Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA)

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Since its creation in 1984, the Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA) is a unique forum for discussion and exchange on food security issues, facilitating decision-making to better prevent and manage possible food crises. It brings together West Africa’s main food security actors. As an open and informal forum, it analyses the food situation of the region, improves information-sharing among key stakeholders and promotes concerted and consistent actions.

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Forthcoming meetings

12-13 April 2012, Restricted RPCA meeting, OECD, Paris.
Dec 2012, 28th Annual RPCA meeting, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

About the Network

The network’s activities consist of biannual meetings, thematic analyses, policy notes for decision-makers, a Food security information note (FOSIN) and a dedicated website (www.food-security.net). The RPCA is managed by the Secretariats of the SWAC and the CILSS.

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Annual network meetings

27th Annual meeting, Praia (Cape Verde), 8-10 December 2011
26th Annual meeting, Accra (Ghana), 14-16 December 2010
25th Annual meeting, Bamako (Mali), 8-11 December 2009
24th Annual meeting, Dakar (Senegal), 25-28 November 2008
23rd Annual meeting, Brussels, 27-30 November 2007

Conclusions and recommendations

Summary Record, Paris, 12-13 April 2012
Main conclusions, 27th Annual RPCA meeting, Praia, 8-10 December 2011
Summary record of the restricted RPCA meeting, Paris, 8-9 April 2010
Press Release: RPCA Meeting, Paris, 9 April 2010
Policy Note: conclusions of the 25th annual RPCA meeting, Bamako, December 2009
Draft Agenda, 4th Restricted RPCA meeting, 16-17 April 2009
Policy Note: Conclusions of the 24th annual RPCA meeting, Dakar, 25-27 November 2008
Policy Note: Conclusions of the 23rd annual RPCA meeting, Brussels, 27-30 November 2007
Summary Record of the 23rd RPCA Annual Meeting: Conclusions and Recommendations, Brussels, 27-30 November 2007 (French)
Summary Record of the second restricted RPCA meeting: Synthesis of presentations and debates, Paris (OECD), 5-6 April 2007 (French)
Summary Record of the 22rd RPCA Annual Meeting: Synthesis of Presentations and Discussions, Rome (FAO), 12-13 December 2006
Summary Record of the first restricted RPCA meeting and Assessment of the implementation of food security recommendations between 2000 and 2005, Paris (OECD), 20-21 April 2006 (French)


Viewpoints
	Regional solidarity in adressing food crises 28 May 2010 In April 2010, the RPCA recommended that ECOWAS hold a regional meeting to address the current food crisis in the Sahel region. This meeting was held in Lomé from 17-19 May 2010. Ministers of agriculture, trade, social and/or humanitarian affairs from ECOWAS member countries have worked in solidarity to take immediate action in response to the food and nutrition crisis. How do we analyse the conclusions of this meeting? > read on

	Food security in Niger Interview with Modibo Traoré, Head of the UNOCHA mission in Niger 15 February 2010 "The United National Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (OCHA) is helping the Nigerien government co-ordinate the response made by NGOs and agencies from the United Nations system to meet the needs of vulnerable people. OCHA helps produce regular updates on the humanitarian situation in general and on food and nutritional security in particular. OCHA is also helping to mobilise resources in support of UN agencies and NGOs to provide rapid and effective aid to those most in need."

	CILSS: The RPCA's achievements Interview with Alhousseini Bretaudeau, CILSS Executive Secretary 11 December 2009 "West Africa and the Sahel have great agricultural potential which could allow the region to feed itself and even to export surplus food. More investment, better instruments for market regulation and a kinder international context would allow this potential to be fully realised. [...] The Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA) offers a relevant framework in which all stakeholders identify areas with vulnerable populations and draw up consensual recommendations for policymakers and partners specialised in food crisis prevention and management."