Southern African Development Community
5.
Water Management and Irrigation
(a) consider allocating a substantial part of the agricultural budget for water
management and irrigation development;
(b) develop appropriate programmes to improve flood and drought mitigation;
(c) develop water harvesting technologies, flood control, and strategic water
storage infrastructures;
(d)
develop and implement policies aimed at attracting investments from the
private sector;
(e)
accelerate implementation of transboundary water resources development
and management policies and programmes;
(f)
strengthen capacity in irrigation; and
(g) facilitate inter basin water transfers within the framework of the SADC
Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourses.
IN THE MEDIUM TO LONG TERM (2004- 2010) ENSURE:
1.
Sustainable Use and Management of Natural Resources
(a)
promote conservation, management and sustainable utilisation of plants
and animals, including fisheries, forestry and wildlife;
(b)
implement policy and legal reforms to monitor and curtail illegal harvesting
and export of natural resources; and
(c)
harmonise and accelerate implementation of natural resources
management policies and programmes and increase investment in
processing of natural resources products.
Dar-es-Salaam Declaration on Agriculture and Food Security In the SADC Region
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