2. INDEX
Basic Information about Peru
What is FAO?
FAO in Peru
Priority issues
Objetives
Proyectos
Benefits for Peru
Goals
Conclusion
3. Basic Information about Peru
Latin American country
29,849,303 population
Poverty: 31%
Underweight: 18%
Economy Growth 6-9%
agriculture: 6.3%
industry: 37.6%
services: 56.1% (2012)
4. Food and Agriculture
Organization
FAO
October 1945
Agricultural
development.
improves
nutrition
Objectives
Largest
autonomous
agency within
the UN
Pursues to
secure food.
Fights against
poverty and
hunger
5. FAO in Peru
Initiated technical assistance activities in1960s
The FAO Representation has 115 members.
The representation is in charge of 29 projects.
Has installed 12 field offices in the intervention regions.
6. Priority Issues
The priority issues identified by the Peruvian
Government for the assistance of the FAO are:
Food Security and Poverty Reduction.
Formulation of Sector Policies and Rural
Development.
Environmental Risk Management to Climate
Change and Sustainable Development.
7. Access to
adequate food
Avoid growth
retardation of
children
Objectives
Ensure the
sustainability of the
food system
Achieve increased
productivity or
avoid wasting food
8. Proyects
Technical Cooperation
Programme (TCP)
• solve urgent technical problems with
specific objectives and actions of short
duration.
FAO / Trust Funds
(GCP)
• long-term projects (3-5 years)
• solve agricultural, forestry, aquaculture
problems, rural development and food
security.
Telefood Special Fund
(TFD
• small projects to purchase inputs, tools and
materials to support food security initiatives
aimed at farmers, rural and / or urban.
Special programs
• addressing specific issues within the priority
areas for FAO.
Response to
Emergency, Rehabilita
tion and Risk
Management
• preparation projects and emergency
assistance,
rehabilitation
and
risk
management for natural, climatic and
human-induced disasters.
9. Benefits for Peru
Specialized Technical Assistance through the
Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) or field
program
Policy dialogue forum, source of policy advice
and capacity building
Knowledge Management and Information to
Fight Hunger
10. GOALS
Was congratulated for achieving both
MDG-1 (Eradicate extreme poverty and
hunger) as the most demanding target of
the World Food Summit (WFS) of halving
the number of undernourished between
1990-92 and 2010-2012
Peru obtain the recognition of OIE as a
free country of foot and mouth disease.
98% of its territory is certified as free of FMD without
vaccination, and 2% is free with vaccination.
11. Conclusion
Definitely the country is situated in a very
delicate situation in the aspect of eradicate
hunger under nutrition, pollution and
administration in case of natural disasters,
however positively to progress in meeting
the objectives.
12. FAO IS PERHAPS NOT THE
FINAL SOLUTION, BUT
MAY BE THE WAY TO
ACHIEVE THEM.
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