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Center For Economic Growth and Agricultural Development
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PROGRAM: Central Programs
TITLE AND NUMBER: Improved food availability, economic growth and conservation of natural resources through agricultural development, 933-002
STATUS: Ending*
PROPOSED FY 2001 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $59,925,000 DA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1968; ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2003Summary: Hunger and food insecurity remain fundamental problems in the developing world. Increased agricultural productivity leads to increasing availability of food supplies and the incomes to purchase them; it also promotes protection of the environment, expanded trade, and economic growth. The application of new, science-based technologies is critical to increased agricultural productivity. USAID promotes the development, transfer and use by farmers and small businesses of such technologies through alliances with universities, international agriculture research centers, the private sector and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Central programs managed by the Global Bureau's Center for Economic Growth and Agricultural Development (the Center) result in worldwide scientific and policy research activities which increase food supply and availability while improving natural resource management; expand farmers' and agribusinesses' opportunities to add value and quality to agricultural production for local, regional, and global markets; and develop the human and institutional capabilities needed to acquire and apply new technologies.
Key Results: The Center contributes to worldwide food production through its research partnerships. Global food production statistics indicate that research contributes to increasing agricultural productivity. While many other factors have enabled farmers to take advantage of the new varieties and technologies, recent evidence confirms that research funded by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) was the determining factor in two-thirds of the genetically based productivity increases in developing countries. One-third of these increases have come from CGIAR varieties and another third from its genetic material which others have used to develop better varieties. The U.S. land grant university community also contributes to expanding food production and agricultural productivity worldwide. Through the Collaborative Research Support Programs and other university-led partnerships, advances have occurred in crops of significance to the poor and in the applications of biotechnology. Most developing country scientists who are working on further technical breakthroughs come, directly or indirectly, from the U.S. land grant university and research system.
Performance and Prospects. The Center activities had direct impact in FY 2000 on tens of thousands of farmers around the world benefiting from new public-private partnerships and opportunities in dairy development and coffee marketing. In addition, it has led to developing country scientific improvements and policy changes favoring small farmers, rural small business, and the rural poor in El Salvador, Mali, Ethiopia, Egypt and Bangladesh. While food productivity continues to rise, the rate of increase is slowing. This points toward the need for expanded investment in breakthrough technologies, such as biotechnology and other new research and development tools, to realize greater efficiencies in the use of scarce natural resources. In addition, for Africa, both productivity growth and levels of yield are far below those in other developing areas, pointing to the need for a renewed emphasis on African agricultural productivity through improved access to technologies and markets. The Center supports overseas USAID missions by providing matching funds for Center priorities. This collaboration has attracted significant buy-in on public-private alliances in biotechnology work on science-based regulations and capacity building, agribusiness and food security.
Possible adjustments to plans: The Center will continue to provide technical leadership in the CGIAR, participating in developing a new governance structure and exploring new ways to increase research impact and the scope of research. U.S. university- and industry-led work on biotechnology will expand, both to create conditions to reverse the declining growth in crop yields noted above, and in response to growing Congressional and private-sector interest in this area. Efforts will continue to leverage other donor funds to create a repository of world genetic resources known as the Global Genebank Trust. The Center will also expand successful efforts to leverage private-sector participation in innovative, market-oriented food and technology work, and will explore approaches to address the devastation of the agriculture sector by the HIV/AIDS pandemic in parts of Africa.
Central programs will explore new opportunities presented by information technology to provide farming communities with production and market information. New approaches are also needed to address continuing problems of desertification, water scarcity, climate variability and rural financial market failure. Mechanisms will be developed to support innovation by the private sector, research institutes, universities, NGOs, and rural communities that will help reduce hunger, increase income and improve trade.
Other donor programs: Other donors include the World Bank, the European Union and Japan, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development/Development Assistance Committee's Poverty Reduction Network.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: The Center partners include: the 46 U.S. land grant universities; and their NGO partners (e.g., World Vision, CARE, etc.) participating in the Collaborative Research Support Programs (CRSPs); the 16 international agricultural research centers; U.S. agribusiness research leaders, e.g, the Specialty Coffee Association of America, American Chocolate Research Institute, Geosys, Inc., M&M Mars Corporation, Cargill Technical Services, Land O'Lakes, Inc., Harza Environmental Services, Monsanto; the U.S. Treasury Department; the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Selected Performance Measures*: 933-002
Indicator FY 97 (Actual) FY 98 (Actual) FY 99 (Actual) FY 00 (Actual Preliminary) FY 01 (Plan) FY 02 (Plan) Indicator 1: Per capita food production Index (FAO) 117.7 119.5 121.2 121.2 122.7 123.4 Indicator 2: Food production Index (FAO) 132.8 137.0 141.2 143.4 146.0 148.5 Indicator 3: Average combined yields of coarse grains, all developing countries (FAO) 1,865 2,065 1,985 1,915 1,975 1,990 Indicator 4: Average combined yields of coarse grains, all developing countries (FAO) 2,712 2,759 2,775 2,736 2,780 2,783 Indicator Information
Indicator Level (S)or(IR) Unit of Measure Source Indicator Description Indicator 1: S Per capita food production index Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Index of per capita food production: all developing countries. Indicator 2: IR Food production index Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Index of food production: all developing countries. Indicator 3: IR Kilograms per hectare Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Average combined yield of coarse grains (corn, barley, rye, oats, millet and sorghum): all developing countries. Indicator 4: IR Kilograms per hectare Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Average combined yield of cereals (primarily wheat and rice with small quantities of other cereal grains): all developing countries.
* This strategic objective is coming to an end. These types of activities will take place primarily under the new objective 933-009. Some expenditures will occur beyond this fiscal year under this objective.
U.S. Financing
(In thousands of dollars)
Obligations Expenditures Unliquidated Through September 30, 1999 954,766 DA 942,387 DA 12,379 DA 1,378 CSD 1,378 CSD 0 CSD 400 ESF 400 ESF 0 ESF 150 SEED 150 SEED 0 SEED 1,380 FSA 1,380 FSA 0 FSA 46,984 DFA 46,984 DFA 0 DFA Fiscal Year 2000 56,234 DA 29,328 DA 872 CSD 436 CSD 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 DFA 0 DFA Through September 30, 2000 1,011,000 DA 971,715 DA 39,285 DA 2,250 CSD 1,814 CSD 436 CSD 400 ESF 400 ESF 0 ESF 150 SEED 150 SEED 0 SEED 1,380 FSA 1,380 FSA 0 FSA 46,984 DFA 46,984 DFA 0 DFA Prior Year Unobligated Funds 8,445 DA 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 DFA Planned Fiscal Year 2001 NOA * 59,925 DA 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 DFA Total Planned Fiscal Year 2001 68,370 DA 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 DFA Future Obligations Est. Total Cost Proposed Fiscal Year 2002 NOA 0 DA 0 DA 1,079,370 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 2,250 CSD 0 ESF 0 ESF 400 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 150 SEED 0 FSA 0 FSA 1,380 FSA 0 DFA 0 DFA 46,984 DFA * Includes a $2M OYB transfer for the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) activity
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