;y.j ; f/f AGRIBUSINESS ORGANIZATION DIRECTORY A Selected List of Government and Private Organizations Engaged in or Concerned with International Agribusiness Prepared by the Agribusiness Staff Office of Commercial and Financial Policy BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Washington, D.C. 20230 August 1968 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://archive.org/details/agribusinessorgaOOunit CONTENTS Section I, U.S. Government Agencies U.S. Department of Commerce 2 U.S. Department of State 6 U.S. Department of Agriculture 10 II. Agribusiness Industry Advisory Committee 12 III . The Agribusiness Council, Inc 15 IV. Major Foundations Active in International Agribusiness and Related Fields Ford Foundation 16 Rockefeller Foundation 17 Kellogg Foundation 17 Farm Foundation 18 Agricultural Development Council, Inc 18 Leaders of International Agricultural Programs in Member Institutions of the National Associations of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges 19 VI. Financial Organizations Active in International Agribusiness and Related Areas U.S. Agencies 24 International Agencies 28 Foreign Regional Institutions 31 Private Financial Institutions with Foreign Affiliates 35 VII. International Organizations United Nations Organizations 42 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 47 Organization of American States 49 Prefatory Note In the compilation of a directory of this kind, three special problems confront the compiler: (l) what organizations to include (2) how much detail to provide, and (3) how to furnish up-to-date information on organizations, addresses and positions that change frequently. With regard to what, and how much, the pages that follow represent the best judgment of the authors. A diligent effort has also been made to secure currentness in names, addresses and other details. However, it is recognized that the passing of time will affect both subject matter and up-to-dateness. If the Directory serves the useful purpose envisioned for it, revisions may be made from time to time. With such revisions in mind, suggestions will be appreciated. SECTION I U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES U.S. Department of Commerce U.S. Department of State Agency for International Development U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Fourteenth Street, between E Street and Constitution Avenue Washington, D.C. 20230 The expansion of agribusiness exports (agricultural production inputs, storage and handling equipment, and agricultural processing facilities) is a matter of high priority in the Department of Commerce. Within the Department, export expansion is the specific responsibility of the Assistant Secretary for Domestic and Inter- national Business (DIB) who supervises: Bureau of International Commerce (BIC) Business and Defense Services Administration (BDSA) Office of Foreign Commercial Services (OFCS) Office of Field Services (OFS), with l& Field Offices in major cities. Office of Publications and Information (OP&l) Bureau of International Commerce (BIC) Lawrence A. Fox, Director Room 3858 Tel: (202) 967-5261 BIC has the primary responsibility for assisting the American businessman achieve his overseas sales expansion objectives. The Bureau promotes U.S. trade and investment overseas through its staff of foreign trade experts and country specialists who try to stimulate U.S. trade overseas on a geographic basis. Specifically, BIC conducts promotional activities in overseas markets; provides business with information and advisory services about foreign trade opportunities; helps formulate U.S. trade and commercial policy positions; and administers the export control program. At the same time - working with such organi- zations as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to reduce restrictions on international business - BIC seeks to establish and maintain a climate favorable for overseas trade by U.S. businessmen and investors. In addition, BIC is responsible along with other Government agencies for formulating general U.S. policy regarding inter- national transportation, insurance, and the movement of goods and people in international trade. (1) Office of Commercial and Financial Policy (OCFP) Robert L. Hirshberg, Director Room 1864 Tel: (202) 967-5131 Agribusiness Staff Phil S. Eckert, Project Manager for Agribusiness Richard S. Roberts Liane Atlas Room 1859 Tel: (202) 967-4524 Function: Serves as a focal point for guidance to U.S. businessmen on Department of Commerce services and information involving agribusiness inter- national trade, and trade-related international agribusiness investments. Serves as liaison with other government agencies and international organizations on agribusiness affairs. Functions as the Secretariat for the Agribusiness Industry Advisory Committee, jointly sponsored by the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce. (2) Office of International Regional Economics (OIRE) Robert E. Sijnpson, Director Room 3844 Tel: (202) 967-3532 Function: A Commerce Department Country Specialist Officer is assigned to each foreign country to gather information, analyze and assess the current economic, financial and political situations in that particular country. These officers are available to Agribusinessmen for consultations on any foreign country. (3) Office of International Trade Promotion (OITP) Paul E. Pauly, Director Room 6018 Tel: (202) 967-4231 Function: To conduct overseas trade promotion activities mainly through the use of trade missions, trade fairs, trade centers, and sample dis- plays. Their officers are prepared to assist, guide and advise the potential and actual exporter in his export, trade promotion efforts, (4) Office of International Investments (Oil) S. Stanley Katz, Director Room 1860 Tel: (202) 967-4925 Function: Helps provide assistance and guidance on opportunities and problems involving foreign investments as well as guidance to foreigners wishing to invest in the U.S.A. Business and Defense Services Administration (BDSA) Rodney L. Borum, Director Room 4848 Tel: (202) 967-5491 Basically, the mission of the Business and Defense Services Administration (BDSA) is to serve U.S. Domestic industry. Organized into 8 offices and 24 industry divisions, its staff of approximately 200 industry specialists provides information and assistance to 424 manufacturing, construction, distribution and science industries. In this context, BDSA gathers information about commodities in world trade; collects, evaluates and publicizes information about overseas trading opportunities; and generally assists in activities related to export expansion as another means of helping U.S. industry. For example, BDSA promotes adoption of commodity standards and specifications that will permit U.S. business to compete successfully in world markets. A. Office of Business Programs Edward R. Killam, Director Room 4031 Tel: (202) 967-4385 Agribusiness Program Manager John A, Lien Room 4067 Tel: (202) 967-4356 Office of Foreign Commercial Services (OFCS' Donald S. Gilpatric, Director Room 1033 Tel: (202) 967-3320 (Function - See next page) Function: Both BIC and BDSA obtain much of their information about world trade through the Commercial Officers in the U.S. Foreign Service. The Office of Foreign Commercial Services (OFCS) is primarily responsible for the recruitment, assign- ment, and performance evaluation of these officers, who are stationed at all key U.S. embassies and consulates to collect and report trade information. 4. Office of Field Services (OFS) Charles F. Boehm, Director Room 5015B Tel: (202) 967-3641 Function: The Office of Field Services (OFS) supervises the A2 Department of Commerce Field Offices located throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico. Each represents the Department of Commerce in its locality and assists in carrying out the programs of BIC and BDSA as well as those of other bureaus of the Department. At each Field Office experienced specialists help in the solution of business problems, furnish information and publications about the Department's programs and services, and provide counsel on both foreign and domestic business operations. A call or letter to a Field Office is the logical first step in getting information and assistance on both international and domestic trade matters. Organizationally separate, but working with Domestic and International Business is the Office of Foreign Direct Investment that reports to the Secretary of Commerce. Office of Foreign Direct Investment Charles E. Fiero, Director Room 5898C Tel: (202) 967-3853 Function: Regulates the outflow of U.S. Capital used for foreign business operations. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE 21st Street and Virginia Avenue, N.W. (New State Building) Washington, D.C. 20520 1. Bureau of Economic Affairs International Resources and Food Policy- George R. Jacobs Deputy Assistant Secretary Room 3529 Tel. (202) 383-2031 (1) Office of International Commodities Julius L. Katz Director Room 3529 Tel. (202) 383-4895 (2) Office of Food Policy and Programs Fred H. Sanderson Director Room 3427 Tel. (202) 383-5984 Function: Guidance and negotiations on international food policies. 2. Agency for International Development (1 ) Office of the War on Hunger 21st Street and Virginia Avenue, N.W. (New State Building) Washington, D.O. 20523 Assistant Administrator H. Brooks James Room 4942 Tel. (202) 383-8044 Deputy Assistant Administrator Irwin R. Hedges Room 4938 Tel. (202) 383-7995 Deputy Assistant Administrator for Population, Nutrition, and Health Malcolm H. Merrill Room 3883 1711 New York Ave. N.W, Tel. (202) 383-8056 Functions: Consolidates all AID staff activities in food, nutrition, population problems, and agricultural development. Works in concert with international organizations and U.S. Government agencies towards seeking new ways to solve problems of hunger. The Office of the War on Hunger includes the following services: Addresses , Washington, D.C. Agricultural and Rural Development Douglas D. Caton 1711 New York Ave. N.W. Tel. (202) 383-8330 Population R. T. Ravenholt 1711 New York Ave. N.W. Tel. (202) 383-6545 Nutrition and Child Feeding Martin Forman 1711 New York Ave. N.W. Tel. (202) 343-6363 Health Lee M. Howard 1711 New York Ave. N.W. Tel. (202) 383-6996 Food From the Sea George K. Parman 1711 New York Ave. N.W. Tel. (202) 343-2391 Food for Freedom Frank R. Ellis 1711 New York Ave. N.W. Tel. (202) 343-4809 Research and Institutional Grants Erven J. Long 1711 New York Ave. N.W. Tel. (202) 383-2113 Reports and Information Staff Samuel Belk 21st Street & Virginia Ave. N.W. Tel. (202) 383-8579 (2) Office of Private Resources 21st Street and Virginia Avenue, N.W. (New State Building) Washington, D.C. 20523 Assistant Administrator Private Investment Center Managing Director Assistant Director for Agribusiness Investment Promotion Division Director Businessmen's Information Service Business Information Officers Insurance Division (Political Risk Insurance & Pre- Investment Surveys) Director Finance Division Director Herbert Salzman Room 3932 Tel. (202) 383-8008 Leigh M. Miller Room 3934 Tel. (202) 383-7975 Robert J. Emerson Room 2246 Tel. (202) 383-8692 Graham Williams Room 2246 Tel. (202) 383-6796 Margaret R. VanCaster Dorothy Kemp Room 2926 Tel. (202) 383-4291 Harry Freeman Room 2245 Tel. (202) 383-8363 Paul Micou Room 2246 Tel. (202) 383-4836 Private Resources Development Service Executive Director Deputy Executive Director Cooperative Development Coordinator Coordinator for Voluntary Agencies (continued on next page) W. Gilbert Carter Room 3938 Tel. (202) 383-8011 Harriet S. Crowley Room 3936 Tel. (202) 383-8011 J. David McVoy Room 2495 Tel. (202) 383-8011 Howard Kresge Room 2497 Tel. (202) 383-8471 Functions: The Office of Private Resources is responsible for promoting maximum U.S. private participation in, and contribution to, overseas development and stimulating the growth of the private sector in less-developed countries, with emphasis on eliciting greater involve- ment in the war on hunger. It is the Agency's central point of contact with the U.S. private community, in- cluding U.S. investors, business groups, cooperatives, voluntary agencies, professional and trade associations, foundations and other nongovernmental organizations presently or potentially interested in participation in overseas development. Within the Office of Private Resources, the Private Investment Center administers the following investment incentive programs: Pre-investment Surveys, Political Risk Insurance, Extended Risk Guaranties, Local Cur- rency "Cooley" Loans, Dollar Development Loans. The Private Resources Development Service is responsible for the maximum effective utilization of the technical assistance resources of the U.S. private community in furthering overseas development objectives. The Businessmen's Information Service assists businessmen and investors interested in opportunities in less-developed countries, and guides them to appropriate offices and individuals. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 14th Street and Independence Avenue Washington, D.C. 20250 Foreign Agricultural Service Department of Agriculture, South Building Washington, D.C. 20250 14th and Independence Administrator Raymond A. Ioanes Room 5073 Tel. (202) 388-3935 Assistant Administrator: Roy W. Lennartson Room 5071 Tel. (202) 388-7055 Functions : Major Divisions: The Foreign Agricultural Service is an export promotion and service agency for U.S. agriculture products. The Service maintains and expands agri- cultural exports by cooperating with private organizations on jointly financed market develop- ment projects abroad, and by appraising overseas marketing opportunities and communicating them to American business, farm groups and organizations. The F.A.S. operates, through the Foreign Service of the United States, a global reporting and analysis network covering world agricultural projection, trade competition and policy situa- tions that affect American agriculture. Information on all principal farm commodities in world trade is made available through publications. General Sales Export Programs Barter and Stockpiling Commodity Programs International Trade Agricultural Attaches 10 International Agricultural Development Service Department of Agriculture, South Building, 14th and Independence Washington, D.C. 20250 Administrator: Lester R. Brown Room 4070 Tel. (202) 388-7393 Deputy Administrator: Lyle P. Schertz Room 4070 Tel. (202) 388-3835 High Protein Foods and Agribusiness Group: Aaron M. Altschul Director Room 4078 Tel. (202) 388-3275 Functions: Established in August, 1963? to coordinate and administer Department of Agriculture programs in foreign technical assistance and training. The International Agricultural Development Service is financed by AID, with which it works closely, as well as with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and other public and private organizations interested in this field. 11 SECTION II AGRIBUSINESS INDUSTRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Co-Chairmen 1. Department of Agriculture Martin E. Abel Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Room 219-A, North Agriculture Building Telephone (202) 388-3471 2. Department of Commerce Stanley Nehmer Deputy Assistant Secretary for Resources Room 5036, Commerce Building Telephone (202) 967-3737 Executive Secretary Phil S. Eckert Project Manager for Agribusiness Office of Commercial and Financial Policy Department of Commerce Room 1859 ? Commerce Building Telephone (202) 967-4524 Committee's Scope of Activities This Committee, jointly sponsored by the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce has the overall industry responsibility for advising the two Departments on matters of overseas agribusiness development. Its members, who represent agribusiness geographically and functionally, are listed on the following two pages. 12 Agribusiness Industry Advisory Committee Members as of August 1968 William 0. Beers President National Dairy Products Corporation New York, New York James Dean General Manager Farmers Cooperative Commission Co, Hutchinson, Kansas D. W. Brooks Executive Vice President and General Manager Cotton Producers Association Atlanta, Georgia R. Hal Dean President and Chairman of the Board Ralston Purina Company St. Louis, Missouri Charles W. Call, Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer Ward Foods, Inc. New York, New York D. Kenneth Christ ensen Chairman of the Board Northrup, King and Co. Minneapolis, Minnesota Charles S. Dennison Vice President Overseas Operations International Minerals Corporation New York, New York and Chemical John P. Duncan, Jr. Manager, Agribusiness Services Southern Railway System Washington, D. C. George L. Clements Chairman, Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer Jewel Companies, Inc. Melrose Park, Illinois C. Coleman Fisher Vice President Mobil Chemical International New York, New York Ltd. Owen Cooper President Mississippi Chemical Corporation Yazoo City, Mississippi John M. Fox Chairman of the Board United Fruit Company Boston, Massachusetts F. 0. Cullen Vice President Del Monte Corporation San Francisco, California John Graf lund Vice President Overseas Administration Deere and Company Moline , Illinois 13 Henry J. Heinz II Chairman of the Board H, J. Heinz Company- Pitt sbur gh , Pennsylvania Wayne Richardson, Jr. Vice President Hawaiian Agronomics Company Honolulu, Hawaii William J. Jensen Vice President & General Manager Agriculture Division Butler Manufacturing Co. Kansas City, Missouri Robert Stuart President & Chief Executive Officer National Can Corporation Chicago, Illinois Robert D. McEvers Vice President & General Manager Tank Car Division Union Tank Car Company Chicago, Illinois Donald 0. Swan President Esso Chemical Company, Inc, New York, New York Robert McLellan Vice President FMC International San Jose, California Jonathan S. Tobey Technical Director, Agriculture The Chase Manhattan Bank New York, New York Harold W. McMillen Chairman of the Board Central Soya Co. Fort Wayne, Indiana Lee L. Morgan Executive Vice President Caterpillar Tractor Company Peoria, Illinois John T. Phillips, Jr. President Lilliston Corporation Albany, Georgia Richard H. Wellman Vice President & General Manager of Agricultural Products Process Chemicals Division Union Carbide Corporation New York, New York Henry H. Wilson President Chicago Board of Trade Chicago, Illinois H SECTION III THE AGRIBUSINESS COUNCIL, INC, Executive Director: George L. Mehren Room 2561 299 Park Avenue New York, New York 10017 Tel. (212) 755-7636 Scope of Activities The Council's main functions are: (l) To make available to agribusiness leaders information about selected developing countries with acceptable investment climates to encourage their companies to make investment feasibility- studies in agricultural development; (2) To improve liaison and exchange of information with governments, international organizations, universities, foundations and other non-profit groups with the objective of identifying areas of cooperation and mutual interest; (3) To act as an information and referral center, both providing data and assisting the membership in locating sources of information. The Council is a non-profit institution and is not a financial underwriting group, nor a center for the collection and processing of massive data on a global scale. It does not give specific legal, engineering, managerial or investment- advice. Membership in the Council is broad and without numerical limitation. There are two principal categories of membership: (l) Corporate, (any firm in agribusiness, in its broadest sense) and (2) Individual, (representatives of foundations, universities and governmental organizations interested or involved in programs bearing on agricultural improvement). It is anticipated that on the Board of Directors the ratio between corporate representatives and non-corporate representatives will be about four to one. 15 SECTION IV MAJOR FOUNDATIONS ACTIVE IN INTERNATIONAL AGRIBUSINESS AND RELATED FIELDS 1. Address Chief Officer Scope of activities The Ford Foundation 477 Madison Avenue New York, New York McGeorge Bundy, President To advance the public welfare by trying to identify and contribute to the solution of problems of national and international importance. Grants primarily to institutions for experimental, demonstration, and develop- mental efforts that are likely to produce significant advances within the Foundation's fields of interest: improvement of educational quality and opportunity in schools, colleges, and universities, including vocational education, research and training in inter- national studies, science and engineering, and journalism; community development, law and the administration of justice, race relations and better opportunity for minority groups, urban and regional affairs, resources and environment, and economic research; non-commercial television; humani- ties and the arts; population; international understanding and cooperation among the developed nations; and assistance in less- developed countries in agriculture, family planning, education, public administration and management training, industrial and urban development, and economic research. Expenditures from capital permitted. Report published annually, supplemented by news releases, reports, and pamphlets. 16 2. The Rockefeller Foundation Address 111 West 50th Street New York, New York 10020 Chief Officer J. George Harrar, President Scope of activities "To promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world." Primarily concerned with the ad- vancement of knowledge and its effective appli- cation to human interests and needs through support of advanced research in selected fields of the biological and medical sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities, and of research and experimentation in agriculture; operates primarily through grants to universities, research institutes, and other qualified agencies; in virology and agriculture through staff research and direct operations. No grants for establish- ment, building, or operation of local institutions, for personal aid to individuals, or for appraising or subsidizing cures or inventions. Expenditures from capital permitted. Reports published quarterly and annually. Kellogg (W.K.) Foundation Address 400 North Avenue Battle Creek, Michigan 49016 Chief Officer Emory W. Morris President and General Director Scope of activities "To receive and administer funds for educational and charitable purposes." Aid largely limited to programs concerned with the application of knowledge rather than its creation through basic research; through seven divisions (Agriculture, Dentistry, Public Affairs and Education, Hospitals, Medicine and Public Health, Nursine, and Latin America) aid is given to institutions and agencies in North America, Latin America, Western Europe, and Australia, with assistance to programs in all of these areas but with fellowship awards limited to recipients from outside the United States. Report published annually. 17 4. Address Chief Officer Scope of activities Farm Foundation 600 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60605 Joseph Ackerman, Managing Director R. J. Hildreth, Associate Managing Director To improve the conditions of rural life by: (l) stimulating, coordinating, and supplementing the efforts of existing agencies; (2) initiating and conducting research and experimental work for the study of any important economic, social, educational, or scientific problem affecting the rural population of the country; and (e) dissemi- nating the educational and useful information resulting from such study and experimentation. Scholarships to county extension agents for agricultural policy courses and to extension super- visors for supervisory courses offered at summer schools; fellowships for more extensive study to agricultural extension workers with priority given to administrators and supervisors. Report published annually. The Agricultural Development Council, Inc . Address Chief Officer Scope of activities 630 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10020 John D. Rockefeller 3rd, President Currently has three programs: (l) to develop research, teaching, and extension related to the economic and human problems of rural development in Asia; (2) to stimulate and support research in American universities on agricultural development in Asia, Africa, and Latin America; and (3) to collect and produce teaching materials useful for in-service training for those engaged in activities related to agricultural development. Report published annually. 18 SECTION V LEADERS OF INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS IN MEMBER INSTITUTIONS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UNIVERSITIES AND LAND-GRANT COLLEGES (This roster of names, arranged alphabetically by state, was made available through the coop- eration of the International Programs Office, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, Anchorage Building, 1555 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036) E. V. Smith, Dean School of Agriculture Director, Experiment Station Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36830 Robert M. Hagan, Coordinator International Programs in Agriculture University of California Davis, California 95616 Horace F. Drury, Director Agriculture Experiment Station 202 Bunnell University of Alaska College, Alaska 99701 Donal Johnson, Acting Dean College of Agriculture Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 L. Mayland Parker Professor of Agricultural Economics Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona 85281 Darrel S. Metcalfe Director of Resident Instruction College of Agriculture University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721 E. B. Stanley, Campus Coordinator AID Contract Program in Brazil The University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721 Charles M. Hardin, Director International Agricultural Institute University of California Davis, California 95616 E. J. Kersting, Dean College of Agriculture University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut 06268 William R. Wynder Head of Agriculture Department Delaware State College Dover, Delaware 19901 C. E. Walker, Dean School of Agriculture & Home Economics Florida A and M University Tallahassee, Florida 32307 Hugh L. Popenoe, Director International Programs Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 32603 19 C. C. Murray, Director Inter- Institutional Programs in International Affairs The University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 30601 Glenn H. Beck Vice President for Agriculture Waters Hall Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas 66502 C. Peairs Wilson, Dean College of Tropical Agriculture University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Dean Wendell Keepper School of Agriculture Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois 62901 George K. Brinegar, Director International Agricultural Programs University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois 61801 D. Woods Thomas, Director Division of International Programs in Agriculture Purdue University Lafayette, Indiana 47907 Raleigh Fosbrink Assistant Director International Programs in Agriculture Purdue University Lafayette, Indiana 47907 Robert A. Bohannon, Director International Agricultural Programs Waters Hall Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas 66502 Mike Duff, Director Development Programs College of Agriculture University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 40506 J. Norman Efferson, Dean College of Agriculture Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 James M. Clark University Representative International Activities University of Maine Orono, Maine 04473 Aries s A. Spielman, Dean College of Agriculture University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts 01002 Floyd Andre, Dean College of Agriculture Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 50010 Kirk Lawton, Director Institute of International Agriculture and Nutrition Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan 48823 20 John Blackmore, Director International Agricultural Programs College of Agriculture University of Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Ray F. Dawson, Director International Agricultural Programs College of Agriculture and Environmental Science Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903 H. Dean Bunch, Director International Programs in Agriculture and Forestry Mississippi State University State College, Mississippi 39762 J. V. Enzie, Assistant Dean College of Agriculture and Home Economics New Mexico State University Las Cruces, New Mexico 88001 Joshua M. Morse III Dean, School of Law Director, Legal Institute of Agriculture and Resource Development The University of Mississippi University, Mississippi 38677 Kenneth L. Turk, Director International Agricultural Development New York State College of Agriculture Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14850 Elmer Kiehl, Dean College of Agriculture University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 65201 Robert G. Dunbar, Director Center fo r International Programs Montana State University Bozeman, Montana 59715 E. F. Frolik, Dean College of Agriculture and Home Economics University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 Harry A. Keener, Dean College of Agriculture University of New Hampshire Durham, New Hampshire Burleigh C. Webb, Dean School of Agriculture North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University Greensboro, North Carolina 27411 Arthur J. Coutu, Director International Agriculture Programs School of Agriculture and Life Sciences Raleigh, North Carolina 27607 Mervin G. Smith Assistant Dean Coordinator, International Affairs College of Agriculture and Home Economics The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio 43210 21 W. S. Abbott, Coordinator International Programs Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074 David Hamilton, Dean School of Agriculture and Home Economics Tennessee A & I State University- Nashville, Tennessee 37203 E. C. Stevenson, Associate Dean Resident Instruction School of Agriculture Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Jack D. Gray, Director Office of International Programs Texas A & M University College Station, Texas 77843 Robert H. McAlexander, Coordinator International Agricultural Development College of Agriculture The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 Arturo Roque, Director Experimental Station University of Puerto Rico Box "H" Rio Piedras. Puerto Rico D. Arlington Eddy Assistant to Director of Resident Instruction South Dakota State University Brookings, South Dakota 57006 Webster Pendergrass, Vice Chancellor Institute of Agriculture The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee 37916 Lewis H. Dickson, Director International Agricultural Programs The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee 37916 Vearl R. Smith, Dean College of Agriculture Utah State University Logan, Utah 84321 Thomas W. Dowe, Dean College of Agriculture The University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont 05401 Wilson B. Bell Dean of Agriculture Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 Robert S. Dunbar, Dean College of Agriculture and Forestry West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 Newton M. Baughamn, Director International Programs Division of Agriculture West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 E. E. Heizer, Associate Director International Agricultural Programs Agriculture Hall University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin 53706 22 SECTION VI FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN INTERNATIONAL AGRIBUSINESS AND RELATED AREAS UNITED STATES AGENCIES INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES FOREIGN REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS 23 1. UNITED STATES AGENCIES (l) Export-Import Bank of the United States Address Telephone : 811 Vermont Ave. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20571 : (202) RE 7-7890 Principal Officer : Harold F. Linder Chairman and President Purpose Loans Guarantees and Insurance Who Can Borrow Where the Money- Must be Spent To promote U.S. exports through dollar loans and assistance to exporters by means of financing, guarantees and insurance. Lends dollars only. Terms: for agricultural commodities — up to 12-15 months; for long term capital loans, 5-20 years (interest on these loans generally 6 per cent per annum). Provides medium term political and credit guarantees to financial institutions in the United States. The institutions must assume the credit risks on the early maturities, which constitute 30 to 50 per cent of the total financing. Cooperates with Foreign Credit Insurance Association in providing political and credit insurance for exporters. United States private enterprises, foreign private enterprises; foreign governments and government agencies. United States, Private Participation in Agency Loans : Eximbank encourages commercial banks and other private financial institutions to participate. Must Seek Private Capital First Must Ship Only in United States Vessels Yes les, unless waived by Maritime Administration, No restriction where assistance is by guarantee or insurance. 24 (2) Agency for International Development Address Telephone Principal Officer Purpose Loans Guarantees and Insurance Who Can Borrow Where the Money- Must Be Spent 21st Street and Virginia Avenue, N.W. (New State Building) Washington, D.C. 20523 (202) RE 7-5600 William S. Gaud Administrator To promote economic development in the less- developed countries. Loans to a country may be for terms up to 40 years, including a 10-year grace period, with interest as low as 1 per cent per annum during the grace period and 2j per cent per annum thereafter. Loans to private enterprise negotiated on basis of enterprise involved, with minimum interest rate of 6 per cent per annum. Specific risk and extended risk guarantees avail- able to private investors. Governments or government entities of less- developed friendly countries, and certain private enterprises. This includes development banks, agricultural banks, housing banks. : United States, with few exceptions, Private Participation in Agency Loans : None, Must Seek Private Capital First Must Ship Only in United States Vessels Administrator must take into account whether : financing is available from other free-world sources on reasonable terms. Not less than 50 per cent in U.S. vessels, more : if desired; AID will pay freight only on cargo shipped in U.S. vessels. Special Conditions Applicable To Local Currency Loans Loans Lends in local currencies at local interest rates, usually 3 to 10 years (15 years in exceptional circumstances). Loans must be acceptable to the foreign country. 25 AH) continued Guarantees and Insurance : Not applicable, Who Can Borrow U.S. firms and their affiliates, branches subsidiaries. For overseas market expansion for U.S. agricultural products, firms of the host country also are eligible. Where the Money Must Be Spent : Within the country in which the funds originate, Private Participation in Agency Loans : None. Must Seek Private Capital First No. Must Ship Only in United States Vessels Not applicable, 26 (3) Commodity Credit Corporation Address Telephone Principal Officer Purpose Loans : 14th and Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20250 : (202) DU 8-3631 : Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman, Chairman : To promote exports of U.S. agricultural commodities. : Grants credits up to 3 years on applications supported by letters of credit issued, confirmed or advised by U.S. banks. Guarantees and Insurance No, Who Can Borrow Where the Money Must be Spent : Export firms in the United States. : United States Private Participation in Agency Loans : Not applicable; see Loans. Must Seek Private Capital First Must Ship Only in United States Vessels See Loans, No. 27 2. INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES (l) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ("World Bank") Address Telephone Principal Officer Purpose Loans Guarantees and Insurance Who Can Borrow Where the Money- Must be Spent Private Participation in Agency Loans : 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433 (202) EX 3-6360 Robert S. McNamara, President To finance projects helping to build the foundations of economic growth in less developed countries. Lends dollars and other currencies. Terms: 5 to 35 years, depending on project. Current standard rate: 6j per cent per annum. Government guaran- tees required except on loans to IPC. Has authority to guarantee loans in whole or in part, but does not do so. Governments of member nations, including territories and political subdivisions; political or private entities; public international or regional organizations. Member countries and Switzerland; normally other than the one in which project is located. Commercial banks and other financial institutions welcomed. Yes. Must Seek Private Capital First Must Ship Only in United States : No. Vessels 28 (2) International Development Association Address Telephone Principal Officer Purpose Loans Guarantees and Insurance Who Can Borrow Where the Money Must Be Spent 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433 (202) EX 3-6300 Robert S. McNamara, President To finance projects helping to build the foundations of economic growth in less- developed countries. Terms may be varied. To date loans have been for 50 years without interest, with repayment in a convertible currency, after a 10-year grace period. There is a service charge of 3/4 per cent per annum on the outstanding balance. Has authority to guarantee loans in whole or in part, but does not do so. Governments of member nations, including territories and political subdivisions; political or private entities; public international or regional organizations. Member countries and Switzerland; normally other than the one in which project is located. Private Participation in Agency Loans : No. Must Seek Private Capital First Must Ship Only in United States Vessels : Yes, and also World Bank, No, 29 (3) International Finance Corporation Address Telephone Principal Officer : 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433 : (202) EX 3-6360 : Martin M. Rosen Executive Vice President Purpose Loans Guarantees and Insurance To finance only private enterprises contributing to economic development of less developed member countries. Invests in or lends to any enterprise that makes a useful contribution to the economic development of a member country. Does not invest in undertakings that are government- owned or government-operated. Can now invest in capital stock. Can underwrite the subscription of capital issues. Who Can Borrow Where the Money Must Be Spent : Frivate companies in member countries. : Member countries and Switzerland, Private Participation: Welcomes financial participation by financial in Agency Loans institutions or industrial partners in member countries . Must Seek Private Capital First : Yes. Must Ship Only in United States : No. Vessels 30 FOREIGN REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS (l) Inter-American Development Bank Address Telephone Principal Officer : 808 17th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20577 : (202) 393-4171 : Felipe Herrera President Purpose Loans Guarantees and Insurance Who Can Borrow Where the Money- Must Be Spent : Principally to accelerate the economic development of its Latin American member nations j also finances social develop- ment projects. : Lends in currencies of all member nations. Ordinary loans require repayment in the currency lent, but Special Fund loans may permit repayment in the borrowing nation's own currency. Social Progress Trust Fund Loans generally are repayable in local currency. Has authority to guarantee loans but has : not yet done so. : Public or private entities in member countries . Ordinary capital: worldwide procurement; : Special Fund and Social Progress Trust Fund: in U.S. or recipient country. Private Participation in Agency Loans ; Must Seek Private Capital First Must Ship Only in United States Vessels Encouraged, : Yes, and other public capital. : Ordinary capital: no; Special Fund and Social Progress Trust Fund: yes, unless waived by Maritime Administration. 31 (2) Adela Investment Company, S.A. Address Telephone Principal Officer Purpose : Casilla 207 Lima, Peru : 76-230 : Marcus Wallenburg, Sr., Chairman : The ADELA Investment Co. (ADELA) is a multi-national private investment company currently supported by more than 120 business enterprises, industrial companies and financial institutions in Europe, the U.S., Canada and Japan for the purpose of making and developing capital investments in private enterprises in Latin America. ADELA seeks to encourage and support private capital in the development of Latin American through its financial, technical and managerial resources. ADELA is principally an equity investment company. Loans extended by ADELA always contain an equity feature in the form of a stock pur- chase option or in conjunction with a direct equity investment. ADELA does not seek financial control and management responsi- bility in enterprises in which it invests. 32 (3) Asian Development Bank Address Telephone Principal Officer Purpose Loans Guarantees and Insurance Who Can Borrow : Commercial Center P.O. Box 126 Makati, Rizal, Philippines : 88-87-81—88-87-88 : Takeshi Watanabe, President : To promote investment in the ECAFE region of public and private capital for develop- ment purposes. : Ordinary loan operations are normally- intended to cover the foreign exchange or local currency components of the cost structure of specific projects. Speical operations are those financed from^the Special Funds, including a Special Agricul- tural Fund, managed by the Bank. These funds are used for assistance in projects of high development priority and usually involve longer maturities, extended grace periods, and lower interest rates than those established for ordinary operations. The Bank may also make or participate in loans to facilitate pre-investment and feasibility studies and project preparation, : The Bank may guarantee whether as primary, or secondary obligor, in whole or in part, loans for economic development . : Public or private entities in member countries. Where the Money Must Be Spent Proceeds of loans, investments, or other financing by the Bank must be used only for procurement in member countries for goods and services produced in member countries . 33 (4) Central American Bank for Economic Integration Address Telephone Principal Officer Purpose Loans Apartado Postal No. 772 Tegucigalpa, D.C., Honduras 22230/39 Gustavo A. Guerrero, Chairman To promote the economic integration and balanced economic development of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, Empowered to grant medium- and long-term loans; join other credit institutions in financing specific projects and invest in the capital industrial enterprises. As a general rule, the Bank can finance up to 60$ of the invest- ment on a project, excluding feasibility- studies. Loans may be made in one or more currencies . Guarantees and Insurance Who Can Borrow Has authority to provide guarantees. Public institutions and private enterprises of member countries. Private Participation in Agency Loans : Encouraged, (5) Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development Address Telephone Principal Officer Purpose Loans P.O. Box 2921 Kuwait, Kuwait 39079 Kuwait Minister of Finance and Industry To assist the Arab states in developing their economies, by offering loan funds necessary for the execution of their development programs. As a general rule, the KFAED finances only the foreign exchange costs of projects or 50% of the total costs, whichever is lower. Longer terms and lower rates have been approved for loans of irrigation and agricultural develop- ment schemes of key economic importance and important social benefits. 34. PRIVATE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS WITH FOREIGN AFFILIATES Expansion of U.S. banking abroad has proceeded at a rapid pace, particularly in the less developed countries. U.S. banks, operating principally through their Edge Act subsidiaries now have more than 600 branches, resident representatives or direct affiliations in nearly 100 foreign countries and territories. This is in addition to the long-established correspondent banking system that links independent banks throughout the world. American traders and investors in agribusiness can look to these banks for advice and guidance on inter- national business matters and for services of the vast banking network for investigation of markets, avail- ability of financing and other kinds of assistance nor- mally involved in international business transactions. (1) AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, New York; Austria Belgium France Germany Greece Hong Kong India Italy Japan Lebanon Netherlands Okinawa Pakistan Taiwan United Kingdom Switzerland (2) BANK OF AMERICA, San Francisco & New York; Argentina Australia Austria Bahamas Belgium Bolivia Brazil Burundi Cameroon Portugal Chile Rwanda Colombia Senegal Congo (Brazzaville) Singapore Congo (Kinshasa) Spain Denmark Switzerland Ecuador Thailand France Taiwan Germany Tunisia Greece Turkey Guam Uganda Guatemala United Kingdom Honduras Venezuela Hong Kong Viet Nam India Zambia Iran Italy Ivory Coast (3) BANK OF Japan CALIFORNIA, Kenya San Francisco & Lebanon New York: Libya •Guatemala Malaysia Philippines Mexico Taiwan Morocco Netherlands Nicaragua (4) BANKERS TRUST Nigeria COMPANY, New York: Okinawa Australia Pakistan Belgium Panama Cameroon Peru Colombia Philippines Congo (Brazzaville) 35 France Germany India Italy Ivory Coast Lebanon Liberia Luxembourg Malaysia Mexico Nigeria Philippines Senegal Taiwan Tunisia United Kingdom (5) BANK OF NEW YORK, New York: Bahamas United Kingdom (6) CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, New York; Angola Argentina Australia Austria Bahamas Belgium Botswana Brazil Cameroon Canada Canal Zone Colombia Dominican Republic France Gambia Germany Ghana Greece Guyana Honduras Hong Kong India Iran Italy Ivory Coast Japan Kenya Korea Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Malawi Malaysia Mexico Mozambique Netherlands Nigeria Panama Papua/New Guinea Peru Philippines Rhodesia Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa South West Africa Spain Swaziland Switzerland Thailand Trinidad Uganda Venezuela Viet Nam Virgin Islands United Kingdom Zambia (7) CHEMICAL BANK NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, New York; Brazil France Germany Liberia Mexico Philippines United Kingdom Venezuela (8) CITIZENS AND SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Atlanta: Colombia (9) CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY, Chicago & New York; Argentina Belgium Colombia Germany Italy Philippines Spain Swit zerland United Kingdom Venezuela Zambia (10) CROCKER-CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK, San Francisco; Belgium Philippines United Kingdom (11) FIDELITY BANK, Philadelphia: Australia Colombia Ecuador France India Israel Peru Philippines Switzerland Venezuela 36 (12) FIRST NATIONAL (15) FIRST NATIONAL Spain BANK OF BOSTON, CITY BANK, Swit zerland Boston & New York: Taiwan New York: Argentina Australia Togo Argentina Trinidad & Tobago Australia Bahamas Trucial States Austria Belgium United Kingdom Bahamas Bolivia Upper Volt a Belgium Brazil Uruguay Brazil Cameroon Venezuela Canada Canada Virgin Islands Colombia Canal Zone Denmark Central African Rep . El Salvador Chad (16) FIRST Finland Congo (Brazzaville) PENNSYLVANIA France Dahomey BANKING & TRUST Germany- Dominican Republic COMPANY, Philadelphia India Ecuador Bahamas Ireland El Salvador Colombia Israel France Israel Italy Gabon Philippines Lebanon Germany Virgin Islands Netherlands Greece (U.S. & British) Philippines Honduras Portugal Hong Kong South Africa India (17) IRVING TRUST Spain Ireland COMPANY, New York: Sweden Italy Finland Switzerland Ivory Coast France United Kingdom Jamaica Hong Kong Japan Jordan Lebanon Lebanon (13) FIRST NATIONAL Liberia Nigeria BANK OF CHICAGO, Malaysia Pakistan Chicago & Mali Philippines New York: Mauritania Mexico United Kingdom Germany- Japan Netherlands Malaysia Nicaragua (18) MANUFACTURERS Netherlands Niger HANOVER TRUST Peru Nigeria COMPANY, New York: United Kingdom Pakistan Australia Venezuela Panama Belgium Paraguay Brazil Peru Colombia (14) FIRST NATIONAL Philippines Finland BANK OF MIAMI, Saudi Arabia France Miami: Senegal Germany Bahamas Singapore Greece South Africa Italy 37 (19) MANUFACTURERS France Mexico NATIONAL BANK Gabon Nicaragua OF DETROIT, Germany Thailand Detroit : Ghana India Canada Colombia Italy (27) WACHOVIA BANK Spain Ivory Coast AND TRUST CO., Japan Winston-Salem: Lebanon Bahamas (20) MARINE MIDLAND Libya France GRACE TRUST Luxembourg COMPANY, New York: Malaysia France Mexico (28) WELLS FARGO Germany- Morocco BANK, San Francisco: Hong Kong Netherlands Colombia Spain Pakistan El Salvador United Kingdom Peru Japan Philippines Mexico Rwanda Nicaragua (21) MELLON NATIONAL Senegal Peru BANK & TRUST Spain Philippines COMPANY, Pitts- Taiwan Spain burgh & New York: Tunisia Thailand Argentina Venezuela United Kingdom Brazil United Kingdom Chile Colombia Ecuador (23) NATIONAL BANK El Salvador OF COMMERCE OF Guatemala SEATTLE, Seattle: Nicaragua Hong Kong Paraguay- Peru Rhodesia (24) PHILADELPHIA South Africa NATIONAL BANK, Trinidad Philadelphia : Uruguay Colombia Philippines (22) MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY, (25) PITTSBURGH New York: NATIONAL BANK, Pittsburgh: Argentina Australia France Bahamas Belgium Brazil (26) UNITED Cameroon CALIFORNIA Congo (Brazzaville ) BANK, Los Angeles: Congo (Kinshasa ) Bahamas Greece 38 Country Locator List For Banks In the following list U.S. banking institutions operating in various countries are indicated by the number assigned to them on the four preceeding pages. Dahomey, for example, is followed by the number 15, the number assigned to the First National City Bank of New York. WESTERN HEMISPHERE : Argentina-2,6,9,12,15,21,22 Bahamas-2, 5,6,12,14,15,16,22,26,27 Bolivia-2,15 Brazil-2,6,7,12,15,18,21,22 Canada-6, 12, 15,19 Canal Zone-6,15 Chile-2,21 Colombia-2,4,6,8,9,11,12,16,18,19, 21,24,28 Dominican Republic-6,15 Ecuador-2,11,15,21 El Salvadore-12, 15, 21,28 Guat amala-2 ,3,21 Guyana-6 Honduras-2 ,6,15,21 Jamaica-15,21 Mexico-2,4,6,7,9,15,18,22,26,28 Nicaragua-2,15,21,26,28 Panama-2,6,15 Paraguay-15,21 Peru-2,6,11,13,15,18,21,22,28 Trinidad & Tobago-6,15,21 Uruguay-15,21 Venezuela-2,6,7,9,11,13,15,18,22 Virgin Islands-6,15,16 EUROPE : Austria-1,2,6,12 Belgium-1,2,4,6,9,10,12,15,18,22 Denmark-2,12 France-1,2,4,6,7,11,12,15,17,18,20, 22,25,27 Finland-12,17,18 Germany-1,2,4,6,7,9,12,13,15,18, 20,22 Greece-1,2,6,15,18,26 Ireland-12,15 Italy-1,2,4,6,9,12,15,18,22 Luxemb our g-4 ,22 Netherlands-1,2,6,9,12,13,15,22 Portugal-2,12 Spain-2, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18,19,20, 22,28 Sweden-12 Switzerland-1,2,6,9,11,12,15 United Kingdom-1, 2, 4, 5,6,7,9,10, 12,13,15,17,18, 20,22,28 FAR EAST : Australia-2,4,6,11,12,15,18,22 Guam-2 Hong Kong-1,2, 6,15, 17,20,23 Japan-1,2,6,9,13,15,18,22,28 Korea-6 Malaysia-2,4,6,13,15,18,22 Okinawa-1,2 Papua/New Guinea-6 Philippines-2,3,4,6,7,9,10,11,12, 15,16,17,18,22,24,28 Singapore-2 ,6,15 Taiwan-1,2,3,4,15,22 Thailand-2 ,6,18,26,28 Viet Nam-2,6 AFRICA : Angola-6 Botswana-6 Burundi-2 Cameroon-2,4,6,15,22 Central African Republic-15 Chad-15 Congo (Brazzaville )-2, 4, 15, 22 Congo (Kinshasa )-2, 22 Dahomey-15 Gabon-15,22 Gambia-6 Ghana-6,22 Ivory Coast-2,4,6,15,22 Kenya-2,6,21 Lesotho-6 Liberia-4,6,7,15 Libya-2,22 Malawi-6 Mali-15 Mauritania-15 Morocco-2,9,22 39 AFRICA (cont.) : Mozajnbique-6 Niger-15 Nigeria-2,4,6,15,17 Rhodesia-6,21 Rwanda-2,22 Senegal-2,4,15,22 Sierra Leone-6 South Africa-6,12,15,21 Southwest Africa-6 Swaziland-6 Togo-15 Tunisia-2,4,22 Uganda-2,6 Upper Volta-15 Zambia-2,6,9 NEAR EAST/SOUTH ASIA ; India-1,2,4,6,11,12,15,22 Iran-2,6 Israel-11,12,16 Jordan-17 Lebanon-1,2, 4,6, 12, 15,17, 18,22 Pakistan-1,2, 15, 17,22 Saudi Arabia-15 Trucial States -15 Turkey-2 40 SECTION VII INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS United Nations Organizations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO/lndustry Cooperative Program FAO/UN Regional Offices United Nations Industrial Development Organization United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Organization of American States 41 1. United Nations Organizations (l) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAQ) Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome, Italy Director-General : A. H. Boerma (Netherlands) Deputy Director-General: 0. V. Wells (United States) North American Regional Office Harold A. Vogel, Representative Room 1574, South Building U.S. Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. 20250 FAO, founded in October 1945, is the oldest of the postwar U.N. specialized agencies. Its objectives are to raise the living and nutritional levels of all peoples by helping them to improve their agriculture, fisheries and forestry. The preamble of the Organization was amended in 1965 to state that its ultimate objective is to ensure freedom from hunger for all mankind. An essential function of FA0 is to act as a clearing house for information - to collect, analyze and disseminate statistical and other basic data related to food and agriculture, publishing the material in three official languages, English, French and Spanish. At the beginning of 1968 more than 100 nations were members. 42 FAQ/industry Cooperative Program Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome, Italy Director Assistant Director Liaison Officer Herbert C. Felix A. G. Friedrich Walter W. Simons The Program was organized to facilitate close and direct working relations between FAO, industry and governments. The secretariat of the Program is located at FAO headquarters in Rome and is responsible for maintaining a two-way channel of communication between FAO and industry through day-to-day contacts with both. Membership is open to senior executives of companies which participate directly in the expansion of agro-allied industries in the developing countries, including those (l) producing and processing raw materials from agriculture, including animal husbandry, forestry and fisheries, (2) supplying production requisites such as seeds, machinery, equipment, fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals. Activities are largely project-oriented, an orientation essential for the Program's success in serving as a catalyst for accel- erating development. This emphasis does not, however, detract from the importance of the growing dialogue between FAO and industry. A3 FAQ/UN Regional Offices FAO maintains close working relations with the United Nations Regional Commisions for Africa, Asia and the Far East, Europe, and Latin America. This takes the form of maintaining a joint Agriculture Division in each of the Regional Commissions offices. The work of these joint divisions is increasingly being oriented to the study of the means of expanding agricultural trade between developing regions and of the agricultural aspects of regional economic integration plans and of the role of agriculture as a whole. Africa Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Mr. W. J. Habashi P.O. Box 3001 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Asia and Far East Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) Chief Joint Division Mr. M. Yamashita Rajadamnern Avenue Bangkok, Thailand Europe Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Director, Joint Division Mr. Rados Stamenkovic Palais de Nations Geneva, Switzerland Latin America Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) Chief Joint Division Mr. J. Schatan Avenida Providencia 871, 7th Floor Santiago, Chile Washington Office: 1819 H. Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 - David H. Pollock, Chief Ernesto Cuesta, Deputy Chief U (2) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Felderhaus Rathaus 2 A-1010, Vienna, Austria Executive Director: I. H. Abdel-Rahman (UAR) UNIDO, established in January, 1967 is an autonomous body within the United Nations, designed to promote industrialization in the developing countries and to coordinate activities undertaken by the United Nations family in this field. In the fulfillment of this purpose, the organization carries out two types of activities, namely, (l) operational activities and (2) action-oriented studies and research programs. In addition to executing its own field activities, UNIDO is a participating agency in the United Nations Development Program. To achieve better coordination in assistance to the industriali- zation of developing countries, an agreement between UNIDO and UNDP provides for the appointment of UNIDO Field Advisors, to be stationed in the offices of the UNDP Resident Representatives. The UNIDO Advisors are in direct contact with the technical authorities of the Governments receiving assistance from UNDP on industrial projects, many of which will concern agribusiness. The second category of UNIDO activity — studies and research — is financed from the United Nations regular budget and includes the compilation, analysis, publication and dissemination of data concerning various aspects of industrialization, such as industrial technology, investment, financing, production, management and planning . A5 (3) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Palais des Nations Geneva 10, Switzerland Secretary-General: Raul Prebisch UNCTAD is a permanent organ of the UN General Assembly. It was established in 1964 to promote international trade, especially with a view toward accelerating economic development, particularly trade between countries at different stages of development . It aims to formulate principles and policies on international trade and related problems of economic development. It makes proposals for putting such principles and policies into effect, and reviews and facilitates the coordination of activities of other institu- tions within the United Nations. It takes action, where appropriate, in cooperation with the competent organs of the UN for the negotiation and adoption of multilateral agreements in the field of trade. It aims also to be available as a. center for harmonizing the trade and trade-related development policies of governments and regional economic groups. The first meeting of UNCTAD, in 1964, was the largest trade conference on record, with representatives from 118 countries. At the second conference, in 1968, one of the important actions was the establishment of a Special Committee on Preferences, which will make recommendations on a system of trade preferences for developing countries. 46 2. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Chateau de la Muette 2 rue Andre Pascal Paris l6e, France U.S. Publications Center Suite 1305 1750 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Secretary-General: Thorkil Kristensen OECD was established by a Convention signed in Paris in December, I960. Its parent body was the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), a structure formed to allocate Marshall Plan aid and to promote cooperation among the European countries in post-war recovery efforts. It is composed of 18 European members, Canada, Japan and the United States. It has three basic objectives: 1. To promote the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard of living in the member countries, while maintaining financial stability. 2. To contribute to the sound economic expansion of both member and non-member nations which are in the process of development . 3. To further the expansion of world trade on a multilateral, non-discriminatory basis in accordance with international objectives. OECD Operations in or concerned with international agribusiness are centered largely in the Agricultural Directorate, the Development Assistance Directorate and the Development Center. The functions of these areas of activity are shown in the following listing. (l) Agriculture Directorate 94? rue Chardon - Lagache Paris, France Director: Albert Simantov (a) Agricultural Policies Division - works to bring the agricultural policies of the member countries closer together through the formulation of basic principles and general rules relative to various aspects of these policies. In support of this goal, detailed annual studies of each country's agricultural policy, or some aspect thereof, such as farm income, are conducted. Ul (b) Agricultural Markets Division - analyzes short-term market prospects for agricultural commodities, and develops programs for achieving long-term adjustment of supply and demand. (c) Technical Action Division - conducts research on the struc- tural adjustment of agriculture to economic development and growth. These activities are especially concerned with rural regional development, land utilization, promotion of research centers and manpower problems in agriculture. (2) Development Assistance Directorate Chateau de la Muette 2 rue Andre Pascal Paris l6e, France Director: Ernest Parsons This Directorate conducts all programs and studies related to the economic assistance given the developing countries. Of primary importance is the Annual Aid Review, which is a detailed examina- tion of each member country's assistance program. Particular attention is paid to the collection of standardized statistics on the flow of financial resources to developing countries. (3) Development Center 91 Boulevard Exelmans Paris, France V_ President: Andre Philip The Development Center acts as a permanent liaison body between OECD and the non-member developing countries. In this capacity, it takes an active part in transmitting the experience gained by OECD in many fields, such as long-term planning for education. In addition to its research activities described below, the Center provides advanced training for officials from developing nations on the theory and practice of economic development and policy formulation. It also makes documented responses to specific questions raised by policy-makers in the developing countries. (a) Research Division - conducts analyses on basic economic problems, selected from among those faced by developing countries, with a view to achieving better understanding of the development process and bringing out its essential features. One area currently the subject of an in-depth study is the role of fertilizers as it effects both the agricultural and industrial development of these countries. 4-8 3. Organization of American States General Secretariat: Pan American Union Constitution Avenue and Seventeenth Street Washington, D.C. 20006 Secretary-General : Galo Plaza (Ecuador) On April 14, 1890 representatives of the American republics, meeting in Washington, established an "International Union of the American Republics" and, as its central office, a "Commercial Bureau of American Republics," which later became the Pan American Union. The charter of the Organization of American States was ratified at Bogota in 1948. The purpose of the OAS is to achieve an order of peace and justice, promote American solidarity, strengthen collaboration among the member states and defend their sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence. In agriculture, including agribusiness, the major specialized activities of OAS are carried out by the Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences and by the Department of Economic Affairs, Pan American Union, whose locations, principal officers and functions are listed hereafter. (1) Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAIAS) Washington Headquarters Room 1029 Paramount Building 1735 Eye Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Washington Representative: Eduardo S. Bell Field Headquarters Box 74 Turrialba, Costa Rica Function: To promote the development of agriculture in the Americas through research, teaching and the dissemination of productive information. (2) Department of Economic Affairs Pan American Union a. Agricultural Economics Unit, Remy T. Freire, Chief Room 1020, Premier Building 1725 Eye Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20006 Functions: Preparation of the agricultural section of the annual country reviews by the Inter-America Committee on the Alliance for Progress. Provides technical assistance for specific agricultural problems in the member countries. 49 / V International Economics Unit, Ovidio Martinez, Interim Chief Room 1026, Premier Building 1725 Eye Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Functions: Examination of trade agreements and policies in basic commodities for the purpose of recommending appropriate changes. Natural Resources Unit, Kurk P. Rogers, Chief Room 704? Premier Building 1725 Eye Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Functions: Compiles information on the natural resources of each member country. 50 PENN STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES A0QDD712flfll23 / W \ xrTTO^*"