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The two pillars of its structure
are: a systemic concept of
agriculture and rural life, broken down into three categories or operational
areas (rural territories, agricultural value chains and the national and
international context) and a
sustainable development approach consisting of four dimensions (production-trade,
ecological-environmental, sociocultural-human and political-institutional).
The three components of the desired situation needed to attain the Shared Vision
2015 are: the twelve purposes, the seven strategic objectives and the
overarching objective, which guide the strategies, policies and actions adopted.
The AGRO-Matrix helps to explain the basic aspects of the complex phenomenon of
agriculture and rural life, promotes national, regional and hemispheric
strategies, policies and actions to address specific issues and facilitates
coordination between different interest groups, in order to develop a new
institutional framework for the sustainable development of agriculture and the
rural milieu.
The AGRO-Matrix is the ideal tool for understanding and defining the integral
contribution of agriculture and rural life to the development of countries. Its
use facilitates the development of a common base of information on agriculture
and rural life and on the nature and magnitude of the processes they involve.
It also helps to organize the compilation of the opinions and expectations of
the multiple actors of agriculture and rural life, and to define and rank
objectives and strategic actions, to identify the impact of policies and
programs and to measure the progress made in achieving the purposes and
strategic objectives and moving toward the Shared Vision 2015.
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