This document outlines a regional food security policy effectiveness and sustainable agriculture program with two main components. Component 1 aims to improve the effectiveness of food security policies in Central America through activities like policy analysis, dialogue, and capacity building. Component 2 seeks to develop a regional platform for sustainable agriculture research and innovation by increasing sustainable technologies, establishing networks, and disseminating information. Key 2013 milestones include prioritizing technologies, selecting pilot projects, and developing preliminary policy analysis and monitoring & evaluation systems to support the goals of the program.

1. Regional Food Security Policy Effectiveness and
Sustainable Agriculture Program
Overview

2. General Framework

3. Component 1
Regional Food Security Policy Effectiveness

4. C1. Regional Food Security Policy Effectiveness
Objective
to improve the effectiveness of policy implementation and the
relevance of food security in the Central American Integration
System’s policy agenda.
support a regional agenda for food security with the political commitment and
mandate of Central American governments through the Central American Council of
Agriculture (CAC), to strategically engage with multilateral, regional organizations
and donors, to promote dialogue, accountability and partnership in policy.

5. Objective: to improve the effectiveness of policy implementation and
the relevance of food security in the Central American
C1. Regional Food Security Policy Effectiveness
Inventory of SAN policies
State of the art Mapping of actors
Other public policies affecting SAN
Policy Analysis Model M&E Policy System
Research Agenda on SAN
Formulation of policies Specific studies
Policy dialogue
Capacity building

6. C1. Regional Food Security Policy Effectiveness
Implementation arrangements

7. C1. Regional Food Security Policy Effectiveness
Results chain
• Impact (Indirect effects) Effectiveness of policies on SAN
and related policies improved.
Attribution gap
M&E System for policies that have an impact on FSN
Direct effect At least 4 new policies adopted by public institutions to
improve FSN
Units Policy/MAGs trained in qualitative analysis model SAN policy and policy evaluation SAN
Countries have greater understanding of policies affecting mostly in SAN
MAGs and regional agencies involved in planning and design of ME policy system
Countries have recommendations and actions to take in for selected policies cases .
Products Databases, SAN Mapping actors
Quantitative analysis model SAN policy
Country and Regional Analysis of SAN,
Events exchange and policy dialogue SAN
Proposed conceptual and methodological design of the M & E
Activities Preliminary Topics for a research agenda identified
Emergency and specific cases in the countries and region
Technical assistance
Inputs Training
Knowledge management
Staff & consultants Research
Financial resources
Information, etc.

8. Component 2
Promotion of Sustainable Agricultural
Technologies

9. C2. Promotion of Sustainable Agricultural Technologies
Objetive
to develop a regional platform for research and innovation of
sustainable agricultural practices
Sustainable Agriculture Technologies
to increase the number of new technologies for
sustainable agriculture available to small producers throughout the region
Networks and Communities of Practice
to establish agriculture networks, partnerships and communities of practice which
include private sector participation that will lead to the advancement of agriculture
tools and information dissemination

10. C2. Promotion of Sustainable Agricultural Technologies

11. Objective: to develop a regional platform for research and innovation of
sustainable agricultural practices
C2. Promotion of Sustainable Agricultural Technologies
Sustainable Agriculture Technologies Networks and Communities of Practice
VC
Inventory on research & projects State of the art Mapping of stakeholders
Prioritization of research & innovation Strengthening & establishment of
in sustainable agriculture networks, communities of practice
Implementation of technology Networks’ agenda for technology
adaptation projects dissemination
regional platform for research and innovation of
sustainable agricultural practices
Communication & systematization
Capacity building

12. C2. Promotion of Sustainable Agricultural Technologies
Preselected chains
Countries prioritized
Value Chains Analysis
Mapping of stakeholders
Inventory of projects and research

13. 2013 MILESTONES

14. C1. Regional Food Security Policy Effectiveness
2013 MILESTONES

15. C2. Promotion of Sustainable Agricultural Technologies
2013 MILESTONES

16. 2013 MILESTONES
2013
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Priorization of
Consolidated Policy Analysis
technologies by
regional priorization
value chain and Model
list of technologies
country
Selection of six Preliminary M&E
technologies Policy System
MoUs for the
dissemination of
research signed
Pilot projects
identified
Preliminary design
of the Sustainable
Agriculture
Platform
MILESTONES

17. Communication &
Knowledge Management

18. Communication & Knowledge Management
2013 Work Plan Summary
Cross-cutting component

19. Monitoring & Evaluation

20. Monitoring & Evaluation
2013 Work Plan Summary