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GIEFA: Inter-American Group for the Eradication of Foot-and- Mouth Disease Presentation for GIEFA Meeting
S.Paulo, Brazil Jan 29th, 2007
Sebastião Costa Guedes
GIEFA Chairman
GIEFA: Inter-American Group for the Eradication of Foot-and- Mouth Disease Presentation for GIEFA Meeting
S.Paulo, Brazil Jan 29th, 2007
Sebastião Costa Guedes
GIEFA Chairman
Hemispheric Conference for the Eradication of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Houston, TX., March 2004 with sponsorship of the PAHO and USDA.
FAO,IDB,IICA,OIE,OIRSA,WB,WHO,WTO participants .
“Houston Declaration”. GIEFA Group (12 members/6 COHEFA’s regions
+4 members Par, Bol, Equa and Venez. from public and private sectors).
Plan of Action for 5 years: 2006-2010.
Plan GIEFAPlan GIEFA
US$48.323.000 for a five-year project, or US$ 9.665.000/year (original budget);
Such resources should be complementary to each country’s FMD eradication project;
Resources from donors or sponsors, as well as loans;
Donors or sponsors can choose their partners to receive and to manage funds;
Possible public or private resources also from FMD free areas (PL 480 USA).
Plan GIEFAPlan GIEFA
GIEFA will be responsible to analyze the regional plans, the schedule of activities and the chronogram of investments to give its approval to the donors.
The follow-up of the investments and tasks can also be conducted by GIEFA, if required by the donors.
FMD EVOLUTION IN THE SOUTH AMERICA (1976-2006)
FMD EVOLUTION IN THE SOUTH AMERICA (1976-2006)
year outbreaks
1976 16087
1980 11460
1985 4917
1995 1846
2001 4367
2004 96
2005 86
2006 21
Colombia: 8- 0 - 2 - 1- 0
Ecuador: 108 - 6 - 42 - 23 - 7
Peru: 0 - 0 - 0 - 26 - 0
Bolívia: 88 - 9 - 19 - 0 – 0 – 1 (‘07)
Venezuela: 9 - 52 - 34 - 13- 11
Guyanas: Free
Brasil: 0 - 0 - 0 - 39 -1
Paraguay: 0 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0
Uruguay: 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0
Chile:Free Argentina: 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 2
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASEOUTBREAKS in SOUTH AMERICA 2002-2006
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASEOUTBREAKS in SOUTH AMERICA 2002-2006
GIEFA’s Priority ZonesGIEFA’s Priority Zones
Venezuela
Ecuador
River Amazonas banks
+unknown risk zones northern BrasilBorder Brasil-
Bolivia
Chaco:ARG-BOL-PAR
Border Brasil-Paraguai
Free without vaccinationFree with vaccination Not free
Status temporarily suspended*
* Brazil: PR,SP,MG,GO,BA,RJ,ES,SE,MS,MT,TO,DF
Argentina: North of Parallel 42
– FMD Regionalization, South America, Mar ‘06 – After May 06,OIE gave approval for South of Pará – Current Status Bolivia?
THE BEST MOMENT FOR THE ERADICATION OF FMD IS NOW !
THE BEST MOMENT FOR THE ERADICATION OF FMD IS NOW !
The outbreaks had drastic reduction;
Problem persists in very delimited critical areas;
There is strong motivation for the Mercosul members to cooperate due to the great losses with the last outbreaks.
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDSFMD Programs
South America, 1990-2005 (US$)
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDSFMD Programs
South America, 1990-2005 (US$)
GIEFA Activities 2006 – Participation in 29 events
GIEFA Activities 2006 – Participation in 29 events
– American Agribusiness Mission Brazil, Paraguay,Bolívia, Equador;
– Meeting São Paulo with Mercosul Private Sector;
– Two Meetings with CVP Mercosul;
– Seminar NIAA Louisville, KY, USA;
– COSALFA Guayaquil, Ecuador;
– Seminar IADB, Uberaba, Brazil;
– Regional Meetings: Tartagal (ARG), Santarém/Londrina (BRA), Pedro Juan Caballero (PAR), Quito (ECU);
– Meeting in Washington-DC with USDA, FAO, IICA, PAHO
– Visits to Private Sector in USA
– Discussions with Meat Exporters from BRA, ARG and PAR
GIEFA : Proposal for Funding 2006GIEFA : Proposal for Funding 2006
March- meeting in S.Paulo with meat exporters and cattlemen’s leadership of Mercosul.
Proposal- US$ 5/Ton exported bovine meat to support the plan(US$ 20 MM = 4 MM Ton/year: 3 MM BRA, 0.7 MM ARG and 0.3 MM URU).
Past reactions to the ProposalPast reactions to the Proposal
Argentina and Brazil in principle were in favour, although asked for more details of the plans for each region.
Argentina had legal restrictions to export at that moment.
GIEFA: NEW BUDGET TOTAL FOR THE 5 YEARS OF THE PLAN
GIEFA: NEW BUDGET TOTAL FOR THE 5 YEARS OF THE PLAN
Region Budget (thousands)
Chaco – Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay (International funds only for Bolivia and Paraguay)
US$ 3,555
Amazon River– Brazil (only Brazilians funds)
US$ 4,700
Brazil/Bolivia Border area (International funds only for Bolivia)
US$ 8,965
Brazil/ Paraguay Border area(International funds only for Paraguay)
US$ 12,358
Ecuador (International funds) US$ 11,500
Venezuela – not budgeted so far...(only Venezuelan funds)
To be done
Total US$ 41,078
GIEFA: FOLLOWING ACTIONSGIEFA: FOLLOWING ACTIONS
The new budget was discussed with the private sector of the region( the same institutions that were present on the previous March meeting).International resources will be received only to assist the regions or countries in need of our continent: Bolivia, Equador and Paraguay.Venezuela will be visited and invited to integrate the plan on March 2007.
Recent Feedbacks and Conclusions of the US$ 5/ton Funding Proposal
Recent Feedbacks and Conclusions of the US$ 5/ton Funding Proposal
ARGENTINA
– Has restrictions to export meat
– Farmers on strike and in continuous disputes with Gov’t
– No chances to cooperate now
BOLIVIA
– Ongoing disputes between private sector and Gov’t
– Unstable scenario for foreign private investors
– Certain cooperation in Chaco region and Brazilian border
Recent Feedbacks and Conclusions of the US$ 5/ton Funding Proposal (cont’d)
Recent Feedbacks and Conclusions of the US$ 5/ton Funding Proposal (cont’d)
BRAZIL
– Disputes between farmers and slaughter houses
– Prices for farmers at 50-year low level – US$ 0.78/kg lw
– Brazilian Real overpriced against US$
– Exporters willing to cooperate on a regional case-by-case basis
CHILE
– Not present in any meeting
Recent Feedbacks and Conclusions of the US$ 5/ton Funding Proposal (cont’d)
Recent Feedbacks and Conclusions of the US$ 5/ton Funding Proposal (cont’d)
PARAGUAY
– Private sector not willing to cooperate at this moment
URUGUAY
– Private sector has always been against the proposal
GIEFA: SOME CONCLUSIONS AFTER MEETINGS WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
GIEFA: SOME CONCLUSIONS AFTER MEETINGS WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
They prefer to have freedom to choose their partners for the donation or sponsorship;
They are not in accordance with the management of the resources only by the governments or international institutions;
They agree that the institutions should be payed by their services but with a previous negotiation.
GIEFA: SOME CONCLUSIONS AFTER MEETINGS WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR
(cont’d).
GIEFA: SOME CONCLUSIONS AFTER MEETINGS WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR
(cont’d).
All parties agree to payment of bonuses/rewards or to complement salaries of veterinarians and field personnel if areas are free of outbreaks.
Several institutions and programs with same objectives represent barriers to effective participation of private sector.
Private sector does not contribute when Government aims to invest.
GIEFA: Last AchievementsGIEFA: Last Achievements
Brazilian Gov’t donated 2 MM vaccine doses to GIEFA Bolivia (approx. US$ 1.1 MM);
Brazilian Gov’t directed extra US$ 1.8 MM to PANAFTOSA;
FOCEM (Mercosul Infrastructure Convergence Fund) released US$ 16.3 MM to eradicate FMD during the Rio de Janeiro January ’07 Summit
Contributions of USA PL 480
GIEFA’s Future? GIEFA’s Future?
Cease to exist?
– Alternatives: CVP, COSALFA and COHEFA
Continue its operations?
– Objectives / Role / Definition
– Membership / Country and People Rotation
– New Chairmanship and Executive Committee
GIEFA: Special GratitudesGIEFA: Special Gratitudes
Guedes Pinto – Minister of Agriculture of Brazil
Roberto Rodrigues – Former Minister of Agriculture of Brazil
Gabriel Alves Maciel – Plant and Animal Protection Secretary Brazil
Jamil Gomes de Souza – Animal Protection Director Brazil
ABIEC, CNA / ABCZ, SINDAN
PANAFTOSA, IADB, USDA / APHIS