P4P/WFP/IICA
Diego Montenegro E.
Director of Management and Regional Integration
P4P Annual Consultation Meeting
Rome
¿HOW DOES IICA WORK?
STRATEGIC PLAN
2010-2020
INTER-AMERICAN BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MEDIUM TERM PLAN
2010-2014
GENERAL DIRECTORATE
TECHNICAL COOPERATION
STRATEGIES 2010-2014 (H,R,C)
TECHNICAL COOPERATION
PROJECTS 2010-2014 (H,R,C)
TECHNICAL
COOPERATION
CORPORATE
SERVICES
OPERATIONS AND
REGIONAL
INTEGRATION
IICA OFFICES IN THE COUNTRIES
SYSTEMIC CONCEPT OF
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LIFE
AGRO FOOD SYSTEM
RURAL SYSTEM
NONAGRICULTURAL
ACTIVITIES
NATIONAL &
INTERNATIONAL
MARKET
AGRICULTURAL
ACTIVITIES
RURAL
TERRITORIES
…beyond the strictly sectoral…
AGRIFOOD
CHAINS
DESIGN OF TECHNICAL
COOPERATION STRATEGIES
NATIONAL AND
PARTNER
PRIORITIES
(Consultation and requests)
SP (2010-20)
and MTP
(2010-14)
IICA
State Policies for Agrifood
Sector and Rural Development
IICA
CAPACITIES
(SWOT)
IICA – REGIONAL
AND COUNTRY
COOPERATION
STRATEGIES
1. Innovation for productivity and competitiveness
2. Agricultural health and food safety
3. Agribusiness and Commercialization
4. Agriculture, Territories and rural well-being
5. Agriculture, natural resource management and climate change
6. Agriculture and food security
Strategic
Objectives
1. To improve the
productivity and
competitiveness of
the agricultural
sector
2. To strengthen
agriculture’s
contribution to the
development of
territories and to
rural well-being
3. To improve
agriculture’s
capacity to mitigate
the effects of, and
adapt to, climate
change, and make
better use of natural
resources
4.
To improve
agriculture’s
contribution to
food security
Technical Concentration Programs and Programs for
Cross-cutting Coordination
Innovation for productivity and competitiveness
Agricultural health and food safety
Agribusiness and commercialization
Agriculture, territories and rural well-being
Agriculture, natural resource management and climate change
Agriculture and food security
P4P Results 2009 - 2012
• Capacity-building in agribusiness management and
technological innovation, through agreements and
contracts, in two countries: Guatemala and Honduras.
• In all four CA countries (ES, NIC, GU and HO) the WFP’s
purchasing power was used to strengthen and
complement initiatives already under way: RED SICTA,
3 SICTA projects (Swiss, IDB, EU, Korea) and national
programs.
• Actions focused on assessing and strengthening
technological, agribusiness capabilities and practices
to better link small producer organizations to
markets.
P4P Results 2009 -2012
• Regional Evaluation of the P4P carried out in
order to improve its performance and
strengthen the Project technically and
financially (Joint Mission IICA/WFP – 2009).
• Progress in Implementing Main Conclusions:
– In Progress: Specialized Technical Cooperation from
IICA has helped farmer organizations to overcome
bottlenecks in aspects related to technological
innovation, marketing and partnerships.
– Pending: Need for a mutually agreed common
approach for regional interventions.
Recommendations
• Continuation of joint efforts on themes such as:
technological innovation, food safety, postharvest
handling, and entrepreneurial training
• Strengthen IICA’s regional relations with the P4P
through comprehensive regional initiatives in CA and
other regions.
• Synergize P4P efforts with IICA projects that focus
on basic food crop chains
• Jointly construct a mechanism/system of knowledge
management that would allow to identify success
factors that can be replicated and transfer of
innovation to small producers
Recommendations
• Improvement of the capacity of producers to develop
sustainable production systems including incorporation
of technologies of minimum and zero tillage
• Reduction and management of risk for small producers in
the region
• Development of alternative regional markets to the WFP
to give sustainability to the efforts of the programme
• Strengthening of the technical capacity of service
providers (public and private) to transfer innovation to
small producers
• Analysis of the possibility to better understand seed
handling and potential postharvest losses of small
producers in the region (FAO).
Recommendations
• Regional and hemispheric workshops to
disseminate experiences and knowledge in
technological innovation and marketing of basic
grains.
• Formation of National Teams from different
institutions (5 people) to provide guidance and
ensure the sustainability of the processes. IICA in
charge of coordination and technical assistance.
• Promote the use of ICT to improve linkages
between member countries of the P4P
THANK YOU
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diego.montenegro@iica.int