Pillar III

Sharing Information to Advance the Sector

Given the increasing interdependencies within the agriculture and agri-food sector as well as with other sectors such as health, environment, and transportation, there is a need for timely and effective information dissemination throughout the sector. This is important so that new ideas and information on best practices, for example, can be communicated widely for the benefit of all and so that new market opportunities can be realized.

Pillar III of the ACAAF program, "Sharing Information to Advance the Sector," focuses on enabling the sector to gather, analyze, and share information including support for projects that strengthen the sector's ability to participate in the policy dialogue and shape the future of the sector. This pillar will also focus on projects that are identified by the sector as information needs or gaps, and if addressed, would contribute to the further advancement of the agriculture and agri-food sector.

Types of projects funded under Pillar III

Projects that position the sector to participate in the policy dialogue, or that enable dialogue with other sectors to be broadened.

• ACAAF could support bringing together representatives from a particular segment of the sector that has demonstrated a need to develop a strategy to address an emerging issue.
• ACAAF could support meetings of national associations including organizations/sectors outside agriculture and agri-food to address or examine common issues impacting their respective areas.

Projects that gather, analyze, and help disseminate information throughout the sector, enabling the sector to proactively develop responses based on this information.

• ACAAF could support projects on demographics and environmental trends, and information-gathering projects on trends in agricultural technologies.

The ACAAF program would not support normal ongoing activities, including regular meetings of organizations.