as powerful catalyst for change
07/12/2023
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, on Wednesday called on Members and all other stakeholders to provide financial, technical and human resources to support the implementation of FAO’s One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) Initiative, which can make a real impact to transform agrifood systems.
Qu addressed an event on the OCOP Initiative, under the Framework of the FAO China South-South Cooperation Programme. The event took place in hybrid form on the sidelines of the 174th Session of the FAO Council. Speakers included Malawi’s Minister for Agriculture, Sam Kawale, as well as government officials and Permanent Representatives from Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Trinidad and Tobago and Uzbekistan.
The OCOP was launched in September 2021. It is designed to support more sustainable agrifood value chains of Special Agricultural Products (SAPs), increase access to healthy diets, improve farmers’ livelihoods and economic growth, while minimizing the use of chemical inputs and of natural resources, reducing food loss and waste, as well as minimizing negative impacts on the environment.
SAPs have unique unique economic value, geographical advantages, specific farming practices and cultural heritages. Examples of SAPs already supported by the initiative include jackfruit in Bangladesh, date palm in Egypt, banana in Malawi, cocoa in Trinidad and Tobago, and sweet cherry in Uzbekistan.
As of November, 83 countries across all five FAO regions had expressed interest in promoting the sustainable development of over 50 SAPs, and all of which are potential OCOP project countries.
During Wednesday's event, the global South-South Cooperation project was formally announced to support the implementation of the OCOP initiative. Selected countries shared their experiences in implementing the initiative, while FAO Members were briefed on the initiative’s progress and the way forward. Members and relevant stakeholders were called to actively support, participate and promote its implementation.
To date, more than $14 million from various sources have been mobilized to support the implementation of the OCOP initiative in 53 countries.
As the largest single contribution to the OCOP initiative, China has provided $5 million to support this new global OCOP project under the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme supporting capacity-development and demonstration activities in 15 countries. These are Congo, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi and Tanzania in Africa; Bangladesh, Cambodia and Samoa in Asia and the Pacific; Georgia and Uzbekistan in Europe and Central Asia; Chile, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago in Latin America and the Caribbean; and Egypt and Iraq in the Near East and North Africa.
Innovative solutions in the global South are key for tackling food insecurity, poverty and other development challenges. South-South and Triangular Cooperation has become an integral part of FAO's support to country-level action to achieve food security and nutrition, and rural development, by creating synergies with related initiatives.
The OCOP initiative is a powerful catalyst for transformation and for accelerating progress in the implementation of the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-31, in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
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