COAG/99/3 (C 99/8) October 1998 COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE Fifteenth Session Rome, 25-29 January 1999, Red Room PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION REPORT 1996-97 Item 3 of the Provisional Agenda 1. The attached Conference document (C 99/8) is presented to COAG for review and comment on achievements under those technical programmes which fall within its mandate, i.e. Major Programmes 2.1: Agricultural Production and Support Systems; 2.2: Food and Agriculture Policy and Development; and 2.5: Contributions to Sustainable Development and Special Programme Thrusts. 2. COAG is specifically directed to review the sections given below. General background data giving an Organization-wide summary is provided in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 Introduction (page 20, para. 54) Major Programme 2.1 (pages 27-41, paras. 77-139) Major Programme 2.2 (pages 41-49, paras. 140-176) Major Programme 2.5 (pages 59-72, paras. 223-263) 3. Lastly, the Organization-wide report on unscheduled and cancelled sessions is given in the Annex. For reasons of economy, this document is produced in a limited number of copies. Delegates and observers are kindly requested to bring it to the meetings and to refrain from asking for additional copies, unless strictly indispensable. W0000 E