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“In many countries nomadic peoples and tribes are a very small number of the total population; yet they contribute greatly to the animal production of those countries. So these people are disproportionately contributing as producers to the national economy and the national livelihoods. However, they are far disproportionately neglected, even though they know far more about the management of natural resources on a sound basis than most of us experts and governments in this world.” T. Farvar, Executive Secretary, World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples (WAMIP) Research activities and technology development. The group discussed the need to engage in agricultural research work and to promote the development of accessible technologies that can be transferred throughout the region. In fact, unsuitable technology practices was seen as one of the main constraints to increasing the quantity and quality of production that could enable producers to compete in an open market. This is especially the case when international standards need to be respected. Research activities also need to engage in the development of suitable risk management and compensation mechanisms, which will be increasingly needed as the impact of climate change increases. IFAD support to such activities was requested. Attention to vulnerable groups – including women and pastoralists. The group discussed the important role of women in agriculture as well as the role of pastoralists and herders in the economy of the region. The groups called for IFAD support to enable these groups to be represented at all levels of decision-making processes and to engage in leadership roles. Other thematic issues addressed by the group were climate change, the rise in food and fuel prices and access to and management of natural resources. The group concluded by highlighting its support to the Palestinian farmers and those farmers working in the Golan Heights and Southern Lebanon. IFAD-FO partnerships in Latin America and the Caribbean The working group started with a presentation of IFAD challenges in the region: 14 i) working with middle-income countries, which requires new approaches and tools from IFAD; ii) a renewed and more concrete political dialogue; iii) very diversified areas for investment (rural infrastructure, biofuels, capacity-building, access to markets); iv) support to new financial tools and loans in local currency; and v) projects like the Banco del Sur and other loan mechanisms at regional level. The need for IFAD to change its way of working in the region was highlighted, following changes at regional level such as: i) the radical transformation of the food chain; ii) climate change and its impact on sustainable natural resources management; iii) the growing role of migrants’ remittances, whose overall amount is higher than that of international cooperation in the region; iv) the importance of off-farm incomeearning activities or rural microenterprise; and v) the development of information and communication technologies. The presentation concluded with an overview of IFAD activities in the region. Before starting discussions, two FO representatives provided examples of their partnership with IFAD: 15 the experience of the Mercosur Specialised Meeting on Family Agriculture (REAF) in the Southern Cone and that of the Programme for strengthening 14 The presentation was made by Mr R. Cooke, Acting Director, Latin America and the Caribbean Division, IFAD. 15 The examples were presented by Mr Eduardo Buzzi, President of the Federación Agraria Argentina, and Mr Félix Vásquez López, Consejo Coordinador de Organizaciones Campesinas de Honduras. 30
Rural Organizations for Policy Dialogue in the context of the Dominican Republic- Central America Free Trade Agreement. The REAF experience was presented as a good example of tri-partite action bringing together IFAD, FOs and national governments to jointly engage in policy dialogue on relevant issues at regional level. IFAD technical and financial support, together with an ongoing dialogue with FOs and governments, were fundamental to the creation of the REAF. Four key aspects of this process were identified: ongoing dialogue, respect for the autonomy of all actors, the availability of the necessary funds, and the joint implementation of those programmes and activities that led to the creation of REAF. The Programme for Strengthening Rural Organizations in Central America was born out of FO requests for IFAD support in view of the free trade agreements that were being negotiated in the region. This was a new experience for IFAD in this sub-region – implementing a programme directly with FOs rather “I think it is important for us to than governments – and several workshops and meetings were needed, realize that we are beginning to as well as various negotiations, to articulate the programme. FOs are influence the policy direction of an strongly supportive of this IFAD-FO consultation process since it intergovernmental organization. It enables them to have a direct relation with IFAD and to be the actual is something that I believe we must implementers of the programme. Mutual respect for the identity and cherish, we must try to build on autonomy of all stakeholders was reiterated as a key factor for the and see how we can replicate it success of the process. with other intergovernmental organizations.” “We believe that the farmers’ organizations of the region have their Renwick Rose, Coordinator, Winward Islands role to play, their autonomy. We believe that we have our own Farmers Organisation (WINFA) identity and we want to have the opportunity to be able to manage programmes. We want to have the opportunity to show that in our sector we do have the ability to make a real difference to change the economic, political and social conditions that prevail in our region.” F.P. Vásquez López, COCOCH During the group discussion, several issues were identified in relation to Latin American and Caribbean FOs’ expectations from IFAD, and what they believe IFAD priorities should be. There was a general agreement that the REAF and Central America programmes are positive examples of IFAD-FO partnerships, as well as that progress has been made in general terms during 2006-2008. There was also an agreement that more can be done. Faustino Torrez Arauz, ATC, Nicaragua and Renwick Rose, WINFA “There will be and there are many areas of weakness [in the partnership between IFAD and FOs] which we can look at, but I think it is important for us to realize that we are beginning to have a dialogue directly and farmers' organizations are getting the opportunity, even though still small, to begin to influence the policy direction of an intergovernmental organization. It is something that I believe we must cherish, we must try to build on and see how we can replicate it with other intergovernmental organizations.” Renwick Rose, Coordinator, Winward Islands Farmers Organisation (WINFA) 31
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