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Jul 17

National workshop Fiji: Validation of regional and national action plans

National workshop Fiji: Validation of regional and national action plans

Event Overview

The objective of the national consultation is to further refine and validate the National Action Plan for local food crops and fisheries value chain development and design a roadmap for mainstreaming the priority interventions into national policy and programme processes leading to its final endorsement through shared ownership. Additionally, the aim is to agree on the need for establishing and maintaining Value Chain Coordination/Agricultural Innovation (VCC/AI) in-country platforms to address the critical and interconnected issues for enhancing VC development and gain buy-in for joint action for improving incomes and nutrition outcomes.

The Fiji National Action Plan (FNAP) was developed by a cross-section of national stakeholders who attended the Fiji Forum. It addresses the four key themes to tackle country-specific challenges in agribusiness and value chain development:

  • Nutrition – Reduction in NCDs and increased income from investments in local food crops and fisheries value chain development
  • Finance – Making farmers bank ready and banks farmer ready
  • ICT – Robust communication system for growers
  • Insurance – Robust insurance package for farmers

Government officials from Ministries of Agriculture, Health and Finance; private sector representatives – farmers, SMEs, Chamber of Commerce, financiers; representatives from – Development Partners, civil society groups, universities as well as national key experts in agriculture, nutrition, finance, ICT and insurance etc. will validate and if necessary adjust country specific actions for influencing key policy and regulatory frameworks and mechanisms, andidentify additional funding for supporting sustainable public-private-producer partnerships for agribusiness and ‘nutrition sensitive” value chain development.

Suva, Fiji
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  • PIPSO

    The Pacific Islands Private Sector Organization (PIPSO) is the premier private sector representative body in the Pacific Islands region. It was set-up through the mandate of the Forum Economic Ministers in 2005 to be the representative body of the Pacific region’s private sector and to ensure dialogue between public and private sectors for strengthening regional policy making.

European Union ACP

CTA is a joint institution operating under the framework of the Cotonou Agreement between the ACP Group of States (Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific) and the EU Member States (European Union). CTA is funded by the European Union.

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