1. National Plan for Food Security and Poverty Reduction A Thought Exercise

2. You are the Minister of Agriculture of a low middle- income country. The object of the exercise is to develop a national plan to improve food (and nutrition) security and achieve significant poverty reduction. You must decide on the priority outputs and activities that you think will be both doable and effective. You must decide on the priorities also in context of competing ministries such as health and industry. You will have a national budget and access to donor funds (bilateral, multi-national, World Bank, etc.) that you will need to attract with your plan.

3. Vietnam National GDP 186 billion USD Government Budget 36 billion USD (deficit 3 billion USD) Total donor contribution (pledged) 8 billion USD

4. Donors

5. Competing Ministries Ministry of National Defense Ministry of Public Security Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Justice Ministry of Finance Ministry of Transport Ministry of Construction Ministry of Education and Training Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry of Industry and Trade Ministry of Planning and Investment Ministry of Health Ministry of Science and Technology Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

6. Policy training for leaders Land use plans Agriculture Plant health Animal health Agricultural mechanization Irrigation Forestry Aquaculture Rural credit Education Infrastructure plans and implement Investment plans and programmes

7. Agricultural processing Industrial development Electricity supply Communications system Rural transportation Health service Environment (pollution) Biodiversity Education Culture Disaster Risk Reduction Initiatives taken in adaptation and confrontation to global climate change