The objective of the Government of Burundi is to transform the current subsistence agriculture into market agriculture, generating jobs and incomes. It is in this perspective that Burundi has adopted the National Agricultural Investment Plan (PNIA) 2012-2017, which sets the strategic priorities to be followed so that the agriculture in Burundi could fully play the role it is assigned to namely to feed the population and to grow the economy.
The official launch of the project to accelerate the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 1c, PROPA-O was held on May 31st, 2013, and was presided over by Gervais Rufyikiri, Second Vice-President of the Republic of Burundi.
It is part of the objective of modernizing the agricultural sector. The Objective of the Millennium Development Goals, 1c aimed at reducing, between the years 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.
According to the Second Vice-President of the Republic, this project which is jointly funded by the European Union, UNICEF, WFP and the government of Burundi is in perfect harmony with the strategic directions of the Government for the agricultural sector.
The PROPA-O is a project which targets as main objectives of strengthening the availability and quality of food products by supporting agricultural production, improving access to food by facilitating market access and development of certain agricultural sectors and improving the nutritional situation of population in seven provinces of Burundi namely Bubanza, Cibitoke, Bujumbura, Bururi, Makamba, Ruyigi and Rutana. The latter were selected as pilot provinces because of their higher level of vulnerability of malnutrition and food insecurity.
BY D.C. ININAHAZWE
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