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Rural poverty approaches, policies & strategies in Angola

Angola's 2004-2008 Poverty Reduction Strategy was approved in 2004. In accordance with the Millennium Development Goals the strategy pledges to halve the poverty level in the country by 2015. Its main goal is the consolidation of peace and national unity through the sustained improvement of the living standards of the most vulnerable and poorest people in Angola. Within this framework, the revival of the agricultural sector is a priority.

Food security and rural development are included as one of ten specific objectives within the poverty reduction strategy, to minimize the risk of hunger, meet internal food needs and revitalize the rural economy. To achieve this goal, the government strategy is to develop the smallholder sector through community participation and local-level planning and implementation.

Source: IFAD