POSITIONING AGRICULTURE & RURAL

LIFE ON THE INTER-AMERICAN AGENDA:

from Quebec 2001 to Monterrey 2004

A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR

AGRICULTURE & RURAL LIFE IN THE
AMERICAS: AGRO 2015 Plan

AGRO – AMÉRICAS: a new hemispheric

dynamic
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 MONTERREY 2004 MAR DEL PLATA 2005
QUEBEC 2001

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MINISTERIAL MINISTERIAL
MEETING MEETING
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 DECLARATION
IMPROVING AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LIFE IS
ESSENTIAL TO REDUCE POVERTY AND ACHIEVE
INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT

PLAN OF ACTION
WE RECOGNIZE THE FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE
OF AGRICULTURE:

As a way of life for millions of rural families

As strategic sector of the socio-economic system
essential for generating prosperity
 RURAL AGRI-FOOD
SYSTEM SYSTEM

NON AGRIC. AGRICULTURAL NATIONAL

ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES & INTERN
MARKETS

RURAL AGRICULTURAL
TERRITORIES CHAINS

AGRO 2015 Plan

Introduction – 2nd Pa.
 PRODUCTION-
TRADE

SUSTAINABLE
POLITICAL- DEVELOPMENT ECOLOGICAL -
INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH ENVIRONMENTAL
(dimensions)

SOCIO –
CULTURAL
HUMAN
AGRO 2015 Plan
Introduction – 2nd Pa.
Those two aspects define the space to build
today the agriculture & rural life of 2015
CATEGORIES
AGRICULTURAL NATIONAL &
RURAL PRODUCTION – INTERNATIONAL
TERRITORIES
TRADE CHAINS CONTEXT
DIMENSIONS

PRODUCTION –
TRADE

ECOLOGICAL –
ENVIRONMENTAL

SOCIO –
CULTURAL AND
HUMAN

POLITICAL –
INSTITUTIONAL
 RURAL A-P-T NAC./ INT.
TERRITORIES CHAINS CONTEXT

PROD.
TRADE COMPETITIVENESS

ECO.
ENV. SUSTAINABILITY

SOC.
EQUITY
CULT
HUM.

POL. GOVERNANCE
INST.

• RURAL PROSPERITY
SUSTAINABLE
• FOOD SECURITY
DEVELOPMENT
• INTERNATIONAL POSITIONING
TERRITORIES CHAINS CONTEXT
1. 2. 3.
PROMOTING INTEGRATING PROMOTING AN
COMPETITIVE PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT
RURAL CHAINS AND CONDUCIVE TO
ENTERPRISES STRENGTHENING COMPETITIVE
THEIR AGRICULTURE
COMPETITIVENESS
 TERRITORIES CHAINS CONTEXT
4. 5. 6.
BEING FROM FARM TO PARTICIPATING
ENVIRONMENTALLY TABLE: IN BUILDING AN
RESPONSIBLE IN PROMOTING INSTITUTIONAL
THE RURAL AREAS INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL FRAMEWORK
MANAGEMENT
 TERRITORIES CHAINS CONTEXT

7. 8. 9.
QUALITY OF LIFE ADVANCING PROMOTING
IN RURAL LEARNING AND POLICIES TO
COMMUNITIES: EXPERTISE IN CREATE
CREATING THE CHAIN CAPABILITIES AND
KNOW-HOW AND OPPORTUNITIES
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE RURAL
COMMUNITIES
 TERRITORIES CHAINS CONTEXT
10. 11. 12.
STRENGTHENING STRENGTHENING PROMOTING
PUBLIC AND DIALOGUE AND STATE POLICIES
PRIVATE SECTOR COMMITMENTS FOR AGRICULTURE
PARTICIPATION AMONG ACTORS
& RURAL LIFE &
AND IN THE CHAIN
REGIONAL &
COORDINATED
HEMISPHERIC
ACTION BETWEEN
COOPERATION
THEM IN THE
TERRITORIES
 PURPOSES FOR THE PRIORITY LINES AND THEIR COHERENCE WITH THE
VISION AND THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES OF THE AGRO 2015 PLAN
CATEGORIES
Agricultural National and
STRATEGIC
Rural Territories Production-Trade International
DIMENSIONS OBJECTIVES
Chains Context

2. Integrating chains and 3. Promoting an

Production – 1. Promoting competitive 
strengthening their environment conducive
Trade rural enterprises
competitiveness to competitive agriculture Competitiveness

5. From farm to table: 6. Participating in

4. Being environmentally
Ecological – promoting integrated building an institutional
responsible in the rural
environmental environmental  Sustainability
Environmental areas
management framework

7. Quality of life in rural 9. Promoting policies to

8. Advancing learning
Sociocultural - communities: creating create capabilities and
know-how and
and expertise in the
opportunities for the rural  Equity
human chain
opportunity communities

10. Strengthening public

12. Promoting state
and private sector 11. Strengthening
policies for agriculture
Political - participation and dialogue and
coordinated action commitments among
and rural life and  Governance
institutional regional and
between them in the
territories
actors in the chain
hemispheric cooperation 
   SUSTAINABLE
STRATEGIC Rural Prosperity Food Security  DEVELOPMENT OF
OBJECTIVES International Positioning
AGRICULTURE AND
RURAL MILIEU
 DECLARATION
A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK FOR RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT, TO PROMOTE INVESTMENT, JOB CREATION AND
RURAL PROSPERITY, AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE OBJECTIVES
DEFINED IN PARAGRAPHS 1, 2 AND 3 OF THIS DECLARATION.

PLAN OF ACTION

WE SHALL PROMOTE COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL POLICIES AND

STRATEGIES FOR AGRICULTURE THAT WILL ENCOURAGE
AGRICULTURAL TRADE, INVESTMENTS IN THE RURAL MILIEU TO
CONTRIBUTE TO ITS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, THE CREATION OF
JOBS AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIVING CONDITIONS IN RURAL
COMMUNITIES, AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION BASED ON
PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY.