Na#onal Plan For Food Security and Poverty Reduc#on: A Thought Exercise
Na#onal Plan For Food Security and Poverty Reduc#on: A Thought Exercise
Na#onal Plan For Food Security and Poverty Reduc#on: A Thought Exercise
You are the Minister of Agriculture of a low middleincome country. The object of the exercise is to
develop a na#onal plan to improve food (and nutri#on)
security and achieve signicant poverty reduc#on. You
must decide on the priority outputs and ac#vi#es that
you think will be both doable and eec#ve.
You must decide on the priori#es also in context of
compe#ng ministries such as health and industry. You
will have a na#onal budget and access to donor funds
(bilateral, mul#-na#onal, World Bank, etc.) that you
will need to aNract with your plan.
Vietnam
Na#onal GDP 186 billion USD
Government Budget 36 billion USD (decit 3
billion USD)
Total donor contribu#on (pledged) 8 billion
USD
Donors
Bilateral donors
China
Japan
European Union
France
Denmark
Germany
United Kingdom
Australia
Netherlands
United States
Sweden
Canada
UN
UNDP
UNICEF
UNFPA
FAO
UNIDO
UNESCO
ILO
WHO
Foundations
Bill & Melinda Gates
Ford Foundation
Development Banks
World Bank
IFAD
ADB
NGOs
Oxfam
Red Cross
Action Aid
Save the Children
CAFOD
Care
Plan
Compe#ng Ministries
Ministry of Na#onal Defense
Ministry of Public Security
Ministry of Foreign Aairs
Ministry of Jus#ce
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Transport
Ministry of Construc#on
Ministry of Educa#on and Training
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Ministry of Planning and Investment
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Science and Technology
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Agricultural processing
Industrial development
Electricity supply
Communica#ons system
Rural transporta#on
Health service
Environment (pollu#on)
Biodiversity
Educa#on
Culture
Disaster Risk Reduc#on
Ini#a#ves taken in adapta#on and confronta#on to global
climate change