African common position on the African environment and development agenda : annex IV -programme briefs

Abstract

The Immediate and medium-term objectives of the program will be to strengthen national food production capacity for self-sufficiency by: improvement of food production,rural transport, technology and techniques;enhancing research and development, particularity on high yield and environmentally adapted species; development and improvement of small-scale food processing/storage Industries; enhancing rural employment and participation in development; improving national and intra-African food inter-dependence, including distribution infrastructure;contributing to mitigation of global food deficits and restoring the water harvesting capacity of the main African Watersheds and ecological systems in general; development of agro-meteorological services.