Cooperation in food security and nutrition and other fields becomes a key focus
The consultation workshop on the formulation of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Country Programming Framework (hereinafter referred to as “CPF”) for 2016-2020 was held in Beijing a few days ago. The workshop aimed to combine the latest goals set by the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with the spirit of the recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on formulating the 13th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development, draw on the wisdom of all parties, build consensus among multiple parties, highlight key areas of cooperation and innovative cooperation methods, make full use of the resources and advantages of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, better leverage the demonstration effect and radiating and driving role, and promote China's modern agricultural development and sustainable agricultural development.
According to reports, in 2012, the Ministry of Agriculture and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization jointly formulated the 2012-2015 CPF framework. The framework listed five items, including improving food security and nutrition and improving the livelihoods of the rural poor, as key areas of cooperation between the two sides. Over the past 3 years, China has completed more than 40 projects under the CPF framework, producing good results in food security, rural poverty alleviation, ecological agriculture development, and animal and plant disease prevention and control. In July this year, the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Representation in China reached a consensus on formulating the “China-United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Country Programming Framework (2016-2020),” with a drafting group composed of relevant experts from the Foreign Economic Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and China Agricultural University, launching the CPF formulation work in the second half of this year (including the agricultural gender analysis report), and planning to review and officially release the CPF before the end of March 2016.
Qu Sixi, inspector of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture, said at the workshop that China actively participates in and strongly supports the initiatives and activities of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization on promoting world agricultural development and safeguarding food security. The formulation of the 2016-2020 Country Programming Framework will continue to adhere to the combination of China's agricultural development needs and the global strategy of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, and highlight practical cooperation in areas such as food security and nutrition, poverty eradication, food safety, ecological environment and sustainable agricultural development.
Project officials from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Programme, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, representatives from relevant ministries and commissions such as the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, the Ministry of Water Resources, and the State Forestry Administration, as well as industry experts from research institutions such as the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences attended the workshop and held lively discussions on the formulation ideas for the 2016-2020 Country Programming Framework.