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The FFTC Annual Report 2007
FFTC's mechanism for agricultural technology transfer reflects a strong technological complementation among countries in the Asian and Pacific (ASPAC) region. Through the Center's various activities like seminars, workshops, training courses, field demonstrations, collaborative research and publications, thousands of scientists, researchers, policymakers and extension workers are given not only the chance to share and exchange technological information and innovation in agriculture, but also the opportunity to strengthen technical cooperation among countries in the region. The technology and information collected and disseminated by the Center for almost four decades now have given countless resource-poor farmers and extension workers new opportunities and new solutions to their problems.
Year after year, FFTC reviews its strategies and work programs with the passion and vision to continuously address the needs of small-scale farmers. Yet, as their needs change by the decade, FFTC's mission remains the same — to promote modern and practical information and technology toward contributing to the creation of a genuinely interdependent regional sustainable agriculture. Hence, commencing in 2007, FFTC's programs and activities are now guided by the FFTC Strategic Plan for 2007-2011. For the next five years, the overall policy of the Center is to intensify its technology collection and transfer activities toward achieving the Plan's main goals of increased income and improved livelihood of small-scale farmers, improved food safety, enhancement of environment-friendly technology, and sustainable use of natural resources.
The FFTC Annual Report 2007 captures the Center's achievements in the implementation of its work programs and initiatives in pursuit of realizing the goals of the FFTC Strategic Plan for 2007-2011. On the first year of the Plan's implementation, the Center's programs and activities addressed current concerns on sustainability of natural resources and environment through ecologically sound agricultural practices, enhancement of rural development, and meeting changing market and consumer preferences through food quality and safety standards amid recent trends in economic development and globalization.
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Figure 1 The FFTC Annual Report 2007
