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1 DIRECTOR S REPORT

2 Presentation Overview LRD Strategic Plan for Service Delivery. Ongoing Initiatives. New Initiatives HOAFS Recommendation Updates. Financial and Human Resources. LRD Strategic Focus. Recommendation.

3 LRD Strategic Plan Goal: To assist the Pacific Community to improve food, nutritional and income security and manage agricultural and forest resources in a sustainable way. Objectives: 1. Improved food and nutritional security. 2. Integrated and sustainable agricultural and forestry resources management and development 3. Improved biosecurity and increased trade in agriculture and forestry products.

4 OUTPUTS 1 IMPROVED FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY -Policy development to support the production, consumption and utilisation of locally grown food sources. -Conservation, development, promotion and utilisation of Agrobiodiversity. - Promotion of diverse food supply systems - Preservation, enhancement, utilisation and acknowledgement of traditional knowledge 2 INTEGRATED & SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL & FORESTRY RESOURCES MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT -Support and development of sustainable forestry, agriculture and land use plans, policies, and legislation -Development and promotion of sustainable and appropriate forest, agriculture and land use management practices -Develop national and regional capacity to prepare, respond and adapt to climate change and natural disasters -Support to invasive species, pests, and disease problems identification and capacity development to respond and address these at national and regional levels -Strengthen national and regional capacity of extension, outreach and information services

5 3 Biosecurity & Trade in Agriculture and Forestry Products - Strengthened national capacity to comply with international and other relevant standards of biosecurity services. -Develop and strengthen national capacity to increase domestic and export trade. -Development and promotion of sustainable and viable post- harvest technologies. -Improved information available on plant and animal health status. Note: It is important to note that LRD will focus its work program for 2011 and 2012,on the three objectives approved in its strategic plan and the various thematic group will contribute to deliver against those 3 objectives through the outputs identified above.

6 Service Delivery Thematic area teams Plant Health Biosecurity & Trade Support Animal Health & Production A&F Diversification Crop Production Genetic Resources Forests and Trees Support teams Info, Comm & Ext Land Management and Policy Support Management & Administration Note: Mode of delivery of services is through an integrated and participatory approach.

7 LRD STRUCTURE

8 Ongoing Initiative EU funded DSAP Project which has ended in June,2010. AusAid/NZAid Pacific Regional Influenza Pandemic Preparedness (PRIPP)Project. GTZ Adaptation to Climate Change in the Pacific Island Region ( ACCPIR) AusAid Forest and Trees. EU Facilitating Agriculture Commodity and Trade ( FACT). AusAid International Climate Change Adaption Initiative ( ICCAI) AusAid Pacific Horticultural and Market Access Project(PHAMA). ACIAR Pacific Agribusiness Development Initiative Project(PARDI).

9 New Initiative EU/EDF 10 funded Increased Agriculture Commodity Trade Project. FAO funded Food Security Sustainable Livelihood Project(FSSLP). AusAid funded Pacific Regional Land Project.

10 Country Activities and Meetings LRD Country Activities between 2009 and 2010 accounts for more than 400 activities carried out in all member countries. LRD main sectoral meetings and workshop between 2009 and 2010 accounts for more than 70.

11 2008 HOAFS Recommendation Update 31 Recommendation from the 2008 HOAFS has been implemented and most are ongoing. One (1 ) has been successfully completed i.e. LRD has been requested to activate the biannual Heads of Forestry Meeting. This has been held in Nadi,Fiji in August,2009. The HOAFS is requested to endorse the recommendation of the HOFS in this meeting.

12 Financial & Human Resources

13 NOTE: In 2010, 76% of funding is through PROJECT funds. INCOME 2007 Budget LRD BUDGET IN CFPunits % 2008 Budget % 2009 Budget % 2010 Budget % Total Core Funds Total Program Fund Total Project Fund Total Funds 501,900 6% 636,400 7% 534,600 6% 608,900 7% 1,953,900 22% 1,891,800 20% 1,810,600 20% 1,582,000 17% 6,302,100 72% 7,101,200 74% 6,865,300 75% 6,984,900 76% 8,757, % 9,629, % 9,210, % 9,175, %

14 DONORS Core Funding 1. AusAid 2. NZAid 3. France 4. IFAD Projects Funding 1. AusAid 2. NZAid 3. ACIAR 4. Germany 5. European Union 6. FAO 7. Taiwan/ROC 8. French Pacific 9. IFAD 10. Korea 11. CTA 12. IPGRI 13. others

15 LRD HUMAN RESOURCES STAFF TOTAL LRD STAFF End of 2008 DSAP Staff were made redundant and some absorbed into national systems. 2. In 2010 LRD has 88 LRD staff position and out of which; - 32 position are internationally recruited with specialised technical skills Semi- specialised technical staff - 6 laboratory assistance. -12 administrative staff

16 LRD STRATEGIC FOCUS

17 Long Term Sustainable Financing Strategy Part of the CRGA 2009 decision was that a subcommittee on LTSFS to be established to look into SPC s LTSFS. The main reason for this decision - majority of the funds that we operate on, comes from project funding. LRD s projects accounts for 76% of its operational budget. Project funding is usually unsustainable for implementing core business that needs to be sustained over a longer timeframes. LTSFS exercise was conducted to find out the core functions of SPC and LRD has identified its core functions. The core function are based on the outputs of the LRD Strategic Plan of During our group discussions on Wednesday, we will provide the matrix to the groups to discuss and identify which are the most essential, essential and desirable core function of LRD.

18 OUTPUTS Most Essential Essential Desirable 1 IMPROVED FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY -Policy development to support the production, consumption and utilisation of locally grown food sources. -Conservation, development, promotion and utilisation of Agrobiodiversity. - Promotion of diverse food supply systems 2 - Preservation, enhancement, utilisation and acknowledgement of traditional knowledge INTEGRATED & SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL & FORESTRY RESOURCES MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT -Support and development of sustainable forestry, agriculture and land use plans, policies, and legislation -Development and promotion of sustainable and appropriate forest, agriculture and land use management practices -Develop national and regional capacity to prepare, respond and adapt to climate change and natural disasters -Support to invasive species, pests, and disease problems identification and capacity development to respond and address these at national and regional levels -Strengthen national and regional capacity of extension, outreach and information services

19 OUTPUTS Most Essential Essential Desirable 3. Biosecurity & Trade in Agriculture and Forestry Products - Strengthened national capacity to comply with international and other relevant standards of biosecurity services. -Develop and strengthen national capacity to increase domestic and export trade. -Development and promotion of sustainable and viable post- harvest technologies. -Improved information available on plant and animal health status.

20 Joint Country Strategy In collaboration with the Pacific Govt., SPC developed JCS for 19 of its 22 PICTs member countries. These strategies outlines in one document the full scope of SPC s assistance to individual country over a defined period, based on the country s priorities and national development strategy. SPC has decided that the JCS for each country will be used as the basis of its annual work program. LRD will take its cue from the JCS to work out its AWP. To date JCS has been completed for Tokelau,American Samoa, CNMI, Cook Island, FSM, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Island, Tonga,Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Fiji

21 Food Security Framework for the Pacific. Food security is a fundamental health and development issue in the Pacific. FSFP was endorsed by all countries which were present at the Pacific Food Security Summit in Port Villa, 20 th of April,2010. This document outlines the Pacific approach to Food Security. It aims to provide an overarching strategic framework that guides the Pacific countries to move towards ensuring that all times have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food. A Food Security Working Group has been established and SPC is the current Chair of the FSWG.

22 The framework outlines the 7 thematic areas related to improving food security. Its purpose is to help guide future actions, policy directions and funding decisions on; 1. leadership and cooperation. 2. enforcement and compliance and public sector collaboration 3. enhanced and sustainable production, processing and trade of safe and nutritious local food. 4. protecting infants and vulnerable groups. 5. consumer empowerment and mobilizing partners 6. food security information system 7. Enhancing land tenure systems and land use policies, energy, transport, education, and communication systems to underpin food security.

23 RECOMMENDATION The Heads of Agriculture and Forestry Services are requested to: i) Note the report of the Director, LRD for ; ii) Note significant outcomes in PICTs as result of LRD implemented activities under its integrated Strategic Plan ; iii) Note the effective responses of LRD to the communique of the 2 nd Regional Conference of MOAFs and recommendation of the 3 rd Regional Meeting of HOAFS; iv) Note the challenges facing LRD in securing long term sustainable funding to sustain its services to members;

24 v) Endorse the recommendation of the Heads of Forestry Meeting which was held in Nadi, Fiji in September,2009; vi) Endorse the use of the Food Security Framework for the Pacific as the basis to develop LRD activities to support member countries implementation of the FSFP.

25 VINAKA VAKALEVU