Regional Implementation Meeting for Asia and the Pacific for the 16th session of the Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD-16) 26-27 November 2007, Jakarta, Indonesia   In preparation for the CSD-16 (May 2008, USA), a regional implementation meeting was organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and other regional UN bodies to identify issues and prospects on the implementation of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Agenda 21, and the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, in the thematic areas of agriculture, land, rural development, drought and desertification.   In the spirit of the CSD process, civil society organizations forwarded their views, reviewed relevant background papers and provided feedback during the RIM deliberations.   ANGOC was represented by Chairperson Francis Lucas and Executive Director Nathaniel Don Marquez. Fr. Francis acted as one of the panelists on the discussion on key findings of the thematic reports in relation to agriculture, land and rural development. On behalf of the NGO major group present in the meeting, ANGOC presented the concerns and recommendations put forward by the NGO participants in relation to the following: (a) implementation of genuine agrarian reform, (b) mainstreaming sustainable agriculture, (c) recognizing and rewarding farmers as the main source of intellectual innovations in agriculture, (d) leveling the playing field at both domestic and international markets to address inequities, (e) recognizing and building community based capacities to facilitate recovery from and mitigate the impacts of disasters and climate change, (f) agricultural education, (g) create and ensure enabling policy environments that recognize and build the rights of farmers, and (h) revisiting the framework and systems of microfinance to make it work for the poor farmers.