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Agricultural cooperatives

paving the way for food security and rural development






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    Meeting document
    Progress Report 1996-98 of the European System of Cooperative Research Networks in Agriculture European System of Cooperative Research Networks in Agriculture (ESCORENA) 1999
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    The Seventh and Eighth FAO Regional Conferences for Europe held in Budapest, Hungary, 1971 and in Munich, Germany, 1973, respectively, discussed the role of FAO in agricultural research in Europe and recommended the establishment of a system of voluntary research cooperation under the aegis of FAO. These recommendations were based on the principle that in a period of rapid technological and scientific development, it was difficult for any one institution or country to undertake all necessary sci entific research on any given subject matter. The Conferences recommended the basic purpose and main objectives of the system, namely to: promote voluntary exchange of information and experimental data on selected subject matters; support joint applied research on selected subject matters of common interest according to an accepted methodology, agreed division of tasks and timetable; facilitate voluntary exchange of persons, germplasm and technologies; establish close links between European researchers and institutions working on the same subject and to stimulate interaction; accelerate the transfer of European technology advances to, and cooperation with, developing countries. The present paper briefly reviews development of the system since its inception and activities of networks in the period 1996-98. It focuses on adjustments in programmatic orientation and changes in organizational structures that took place in the period under review.
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    FAO Technical Cooperation Programme Achievements “The Technical Cooperation between Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 2011
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    Agriculture plays a significant economic and social roles in the economy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through its contribution to Food Security, diversification of Saudi economy, combating desertification and enhancing environmental equilibrium, creating job opportunities for rural people and raising their income and welfare as well as enhancing the rate of growth of the economy. The technical co-operation between FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture has continued since 1950. Since 1981 the Uni lateral Trust Fund Agreement (UTFA) signed between the Ministry of Agriculture and FAO has continued with renewal every 5 years up to the current UTFA 2006 – 2011. The FAO programme, as a development partner to the Ministry of Agriculture, has facilitated policy and institutional development and reforms to improve productivity, optimum use of resources and sustainability of agriculture including capacity building, supporting research orientation into high yielding suitable crop, livestock and fi sh varieties, strengthening land and water management, halting environmental degradation, introducing suitable and cost effective technologies, increasing farmer income and welfare and enhance food security. It includes 14 projects within interrelated agricultural areas and with a total budget of USD 61,730,069.

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