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The languishing Plan Puebla-Panama (PPP) [see NotiCen, 2003-05-29] received another shot in the arm with an agreement to give it a "human face." PPP officials signed an accord at the XII Reunion Ordinaria de la Junta Interamericana de Agricultura that formally incorporated agricultural issues into PPP. This was done through the creation of a technical commission that will put together an action plan to get international financial support for the ailing rural sector.
"The objectives are to reduce the high levels of rural poverty and food insecurity," said Guatemala's Minister of Agriculture and president pro tem of the Consejo Regional de Cooperacion Agricola (CORECA) Carlos Sett.
The initiative covers an area of 1 million sq km in the seven nations of Central America and the nine southern states of Mexico. This latest iteration of PPP responds not only to issues of poverty, but also to the plan's failure to make much headway since its inception. PPP has been the object of distrust, derision, and apathy from a growing array of social organizations. The regional governments, driven by the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB), are giving it another try. Despite the conventions and meetings and memoranda of understanding, there are obstacles.
Mexico, nominal originator of PPP, has lowered its expectations. Analysts have noted that...
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