7 2 S O U T H E R N A F R I C A N D E V E L O P M E N T C O M M U N I T Y 4.12.5 Access to food 4.12.7 Disaster Preparedness for Food Security The main strategies to transform subsistence agriculture The main strategies to reduce the impact of food related to commercial production and promote rural industries disasters are as follows: will be through:- • • • Broaden and strengthen the early warning system to Promoting rural non-farm income generating cover food availability, access to food, information on activities, including agro-processing; staple food markets, and information on crop and Promoting entrepreneurship development in rural livestock pests and diseases; areas; • Establish a food reserve facility; • Promoting Agri-Business; • Promote food related safety nets; and • Promoting effective food preservation and storage • Adopt measures to ensure availability of and access technologies; and • to agricultural inputs; and rehabilitate land and Improving rural infrastructure for rural industries infrastructure. including provision of electricity, water and banking services. TARGETS Target: Develop an integrated regional agricultural TARGETS information system based on existing systems by Target 1: Increase the daily per capita dietary energy 2005. and protein intake from 2,160 kcal to 2,700 kcal and 49g to 68g by 2015 respectively; Target 2: Halve the proportion of people who suffer from hunger by the 2015. 4.12.8 Institutional Framework The main strategies for implementing the FANR long-term plan (RISDP) will be through the following: 4.12.6 Nutritional Value of Food • cooperation in Food Security, Agriculture, and Natural The main strategies to improve food utilisation and safety Resources; will be through: • Promoting standardization and improving quality of • • of food; • Promoting consumer/food education and awareness; • Promoting food safety and in particular the safe use Development a Medium-term Action Plan for FANR addressing food security issues; processing, packaging, preparation and preservation Completion of the Annex to the Trade Protocol on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures; • Implementation of existing Protocols on Fisheries, Forestry and Wildlife; and of biotechnology; • Development of relevant legal instruments to foster Promoting the consumption of nutritious food, especially among vulnerable groups, such as people • Capacity building to implement strategies highlighted in the RISDP. living with HIV and AIDS, under five children, pregnant women and old people; • Promoting food fortification, TARGETS particularly for micronutrients; and • Promoting effective co-ordination with other stakeholders, particularly Water and Infrastructure. TARGETS Target: Halve the proportion of underweight children Target 1: Relevant legal instruments on Food Security and Agriculture developed by 2006/7; Target 2: Medium-tern Action Plan on food security programme by 2004;. Target 3: Completion of the Annex to the Trade Protocol by 2005; and who are less than five years of age between 1990 and Target 4: Implementation of existing protocols on 2015. Fisheries, Forestry and Wildlife on-going up to 2015.