GIEFA: Inter-American Group for the Eradication of Foot-and- Mouth Disease Presentation for GIEFA Meeting

S.Paulo, Brazil Jan 29th, 2007Sebastião 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 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 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)

year outbreaks

1976 160871980 114601985 49171995 18462001 43672004 962005 862006 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

GIEFA’s Priority ZonesVenezuela

Ecuador

River Amazonas banks+unknown risk zones northern BrasilBorder Brasil-

Bolivia

Chaco:ARG-BOL-PAR

Border Brasil-Paraguai

Free without vaccinationFree with vaccination Not freeStatus 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 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$)

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 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 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

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$ 11,500Venezuela – not budgeted so far...(only Venezuelan funds)

To be done

Total US$ 41,078

GIEFA: 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

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)

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)

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.

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).

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 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?

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 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

Building alliances for an America free of

Foot and Mouth Disease(FMD)

GIEFA