Addis Ababa 24 April 2015- Her Excellency Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, Commissioner for Rural Economy at the African Union Commission has today received Mrs. Isatou Djallow, the Chief of Nutrition at the NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency (NPCA).

They discussed areas of enhancing collaboration in taking forward the July 2014 AU Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Africa Agriculture Growth and Transformation and specifically nutrition which is one of the key commitments under the Malabo Declaration and indeed one of the pillars of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).

They considered ways of capitalising on this momentum to increase the place of nutrition in the agriculture agenda. In the same vein, they also discussed ways of maximising the position of Commissioner on the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition.

They further looked at the state of preparations for the 2015 Africa day for Food and Nutrition Security. Mrs Isatou Djallow was accompanied by Mrs Kifilwe Maolosi and another senior official of the NPCA.

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Mr. Molalet Tsedeke; Directorate of Information and Communication, AUC;

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Ms. Carol Jilombo, Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture; AUC

jilomboc@africa-union.org

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Directorate of Information and Communication | African Union Commission I E-mail: dinfo@african-union.org I Web Site: www.au.int I Addis Ababa | Ethiopia

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