Resolution No. 110/2017 approving the Emergency Programme for Mitigation of Drought and the Bad Agricultural Year 2017/2018 and creating the Technical Steering Team responsible for coordinating all emergency operations.

This Resolution approves the Emergency Programme for Mitigation of Drought and the Bad Agricultural Year 2017/2018 (PEMSMAA) and creates the Technical Steering Team responsible for coordinating all emergency operations.
PEMSMAA aims at mitigating the consequences of lack of rain, guaranteeing the livelihoods of affected families and the sustainable management of natural resources in rural areas, and focusing on measures to mitigate drought and poor agricultural years, the context/justification, the assessment of the situation, the food and socio-economic situation of rural households, the objectives and results of the programme, the intervention strategy, the budget and creation of the Technical Steering Team (ETP), responsible for coordinating all emergency operations, in order to ensure good institutional articulation and synergy between all the involved stakeholders.
The general objectives of the Programme are: Ensuring the islands' resilience to the drought and bad agricultural years, ensuring the livelihoods of affected families and the sustainable management of natural resources in rural areas. The Specific objectives are: 1. Minimize the problem of lack of water, ensuring the rational use and regularity of supply for families and agricultural lands. 2. Enhance the productivity of livestock (Livestock Rescue) ruminants through the adaptation of the herd to available resources, including through the improvement of animal watering in grazing areas, reinforcement of food availability and maintenance of good animal health status. 3. Guarantee the minimum income to agricultural families heavily affected by the bad agricultural year by creating opportunities for more jobs, especially in rural areas.