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During a pan-African workshop on the right to food, organized in South Africa, MP Fateh Boutbig, member of the Pan-African Parliament and president of the El-Moustakbel Front, presented the Algerian experience as an integrated model, calling for strengthening African legislative cooperation to guarantee each citizen the right to sufficient and healthy food, the foundation of a sovereign and united Africa.
Mr. Boutbig affirmed that “food security constitutes the very foundation of national sovereignty and an essential element in the construction of sustainable development”, during his intervention in a training workshop on capacity building for members of the Pan-African Parliamentary Coalition for Food Security and Nutrition (PAPA-FSN), organized in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa.
This meeting, which spanned two days, is part of the continental dynamic, with the objective of consolidating legislative cooperation in matters of food security, the National People’s Assembly (APN) indicated this Saturday in a press release.
Continuing his intervention, Mr. Boutbig recalled that the Algerian experience is based on an integrated and balanced vision, articulated around three major axes. In this case, the strengthening of local production, support for farmers, and the promotion of agricultural scientific research, according to the same source.
He assured that this approach illustrates Algeria’s political will to build a resilient economy, capable of meeting the needs of its population while being part of a logic of African solidarity, adding that “food security cannot be considered as a simple economic objective. It is above all a collective responsibility, a pillar of social stability and a determining factor in the sovereignty of nations.”
The MP also highlighted the importance of strengthening African parliamentary cooperation to harmonize legal frameworks relating to food security. He called for “concerted legislative action” to address, in a coordinated manner, the continent’s common challenges, particularly those linked to climate change, food dependence and global economic crises. He stressed that “achieving the right to adequate food is not only an economic imperative, but a human and moral commitment that all African states must assume.”
He thus noted the importance of “integrating this principle into national policies as a fundamental and inalienable right”. Concluding that “the future of the continent will depend on its ability to feed its children by its own means”, he called for transforming African political will into concrete legislative action.
The workshop, organized in partnership between the Pan-African Parliament and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with the support of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity of South Africa, aims to equip African parliamentarians with the legislative and analytical tools necessary to put in place national and regional policies guaranteeing the right to sufficient, healthy and sustainable food for all.
Participants exchanged best practices in legislation, public policy evaluation and resource mobilization, while exploring ways to strengthen the role of Parliaments in the fight against hunger and malnutrition.
It should be noted that this training cycle is part of the preparation for the World Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition, scheduled for 2026, and coincides with the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the guiding principles relating to the right to food, approved by FAO.
Through this participation, Algeria reaffirms its commitment to an Africa capable of guaranteeing its citizens the fundamental right to sufficient and nutritious food, while respecting human dignity and the sovereignty of peoples.