FAO’s Comparative Advantage Sample Clauses

FAO’s Comparative Advantage. FAO is mandated to assist member countries build their capacity and transfer state-of-the-art knowledge and technology to provide a range of sustainable forest management tools, including conducting monitoring and assessment of forest resources and strengthening institutional capacity for policy dialogue. FAO’s comparative advantage is seen in the breadth of its technical experience in designing and guiding forest inventories, policy processes and legislation. FAO also draws from an pool of experts who are able to assist in the implementation of the project. With the aid of the TA from FAO, Zambian ILUA has created a valuable baseline of information for policy makers, scientists and other end-users for development from an integrated perspective. Moreover, FAO offers an international forum for disseminating ILUA’s results and offers linkages to on-going international processes, such as XXXX, through its programmes. FAO is also actively participating in finding solutions to soil carbon mitigation challenges. FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 (FRA 2010) includes a global remote sensing survey (RSS) of forests. This survey is aimed at substantially improving the knowledge on land use change dynamics over time, including deforestation, afforestation and natural expansion of forests. The FRA 2010 Remote Sensing Survey builds on the experiences from the remote sensing surveys of the tropical region undertaken as part of previous
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FAO’s Comparative Advantage. FAO11, the lead agency for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development, was founded in 1945 and currently comprises 191 member countries plus one member organization, the European Community. Its mandate is to raise levels of nutrition, improve agricultural productivity, better the lives of rural populations and contribute to the growth of the world economy. FAO mobilizes and manages millions of United States Dollars provided by industrialized countries, development banks and other sources to make sure that thousands of field projects achieve their goals. FAO provides the technical know-how and in a few cases is a limited source of funds. FAO Bangladesh currently implements several projects assisting food safety improvement in Bangladesh. This STDF project, which will be implemented by FAO in collaboration with other partners, will draw on the resources, experiences and lessons learned from those projects as well as other projects with relevance to small-scale farmer organizations, management, BMP application and certification. 11 xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx
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FAO’s Comparative Advantage. FAO has responded positively to the letter from the Government of Tanzania requesting technical assistance to plan and implement national forestry resources assessment. FAO has sufficient knowledge, more than 60 years of experience, global leadership, and institutional networks to provide support to countries to strengthen their capacity and improve their forest resource management. Furthermore, countries through their recommendations in various sessions of the Committee on Forestry (COFO) and FAO Council continue to mandate FAO to do so. For example, COFO 2007 requested FAO, in collaboration with Members and partner organizations, to continue to support national monitoring, assessment and reporting on forests, including their social, economic and environmental benefits. The Committee urged Members, FAO and other partners to enhance international collaboration in this field, taking into account national specificities. This would help to bridge the gap between knowledge and policy and would improve sustainable forest management. It would also help to achieve the four Global Objectives on Forests agreed by the United Nations Forum on Forests at its Sixth Session, and to mainstream forestry within efforts to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve sustainable water and land use, mitigate climate change and to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. In order to respond to the growing needs of information about forest resources and carbon stocks at country and global levels including those needed for REDD+ mechanism, FAO’s Finnish funded forestry programme within the Forestry Department, provides support to 6 pilot countries to build national capacity, monitor and assess forestry resources, manage forest related information and link knowledge with national decision making processes. The programme relies on a holistic and cost effective approach to national forest assessments (including both biophysical, socioeconomic and local governance data) and on developing new methodologies using cutting edge technology especially in remote sensing and data analysis. FAO partners with UNEP and UNDP in the joint UN-XXXX Programme which is executed alongside NAFORMA and therefore is able to ensure synergies between the activities. Further that FAO continues its support to the development, implementation and monitoring of national forest programmes in partnership with the National Forest Programme Facility (NFP) and makes available updated information and knowledge su...
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FAO’s Comparative Advantage. FAO has responded positively to the request from the Government of Angola for technical assistance to plan and implement the NFA. FAO has sufficient knowledge, of more than 60 years of experience, global leadership, and institutional networks to provide support to countries to strengthen their capacity and improve their forest resource management (FAO, 1947 and COFO 2007). Further more, countries through their recommendations in various sessions of the Committee on Forestry (COFO) and FAO Council, continue to mandate FAO to do so. For example, the last COFO (2007) requested FAO, in collaboration with Members and partner organizations, to continue to support national monitoring, assessment and reporting on forests, including their social, economic and environmental benefits. The Committee urged Members, FAO and other partners to enhance international collaboration in this field, taking into account national specificities. This would help to bridge the gap between knowledge and policy and would improve sustainable forest management. It would also help to achieve the four Global Objectives on Forests agreed by the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) at its Sixth Session, and to mainstream forestry within efforts to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve sustainable water and land use, mitigate climate change and to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. In order to respond to the growing needs of information about forests and trees issues at country and global levels, FAO has developed a programme within the Forestry Department, which provides support to memberships to build their capacity, monitor and assess forestry resources, manage forest related information and link knowledge with national decision making processes. The programme relies on a holistic and cost effective approach to NFAs, which is a result of wide international consultations. Further to that, FAO continues its support to the development, implementation and monitoring of national forest programmes in partnership with the NFP and makes available updated information and knowledge support for better forest resource management.
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  • Variances From Operating Budget Furnish Agent, concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 9.7 and each monthly report, a written report summarizing all material variances from budgets submitted by Borrowers pursuant to Section 9.12 and a discussion and analysis by management with respect to such variances.

  • Interest on Revolving Loans The outstanding principal amount of each Revolving Loan made by each Lender shall bear interest at a fluctuating rate per annum that shall at all times be equal to (i) during such periods as such Revolving Loan is a Base Rate Loan, the Base Rate plus the Applicable Revolving Loan Margin and (ii) during such periods as such Revolving Loan is a Eurodollar Loan, the relevant Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for such Eurodollar Loan for the applicable Interest Period plus the Applicable Revolving Loan Margin.

  • Interest on Revolving Credit Loans (a) Each Revolving Credit Loan shall bear interest at the Base Margin Rate unless timely notice is given (as provided in Section 2.5) that the subject Revolving Credit Loan (or a portion thereof) is, or is to be converted to, a LIBOR Loan. (b) Each Revolving Credit Loan which consists of a LIBOR Loan shall bear interest at the applicable LIBOR Rate. (c) Subject to, and in accordance with, the provisions of this Agreement, the Lead Borrower may cause all or a part of the unpaid principal balance of the Loan Account to bear interest at the Base Margin Rate or the LIBOR Rate as specified from time to time by the Lead Borrower by notice to the Administrative Agent. (d) For ease of reference and administration, each part of the Loan Account which bears interest at the same rate of interest and for the same Interest Period is referred to herein as if it were a separate "Revolving Credit Loan". (e) The Lead Borrower shall not select, renew, or convert any interest rate for a Revolving Credit Loan such that, in addition to interest at the Base Margin Rate, there are more than seven (7) Interest Periods for LIBOR Loans in the aggregate for all Borrowers applicable to the Revolving Credit Loans at any one time. (f) The Borrowers shall pay accrued and unpaid interest on each Revolving Credit Loan to its Borrower in arrears as follows: (i) On the applicable Interest Payment Date for that Revolving Credit Loan. (ii) On the Termination Date and on the End Date. (iii) Following the occurrence of any Event of Default, with such frequency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent. (g) Following the occurrence of any Event of Default (and whether or not any Agent exercises its rights on account thereof), all Revolving Credit Loans shall bear interest, at the option of the Administrative Agent or at the instruction of the SuperMajority Lenders, at a rate which is the aggregate of the applicable rate (including the Applicable Margin) for Base Margin Loans and/or LIBOR Loans, as applicable, plus two percent (2%) per annum.

  • Voluntary Prepayments Commitment Reductions (a) Prior to the Stated Maturity Date, the Borrowers may, from time to time on any Business Day, make a voluntary prepayment, in whole or in part, of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans; provided, however, that: (i) all such voluntary prepayments shall require notice on or before 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) not less than one nor more than five Business Days’ in advance of any prepayment of any Loan (or such shorter or longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree to in its reasonable discretion); (ii) all such voluntary partial prepayments shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and an integral multiple of $500,000 (or in the case of Swingline Loans, an aggregate minimum amount of $250,000 and an integral multiple of $100,000) or, if less, the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Loans outstanding hereunder; and (iii) all such prepayments shall be made pro rata among Loans having the same Interest Period. (b) The Borrowers may, from time to time on any Business Day after the Effective Date, voluntarily reduce the unused amount of any Commitment, the Swingline Commitment and the Letter of Credit Sublimit; provided, however, that (i) all such reductions shall be made on not less than one nor more than five Business Days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent and be permanent, (ii) any partial reduction of the unused amount of such Commitment, Swingline Commitment or Letter of Credit Sublimit shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 and in an integral multiple of $500,000 and (iii) the applicable Loans shall have been prepaid to the extent required by Section 3.1.2 or pursuant to Section 4.12(c) or the Letter of Credit Liability corresponding to all such Letter of Credit Usage shall have been collateralized in accordance with Section 4.14.

  • Base Rate Loans During such periods as Revolving Loans shall be comprised in whole or in part of Base Rate Loans, such Base Rate Loans shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the Adjusted Base Rate.

  • Revolving Loan Prepayments (i) In the event of the termination of all the Revolving Commitments in accordance with the terms hereof, the Borrower shall, on the date of such termination, repay or prepay all of its outstanding Revolving Borrowings and, at the Borrower’s option, either replace or backstop (on terms and conditions acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank) all outstanding Letters of Credit or cash collateralize all outstanding Letters of Credit in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.18(i). (ii) In the event of any partial reduction of the Revolving Commitments in accordance with the terms hereof, then (x) at or prior to the effective date of such reduction, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Revolving Lenders of the sum of the Revolving Exposures after giving effect thereto and (y) if the sum of the Revolving Exposures would exceed the aggregate amount of Revolving Commitments after giving effect to such reduction, then the Borrower shall, on the date of such reduction, first, repay or prepay Revolving Borrowings and second, at the Borrower’s option, either replace or backstop (on terms and conditions acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank) outstanding Letters of Credit or cash collateralize outstanding Letters of Credit in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.18(i), in an aggregate amount sufficient to eliminate such excess. (iii) In the event that at any time the sum of all Lenders’ Revolving Exposures exceeds the Revolving Commitments then in effect, the Borrower shall, without notice or demand, immediately first, repay or prepay Revolving Borrowings, and second, at the Borrower’s option, either replace or backstop (on terms and conditions acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank) outstanding Letters of Credit or cash collateralize outstanding Letters of Credit in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.18(i), in an aggregate amount sufficient to eliminate such excess. (iv) In the event that the aggregate LC Exposure exceeds the LC Sublimit then in effect, the Borrower shall, without notice or demand, immediately, at the Borrower’s option, either replace or backstop (on terms and conditions acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank) outstanding Letters of Credit or cash collateralize outstanding Letters of Credit in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.18(i), in an aggregate amount sufficient to eliminate such excess.

  • Revolving Loans The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding on such date.

  • Prime Rate Loans During such periods as the Term Loan shall be comprised of Prime Rate Loans, each such Prime Rate Loan shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the Prime Rate; and

  • Commitment of Current Revenues Only In the event that, during any term hereof, the Commissioners Court does not appropriate sufficient funds to meet the obligations of County under this Agreement, County may terminate this Agreement upon ninety (90) days written notice to Company. County agrees, however, to use reasonable efforts to secure funds necessary for the continued performance of this Agreement. The parties intend this provision to be a continuing right to terminate this Agreement at the expiration of each budget period of County. Agreements for the acquisition, including lease of real or personal property under Tex. Loc. Govt. Code §271.903 (Xxxxxx Supp. 1996).

  • Interest on Swingline Loans Subject to the provisions of Section 2.8, Swingline Loans shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are Alternate Base Rate Loans. Interest on Swingline Loans shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date.

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