| International Development Cooperation Strategy in Agriculture and Forestry Sectors for Focus Countries: Myanmar, Indonesia, The Philippines, Lao PDR, Rwanda and Uganda | |||
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| Author | Kim, Jongsun | ||
| Views | 55037 | Publication Date | 2021.03.15 |
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Background and Purpose ○Recently, the government set up policies pursuing diplomatic diversification and economic exchanges, including the five-year national policy (July 2017), the New Northern Policy (September 2017), and the New Southern Policy (November 2017). Besides, it came up with a strategy to raise practical outcomes from economic cooperation, such as the 2020 New Northern Strategy (January 17, 2020). As the overseas cooperation policies target emerging nations, it is necessary to take an approach for development partnership. ○It is also essential to conduct in-depth and strategic research for each country subject to the government’s ODA program and the overseas agricultural resource development program. Accordingly, we need to identify projects with priority for cooperation by analyzing partner nations’ agricultural value chains and stakeholders. It is also necessary to establish an international development partnership program connected to the private sector’s participation. ○This study analyzes the agriculture and forestry of six countries selected for the first year (2018) of our two-year study, including Myanmar, Indonesia, the Philippines, Laos, Rwanda, and Uganda. Based on that, it intends to identify partnership areas, analyze value chains and stakeholders in those areas, and suggest action plans for development partnership. Research Methodology ○For this study, we referred to country reports and relevant literature from international organizations, such as the World Bank, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, and the Food and Agriculture Organization. ○We also commissioned experts to write on those countries to analyze agricultural value chains (or stakeholders). Besides, each country’s government officials in charge of the agricultural policy, academic specialists, and public organization employees were interviewed for the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) for agricultural value chains and the understanding of on-site demand for development partnership. Based on the result, we suggested action plans for partnership areas for each country. Key Findings ○To set up development partnership strategies in agriculture and forestry, we first explored each country’s agriculture, related policies, and development partnership status. Based on this, we tried to understand each country’s development demand and reviewed areas feasible for partnerships to select focus areas. Our analysis of agricultural value chains or stakeholders guided us to set up mid to long-term targets and directions for implementation tasks. ○Myanmar has policy demands for improving food security, increasing smallholders’ income, and enhancing agricultural competitiveness. And the focus part of agricultural value chains is cooperation for farmers’ capabilities. Therefore, we set up improving food crop productivity, strengthening capabilities of farm households and organizations, and upgrading farm product processing and distribution systems as partnership areas with priority. (For more information, please refer to the report.) |
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