Food And agriculture Organisation Country Programming Framework for Botswana
FAO’S COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE 3.1 FAO mandate and operational systems
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3 FAO’S COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE3.1 FAO mandate and operational systemsAs a United Nations organization, the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) is driven by the overall goal of addressing worldwide hunger, reduction of poverty and promotion of sustainable utilization and management of natural resources of the earth. This is reflected in the FAO strategic framework (2010-2015). This CPF framework will connect FAO with the needs for Botswana and assist in the realization of the FAO specific objectives. According to the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2011-2016, the following thematic areas for collaboration with the Government of Botswana are outlined:
In outlining these areas, the FAO has positioned itself to influence the direction of technical assistance and participation in the development process being driven by the government of Botswana. Botswana signed to membership of FAO in 21st March 1987 and since then, technical assistance has been granted under various categories including emergencies (especially animal diseases) training, project & programme formulation and assistance to development. The programme has offered short term expert and consultant services, equipment and supplies. The FAO has played a major role in animal disease control (Animal diseases control and emergency response operation), capacity building (Field development programme and policy assistance) and the preparation of the MITP and formulation of bankable project in support of the CAADP implementation (TCP/BOT/2902 (I)) i.e. (FAO investment programme). Due to its global position, the FAO is well placed to support government development efforts since it has a worldwide network of professional expertise housed in many countries and can usually be pooled in times of need. It can respond to emerging issues whether global, regional or national in nature very timely. In addition, FAO has relationships with other UN sister organs many other resource partners (Table 2) and who could be leveraged for their resources if required. Most of these requirements are often in the broad areas of food security and agriculture development. The majority, of countries where the interventions are required, normally have limited infrastructure and resources to confront food and hunger emergencies and health and diseases outbreaks. In Botswana persistent disease outbreaks in the beef and arable sectors have put government resources under severe strain and FAO has always partnered with government to relieve budget pressures. Table 2: Resource Partner Priority areas & total ODA in agricultural development assistance
The information presented in Table 2 provides a solid platform from where the FAO could fall back on to supplement its efforts or mobilize additional funds in supporting the agricultural sector in Botswana. The only challenge may be that both EU and USA already have their own infrastructure on the ground to manage their development assistance activities and may not be very willing to channel their resources through the UN systems. Directory: osd -> CPF CPF -> Food security for all osd -> Office of the Secretary Defense (osd) 16. 2 Small Business Innovation Research (sbir) Direct to Phase II proposal Instructions osd -> Comparative testing office projects announced Download 216.97 Kb. Share with your friends:
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