National Medium-Term Priority Framework.

The overall Goal of the present National Medium Term Priority Framework 2011-2015 is to pursue the development of sustainable agriculture, fisheries and forestry as a contribution to the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, improving the living standards of all Cambodians, especially the poorest, most food insecure, most vulnerable, in an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner. This goal also responds to the intensive challenges from the global economic crisis, instability of food prices and impact of climate change, which threatens the human conditions of so many Cambodians, especially those that are most food insecure. The structure of the present National Medium-Term Priority Framework 2011-2015(NMTPF) Programming Framework can be summarized in terms of 5 Priority Areas as follows: Sustainable improved agricultural productivity for smallholder farmers (1). The outputs of this Area deal with Crop; Soil use and Livestock production.
Priority Area 2 concerns Improved consumer protection and market access to agricultural and related products. The outputs are as follows: Improvement of conformity with food safety laws;Technical assistance and backstopping are provided; Compliance with good agriculture practices (GAP) and other standards (including safe pesticide management); Improve the capacity of national competent authorities through training for regulatory personnel and inspectors, laboratory personnel and institution involved in accreditation; Support to agro-business, complementing efforts of other partners, to ensure that improved variety, quality, safety and added value is achieved in high potential exports
Priority Area 3 deals with Improved food security. The outputs provide for: Capacity building for policy formulation and analysis for Food Security established; Strengthened national and sub-national agricultural systems that promote physical and economics access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food for vulnerable populations targeted communities through expanded capacity of food production and post harvest handling of smallholder farmers; Improved integrated management of water resources, water control and crop intensification of prevailing farming systems.
Priority Area 4: Improved natural resource management. The outputs regulate: Fisheries, Forestry, Water. Priority Area 5lays down provisions relating to Climate change mitigation and adaptation, and disaster risk management. The outputs relate to: National capacities to respond to climate change with mitigation and adaptation measures in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, water resources and coastal zones; National capacity established to develop forestry-related carbon market; opportunities to generate carbon sequestration (credits) and reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD); Capacity for emergency preparedness and disaster risk reduction management for impending food, agricultural crises, and climate related natural hazards is enhanced.
The text consists of 5 Parts: Introduction (1); Country and sector analysis (2). This Part consists of: The Economy; The Agriculture sector and challenges to agriculture performance. Part 3 concerns Development policies and strategies and addresses the following issues: An overview of development policies; Basic approach to a national strategy for agriculture development; Government priorities for improved agriculture productivity and diversification; Strategy on agriculture and water (SAW); Strategic framework on food security and nutrition (SFFSN); Cambodia’s national forestry programme and the law on forestry; National fisheries sector policy: Part 4 provides for External assistance to agriculture and takes into consideration the following: Cambodia donor matrix on agriculture ; Partnerships of FAO with other development partners; Partnerships with UN agencies. Part 5 sets out provisions relating to FAO medium-term strategy and priorities and is divided into: Structure of current FAO activities in Cambodia; FAO strategic objectives, core functions and comparative advantages; Vision, overall goal and development goals for the NMTPF 2011-2015; Priority areas for the NMTPF 2011-2015. Part 6 specifies the NMTPF 2011-2015 and determines the Programming Framework; Part 7 lays down provisions relating to NMTPF management, monitoring and evaluation.