The Committee on Rural Economy Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment is one of the ten
Permanent Committees of the Pan-African Parliament
To help coordinate efforts in dealing with issues on the continent
the Pan-African Parliament created ten permanent committees:
* Committee on Rural Economy, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
* Committee on Monetary and Financial Aff ...
.
Functions of the committee:
* Consider the development of common regional and continental policies in the agricultural sector.
* Assist the Parliament to oversee and assist with the harmonisation of policies for rural and agricultural development and promote the development policy and the implementation of programmes of the Union relating of natural resources and environment.
The Chairperson of the Committee is
Malik Hussein from
Sudan.
Louis Chimango Louis Joseph Chimango (born 19 October 1943) was a long-time cabinet minister in Late Hastings Kamuzu Banda's cabinet from 1978 to 1994. He had trained as a lawyer and later on as a barrister from Grays Inn in London. He later taught at the law scho ...
from
Malawi
Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeas ...
is Deputy Chairperson.
Diop Hamdi Kalidou from
Mauritania is Rapporteur.
Rural Economy
Rural economics is the study of rural economies. Rural economies include both agricultural and non-agricultural industries, so rural economics has broader concerns than agricultural economics which focus more on food systems. Rural developmen ...
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