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Programmes and activities of
CAPSA
Intergovernmental Consultation Meeting
22-23 November 2010
Incheon, Republic of Korea
CAPSA’s Work Programme
• Knowledge center to facilitate SouthSouth cooperation
• Reduce poverty and enhance food
security by promoting sustainable
agriculture in Asia and the Pacific
– Understanding rural poverty and
food insecurity
– Identifying sustainable agricultural
technologies and practices
– Determining options to facilitate
market access for the poor
Rural poverty and food insecurity in E&NEA
• Impressive
achievements towards
the MDG poverty goals
• Some countries home to
a large number of
undernourished people
• Large disparities (ruralurban, gender, ethnic
groups)
• Large disparities across
nations
Share of undernourished people in
A&P by country
Korea, Dem
People's Rep.
1.4%
Mongolia
0.1%
Others
11.0%
Indonesia
5.4%
India
43.0%
Bangladesh
7.5%
Pakistan
7.9%
China
23.6%
Source: SOFI (2010), FAO
Contributing to informed debate for better rural
development policies
• Data on magnitude, depth and spatial
distribution of poverty and food insecurity
• Understanding implications of global
economic changes on rural poor in Asia and
Pacific
• Understanding processes and mechanisms
that facilitate or impede movement out of
poverty
Sustainable agricultural technologies and practices in E&NEA
Average annual growth rates
(2000-2007)
China
Japan Mongolia
ROK
RF
2.5
2.0
Growth rate
• High productivity growth
• Environmental degradation
– Decline in agricultural land
– Reduction in soil fertility
– Soil acidification
– Water quality and quantity
• Climate change
– Agriculture a major
contributor
– Vulnerable to the effects of
climate change
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
-0.5
Food
Population
Food per person
Source: SOFI (2010), FAO
Towards research and extension approaches for
sustainable agriculture practices
• Tools to assess environmental and social costs and benefits
of agriculture production technologies
• Identification of best practices and policy options that support
sustainable production technologies
– Especially for lands and areas where the poor are
concentrated
– For foods critical to the poor
Options to facilitate market access for the poor in
E&NEA
• Dynamic shift towards
increasing vertical coordination
and integration
• Dietary changes
• Problems in the consistent
supply of safe quality food
• Risk of rising food prices
• A&P food supply system is still
fragile and imbalanced
Building capacity to produce, access and distribute
safe and diversified food
• Constraints and opportunities for
small-scale producers and traders
– Postharvest
– Processing
– Value addition
• Synthesis of market innovation
options
• Identification of required policy
changes and other support
mechanisms
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