Food Self-Sufficiency, a National Priority for Chad
Food Self-Sufficiency, a National Priority for Chad
"It is an obligation for our country, which has the necessary means," declared the Head of State, Mahamat Idriss Deby, on the occasion of the country's 65th independence anniversary.
Despite a difficult economic and climatic context, Chad benefits from a predominantly agricultural population and a large livestock herd.
Approximately 80% of the active population lives off subsistence farming and livestock, representing 40% of the GDP.
With 129 million head, Chad's livestock places the country among African leaders in animal husbandry.
However, the country faces major challenges, including:
2.1 million people suffer from food insecurity (out of a population of 17.4 million), according to the World Bank.
Chronic malnutrition at 40% and acute malnutrition at 13%, figures that the National Development Plan (PND) aims to reduce by 2030.
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