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U~ITED\ NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA

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M~ltinational Programming and Operational Centre (ECA/MULPOC) for Eastern

and Southern African States

16ter-Aqency Consultative Workshop on Food Security in Eastern and Southern

Africa Subreqion

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15 October, 1993 Ltlsaka. Zambia

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REPORT OF THE INTER-AGENCY CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP ON FOOD FOOD SECURITY IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA SUBREGION

,1NTRODUCT ION

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The united Nations Economic Commiss1mh for Africa kUl tinational Programming and Operational

cent~e

(ECA/MULPOC)

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^an inter-agency workshop on food security i.n

East~rn

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~outhern

Africa sUbregion from 14 - 15 October 993 at'Lusaka

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^{MULPOC, Lusaka, Zambia. The workshop INa convined in}

Jccordance with the programme of work and pri rities .of the

~usaka

based MULPOC and at the request of the second \ inter-

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committee of experts meeting which wa held i March

1993, Lusaka, Zambia. \

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The objectives of the workshop were

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(a) Review a report on stUdy on Food Secur ty in astern and Southetn Africa Subregion and discu s moda ities co-ordination in subregional food securi y prog amme;

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(bl Establish a mechanism for continued

COll~borati

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rational i zation of such programmes among

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^{IGO I; and,}

(cl Develop a strategy for establishing a s.lbregiojal food security programme and explore

POS~ibilitil,es

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joint implementation of major projects. \

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0rtNING ATTENDANCE. ADOPTION OF AGENDA AND PRO$RAMME

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orlening of the Workshop iI

3.; The workshop was called to order at 09.30 onltoctObet 1993 fqllowing brief opening remarks by Mr. Peter E. T mu, Director of\ Lusaka MULPOC who a] so chaired the workshop.

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The workshop was attended by

particip~nts

^{frbm the}

nternational Red Locust Control orqanisation\fbr

cent~al

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outhern Africa (IRLCO-CSA), Preferential Trade,Atea for rastern nd Southern African states (PTA), the Food anr AgricUltural rganisation of the united Nations (FAO),

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^{worlr Food}

rogramme(WFP), and the Ministry of Agriculture Fobd and isheries of the Republic of 7.ambia. \

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(i) welcome and Introduction

(ii) Adoption of Agenda and Programme of wor1

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(vi)

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Brief on Food Security study - ECA/MUCP6c

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Review of the report on a Study on Fo~d securit in Eastern and southern Africa.

Food security Programme in Eastern and sorthern SUbregion - Presentation by various IGOS\

Present and future co-ordination in FrOd sel1uri ty Programmes in Eastern and Southern Africr

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(vii) Summary of Conclusions (viii) Closing remarks.

ACCOUNT OF PROCEEDINGS

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( i ) OPENING REMARKS I

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The workshop was opened by the Director of usaka

~ULPOC,

Jr. Peter,E, Temu. In his opening remarks, Mr.

T~m

welcoJed the

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p~rt1c1pants to the Lusaka-based MULPOC, than ed them for r sponding positev1y to the MULPOC's invitation, and

eX~lained

t e background of the workshop. ^{I I}

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Mr. Temu ;eminded the workshop participants

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ut the bevere

d~OUght

of 1991-1992 and drew their attention to the

fac~

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dtought incidence in Eastern and Southern

Afric~

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est~mated

at once every five years. He added that one

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the cardinal IJssons to be drawn was the need for the sUbregio to emb,rk on fjod security drawn was the need for the

SUbregi~

to emb rk on f od security programme. To this end he exp1ai ed the basic r ason why a mechanism for improving food securit may i clude

S~bregiOnal

co-operation and integration thrOUgh\t ading i food P40ductS. He said that examples included fluctuati ns in ereal pnoduction, reduction and transportation costs ,r sultin \ from sJbregiOnal trade, and finally savings in foreign eXChanf,'

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adbed that the Lusaka MULPOC stood ready to p l y a zo: e ¹¹⁾

ha~moniSing

the food security projects of PTA, SA C, IGA D and lOp within the frame work of sUbregional economic co-ope9atiorl

an integration.

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Br ef.Q!Ll"ood Security Study Report (Agenda item 0.3) 9. A representative: of the secretariat

intro~u~ed

^doc

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Number ECA/MULPOC/LUS/FSESA/93/4 of August 1993. \He dre the attention of the workshop to the fact that this _doc~ment w s to

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docu~ent

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CA/MULPOC/Lbs/FSESA/93/4a which was specifica!l a

prop~sal

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nter-Agency co-ordination in subregional f~o secu~ity ^,in

rastern and Southern Africa. \

10. Ha axpl"nad that tha parpoaa nf the b<iJf v.a to

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a background "to the meeting, highlight certain! eatures of tbe

"Report on' Fdod Security in Eastern and_{, I \}

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^{and to}

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provide an updat.e to! the background information eport.

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o this ehd', the officer reminded the partici' nts t at the orkshop w~s convened at the recommendation of ttieSecond eeting f the interg6vernmental committee of experts (ICE in Mar h 1993 hich requested the MULPOC to convene such a me ting. also xplained that objectives outlined elsewhere.

11. He also explained that the recommendations

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^{isters in}

M~y

1 93 together with 'the relevant resolution. iA regar s the ckground ,of :the report, the officer explained h t i t wa

a study 'which waslcarried out_, by a National ,E pert sanded,_, the MULPOC_I by the_;.L Kenyan Government bet~e n Augu

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N vember 1991',. He said that since then there: ave be new d ve10pments in the sUbregion including the 1991 1992 dr ught, a,d political changes' from single party to plura}i umber

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s atus of food security and the roles played by: r levant IGOs, a d finally the, project proposals contained inlt

en reminded 'the participants that in addition^Iit

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report, the workshop was also exp~c ed to

t e projects in order to determine their rete ance the

s~bregional

food security programme, as well as:h them wi',th the existing projects in the sUbregion. 'H also I,urged

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palrticipants to determine a co-ordination mechanli sm fori food

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6. As regards the institutions role in reqional!food seburity, he representative indicated that although \ under I normal ircumstances, crop losses due to pests and diseases amoupted to

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5%, losses due to plagues were often 100%. Rencle the n ed for RLCO-CSA to continue with the mission in order to minim se thei

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ossibility of such di~aster. He added that duel to mon taring ctivities in outbreak areas, IRLCO-CSA is aJ:jl~I to fa e-warn

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ember states of locust activity so that they ate prep red to ake action against these pests. I'

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established a data bank on migratory pests at i t headqJarters

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ich would be used to examine the trends of the p sts unqer its ndate and provide the necessary forecasts to mem er countries., also added that the institution carried lout t4aini~g

p ogrammes for staff if its member states so as t~ better equlp

t~em

in the management of migratory pests.

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1 . In his presentation of do c u nelnt; riu mb e r E AjMULPOCjLUS/W/FSESA/6, a representative of the.

P~A secre~ariat

o tlined the food security programme of PTA. He sta ed that PTA's m ndate was not only trade promotion, but was also oncerneb with

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p ogrammes pertaining to economic development of m mber strtes.

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1 . He then outlined the various projects and/?r programmes u der the PTA food security programme. These !includer (a) i4creaSing food production in the subregion bas9d on th.e ten

m~jor

^{staple food crops, livestock}

developmen~, fis~eries

d~velopment;

^{(b) promoting improved}

intersta~~

^{fo01 and}

aJricultural marketing, (c) reduction of post-harvelt food losses aJd (d) establishing effective early warning

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ot~ers.

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u precederited famine and human d1vastating locust outbreak.

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He then outlined the mandate of IRLCO-CSA who e majo~ goal w~s "effectively to contribute to the food security of its member sbates through the prevention of locust plagues an\ destruction

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^{crops by other migratory} pests" . He sald that; the o anisation's mandate covered a wide range

0t acti~ities

lUding promotion and effective control of significant ulations and swarms of locusts in the recognise, areas

region, co-oru.i natLon and re-enforcement of action by lllember tes in controlling locusts outbreaks and to

cotordina~e

^the

itoring surveillance and forecasting of African frm y

wo~m

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gr in eating birds among other things.

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particul~rlY

^{thel army}

worm and Quelea birds. Hence the decision in 1986

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states of IRLCO-CSA decided to expand the man~ate of the

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institution to combat the additional pests as weIll,

In presenting document No. ECA/MULPOC/LUSVW/FSES~/7, a presentati ve of the International Red Lo~ust C;ontrol

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o ganisation for Central and Southern Africa (IRIICO-CSA) ';, gave t e background that lead to the formation of hi~ organi'lSation w ich dated back to 1944 following a prolonge1 plague

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1 custs which started in 1928. He said thatj !the neEjd for c ncerted efforts by the affected states tol,

~ombat

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o tbreaks of the plague became apparent, .

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D. SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ,

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21. (a) The following were the conclusions of

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^workshop.

FOld security the SUbject of the report of the stuf,y and tlence th, workshop is still very important for Eastern nd soutihern Afr\ica Subregion and should continue being given h gh priority both at national and subregional level, for sometim6 to corne.

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He also informed the meeting about the food security roject urrently oeinq undertaken with the assistance of tfe FAO echnical Co-operation Programme in compliance with the di ective f the eleventh meeting of the PTA authority. He said t,at the development objective of the project was to achieve

sust~inable

food security for all member countries of the PTA ar:jd they Vmmediate objective was to elaborate a

comprehensiv~

^food

~ecurity

strategy and action programme for

th~

^P.T.A.

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that this would achieve through reviewing food s~chrity ^{si'rateg y} dbcuments of the affected IGOs such as SADC, PTA, and IGADD.

uhdertaJdng in-depth country consultations; organising a rebional

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w~rkshop to discuss the results of these reviews and mObi~ising

r~sources

^{required for the} implementation of the bction ptogrammes. He also explained about the project

o~ Post-h~rvest

f~Od

losses which was undertaken in Malawi, Somalia, uganaa and Z4mbia as a collaborative effort between the PTA

secretari~t

^and

trle Economic Commission for Africa. Projects on prevention of

f~Od

losses were prepared and were ready for funding. '

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^{Finally, the} representative explained about the F09d and

A~ricultural

Trade Promotion unit which was to be

estab~ished

soon within_, the PTA secretariat, as a means to ,improve:, food_{' ,} seburity through encouragement of inter-state trade in fodd and other AgriCUltural products as recommended by the'FAO

mi~sion.

Hel added that EATPU would work closely with SADe,: IGADD ',early

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warning systems and the P.T.A Trade Information Network (TINET) toienhance interregional food and agricultural_I

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(d) Given the four alternative options

fdrl~co-ordirating

f od security programme for the Eastern and lso thern "'frica

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s bregion, the option that permits each insti tuti

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^{n: to} coor~inate

p rticular areas of food security with the! jusaka

~LPOC

p oviding overall co-ordination was recommended.': he MULPpe has a Added advantage due to the existence of the pr ject: Ekstern aId Southern Afr ica Oevelopment Information syktbms (Es1DIS).

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project would be instrumental in capturing

~OOd se~urity

d~ta

and disseminate i t to various end users botli 1n requeft and

oj a regular basis. , : "

2 . (e) It was noted agreed that PTA was not 1estriCtied to

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trlade promotion, but was also a development Instltu~lon. However, iJ was pointed out that i t was pointed out that^I i t was

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^PTA

td have a cut off point in both of these areas,

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^(f) The various projects proposed by

UNECA/~ULPoe

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bel examined with reference to the PTA food security! programme to avbid duplication. Moreover, the MULPoe project !ptoposalsi were calegoriSed into national and subregional project s follows:

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2. (b) Food Security should be pursued at arious ^Ii levels amely Household, National and sUbregionals levejlS; andishould e carefully co-ordinated at the national and s~b egional: levels o ensure optimum utilisation of available

SUPPli~s

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esources, as well as ensure efficient distribut10n of fbod.

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3. (c) The present efforts being undertaken y the 'PTA to armonise Food security Programmes among SADe, IGA D, Ioe

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with the help of FAO are greatly appreciated.,. 0 this jnd the rjusaka-based MULPoe is urged, and is anxious to \\10 k hand n hand

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Prevention of Post Harvest Food Losses

The P.T.A. secretariat has already pr pared project ocuments for this project to cover selected membe statesinamely r4alawi, Somalia, Uganda and zambia. The proje t is oth a

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and subregional project.

Food Security Reserve - A subregional :arid may involve up a fund to avoid storage costs of Phystcal stobks.

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Maize Production

This is a national project, since th~

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Food and Agricultural Trade This is a regard project.

Est.b 'shment of a Food Securit Dissemination Information Centre:

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^{The ESADIS project Lusaka MULPOC}

ihfrastructure for this project.

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and number Womens ProgrammelL-on Food Security - th~s

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Investment fn tQe_Agricultural Sector t improving food security in all member states ~ ational projects.

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RECOMMENDATIONS \

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Oa) All relevant IGOs should establish a co mi ttee \ to be

~oordinated

by the MULPOC to review food securlt mattets. The MULPOC should collect data for review, and the co mitteelshould

~ddress

specif ic issues at its meeting. \

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d~ta

and should look into ways of how the ESADIS

projec~

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f~cilitate this effort, and at the same time, be.l nked wilth the

P~A

information network. \

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b~nk

to ensure that information is not stale Inf rmation\could

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extracted from local newspapers or bulletins 0 request, and

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^be disseminated as news bUlletins. Infor ation fhOUld ir1clude crop an livestock marketing data producti n, pricts etc

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(e^l) The efforts of the existing Locust Control Qrganizitions shbuld be supported and strengthened. At the same hime,

w~ys

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ut~lizing

their expertise and infrastructure in

th~ sUbreg~onal

fOld security programmes should be examined in

ord~r

^{to exploit}

th ir potential to the fullest extent. The fOllowing\areas

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be examined closely with respect to their d01tributirn : Tr1ining, data collection and food loss reduction

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1 partJciPants or their valuable contributions at the workshop liCh maJked the ,eginning of continued

collaboration~

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consu~tation~!

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kubregional food security programme. He said ,that althou~h ^SADC,

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!bout the recommendations of the workshop as well as encourage

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boundarLes . He also urged all participants to \ maintain the mbmentum on their collaborative efforts in order tb expedite the

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ANNEX

INTER-AGENCY CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP IN FOOD SECURI YI

IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA

SUBR~GfON

14-15 OCTOBER, 1993 LUSAKA, ZAMBIA

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List of Participants

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Mr. Justin Mwansa

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries P.O. Box 50197

LUSAKA

2. Mr. Bradley Flamm

World Food programme (WFP) P. O. Box' 31966

LUSAKA

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Mr. Mwita Rukandema FAO

P.O. Box 30563 LUSAKA

Mr. A.C.Z. Musuna IRLCO-CSA

P.O. Box 240252 NDOLA

Mr. P.T.H. Mutiwanyuka PTA Secretariat

P.O. Box 30051 LUSAKA

Mr. E.A. Mohammed PTA Secretariat P.O. Box 30051 LUSAKA

Mr. Peter E. Temu Director

UNECA/HULPOC P.O. Box 30647 LUSAKA

8. Mr. B. C. Gondwe

Economic Affairs Officer UNECA/MULPOC

P.O. Box 30647 LUSAKA

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Economic Affairs Officer UNECA/MULPOC

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