Committee on Rural Economy, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environment
Encyclopedia
The Committee on Rural Economy Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment is one of the Ten Permanent Committees of the Pan-African Parliament
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Functions of the committee:
The Chairperson of the Committee is Malik Hussein from Sudan
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Louis Chimango
from Malawi
is Deputy Chairperson.
Diop Hamdi Kalidou from Mauritania
is Rapporteur.
Pan-African Parliament
The Pan-African Parliament , also known as the African Parliament, is the legislative body of the African Union and held its inaugural session in March 2004. The PAP exercises oversight, and has advisory and consultative powers, lasting for the first five years...
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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
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
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Louis Chimango
Louis Chimango
Louis Joseph Chimango was Speaker of the National Assembly of Malawi June 2005-June 2009. A member of the Malawi Congress Party, he represents the Lilongwe Mpenu Nkhoma constituency...
from Malawi
Malawi
The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...
is Deputy Chairperson.
Diop Hamdi Kalidou from Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...
is Rapporteur.