Translation of "Plan alimentaire pour l'Afrique " (French → English) :

having regard to the assembly of AU Heads of State and Government of July 2012, which designated 2014 the ‘Year of Agriculture and Food Security in Africa’ , marking the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the CAADP,

For the period 2002 – 2010, the EU has funded a total of over 3,1 Billion Euro for food security interventions in sub-Saharan Africa through the European Development Fund (EDF), which is the prime framework for cooperation with individual sub-Saharan countries, as well as three thematic instruments financed through the general budget of the European Union (the Food Security Budget Line (FSBL), the Food Security Thematic Programme (FSTP) and the Food Facility which was established in 2008 to provide a rapid response to the crisis caused by volatile food prices in developing countries).

Information on the food situation in Africa arriving in recent weeks has unfortunately confirmed that the serious famine that appeared as a dramatic threat to the Horn of Africa and some parts of southern Africa in autumn 1990 had not receded by the end of last year when the international community's supplementary programmes for these countries came to and end.

The programme will concentrate on food losses and on improving the nutritional quality of food products, with a view to increasing food availability in Africa. 2. The project will involve : (a) in the case of the seven institutes which will carry out research in Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Zaire : * the supply of research equipment and material * training : retraining for senior staff; (b) in the case of the institutes in each of the six beneficiary countries specializing in food science and technology (including Mauritius) : * a training course in research planning and management * production and dis ...[+++]tribution of scientific information; (c) technical assistance will be provided for monitoring and coordinating the project.

The programme will concentrate on food losses and on improving the nutritional quality of food products, with a view to increasing food availability in Africa. 2. The project will involve : (a) in the case of the seven institutes which will carry out research in Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Zaire : * the supply of research equipment and material * training : retraining for senior staff; (b) in the case of the institutes in each of the six beneficiary countries specializing in food science and technology (including Mauritius) : * a training course in research planning and management * production and dis ...[+++]tribution of scientific information; (c) technical assistance will be provided for monitoring and coordinating the project.

The consequence of this support to agriculture subsidies in the north and what it does to food production in Africa is that hunger kills more than all infectious diseases put together in Africa.