Fight against the consequences of slavery 19. The Commission commends Mauritania for the following: i. The establishment of the Agency, “TADAMOUN” as part of the eradication of the legacy of slavery, ii. to realize projects relating to education, vocational training, health, water, agriculture, livestock, fisheries, environment, social housing and small businesses especially in priority zones. Moreover, this institution is authorized to file civil suit in cases relating to slavery. iii. The design of specific programmes geared towards locations usually inhabited by people likely to fall victim to the harmful or in precarious situation due to the consequences of slavery (ADWABA) in order to contribute to promoting schooling, access to water, health, land ownership and development of incomegenerating activities. The right to food security 20. The Commission welcomes the following: i. Establishment of a network of village food security stocks including 4,439 cereal banks; ii. The national strategy for food security (SNSA) and the rural sector strategy helped to enhance the resilience of vulnerable populations including women; iii. Development of 55,000 ha for rice-farming in 2015 compared to 18,000 in 2009 covering 86% of the country’s needs compared to 35% in 2009; iv. Supply of agricultural inputs at subsidized rates equivalent to 45% of their cost price with the free distribution of fertilizers for village cooperatives; v. Implementation of land reform for irrigation; vi. Launch of the process for the establishment of an agricultural insurance scheme and a program on consolidating and bringing the seed industry up to standards; - Debt cancellation for farmers amounting to more than 10 billion in order to facilitate their contribution to the development of the sector; - Financing of agricultural projects implemented by unemployed graduates; - Transfer of agricultural equipment at concessional prices to 48 Collective Economic Interest Groups (GIE) belonging to the vulnerable segments of the society (65 combine harvesters, 135 tractors) ; - Free supply of fertilizers to village cooperatives and subsidization of agricultural inputs for other producers; - Distribution of additional food supplies for 9600 children attending 233 kindergartens in 7 Wilayas; 7