Evaluation of the agricultural and rural renewal policy in the field of achieving food availability in Algeria (2009-2016)

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate the contribution of the agricultural and rural renewal policy to increase the share of agricultural production in achieving the food availability of Algeria)2009-2016(. The results showed an improvement in many productive branches and achieving good self-sufficiency ratios sometimes, except cereals branches, which still suffer from weak production and fluctuation and constitutes a financial burden on the government. The increase in food availability contributed to improve energy, protein and lipid per capita. Finally, the study recommends the need to rationalize the consumption of foodstuffs characterized by a large demand, and to ensure that support reaches the beneficiaries of the producers, and improve the productivity of cereal through the completion of the program of expansion of irrigation areas.