Thus, the amount of family allowance increased from CFAF1,800 248 to CFAF2,800249 per month per child. Antenatal and maternity allowances were also increased from CFAF16,200250 to CFAF25,200251 and from 21,600252 to CFAF33,600253 respectively. 403- The number of new persons with the compulsory insurance policy dropped from 82,054 persons in 2014 to 72,992 in 2015, and from 74,487 persons in 2016 to 59,104 in 2017. With regard to voluntary insurance, the number increased from 250 persons in 2014 to 92,324 in 2015, and from 43,994 in 2016 to 44,588 in 2017. 404- With the number of newly insured persons, the total number of insured active employers stood at 51,677 and the number of insured persons at 686,746 as at 31 December 2014. The number of insured persons rose to 802,032 in 2015. and to 5,267 new employers, 2017, representing a regression rate of 8.1% in comparison to 2016. The number of active employers stood at 38,722 in 2017. 405- Insured persons regularly received their allowances, the global amount of which stood at CFAF62,000,000,000254 in 2014, CFAF75,000,000,000255 in 2015, CFAF80,510,941,848256 in 2016, and CFAF86,000,000,000257 in 2017. B: Settlement of Social Security Disputes 406- Social security disputes concerned persons under social insurance obligation, recovery of social security contributions and settlement of social security benefits by NSIF. 407- With regard to the first group of disputes in 2017, out of the 50 motions ex parte by employers challenging recovery decisions taken by NSIF, 6 were re-examined as part of investigation and 44 were implicitly rejected. In addition, in the same year, out of the 221 contentious applications by employers filed before Administrative Courts, 35 judgments were delivered that became final258, of which 34 were entered for NSIF and 1 entered against same. At the end of the year, 151 applications were still pending. 408- Concerning the second group of disputes, out of the 243 complaints filed in 2017 by insured persons before the Committee on motions ex parte, 32 were reconsidered during investigation, 43 were heard by the Committee and 42 decisions delivered for NSIF, 1 for an insured person, and 125 implicitly rejected. Regarding contentious applications filed before the Regional Social Insurance Disputes Commissions by insured persons, out of the 50 matters enlisted and heard by the said Commission, 14 decisions were delivered, of which 10 for NSIF and 4 for insured applicants. At the end of 2017, 36 applications were still pending. Section 8: Right to Food 409- The implementation of agricultural policies aimed at achieving Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) which targets the reduction of hunger to level zero by 2030 was hampered in recent years by different challenges, the most symbolic of which were security challenges in some major production basins, lack of quality plant material, overlapping of agricultural programmes and projects, post-harvest losses, insufficiency and inadaptation of 248 About 2,7 Euros About 4.27 Euros 250 About 24.7 euros. 251 About 38.5 Euros. 252 About 33 Euros 253 About 51.3 Euros 254 About 9,465, 488.5Euros. 255 About 114 503 817 Euros. 256 About 122 917 468 Euros. 257 About 131 297 710 Euros. 258 See section 116 of Law No. 2006/22 of 29 December 2006 to lay down the organization and functioning of Administrative Courts. 71 249