Conventions, new legislations and an environmental institution have been adopted for a greater protection of the environment and land.31 123. The government has initiated a land policy where masses join their small plots of land to have an extensive land to enable use of tractors and other mechanization for greater harvests. Land consolidation is a policy aimed at solving the problem of hunger among the masses as they will have enough to eat and sell to the market. 124. Co-operatives have been identified to be the key to increasing food security in Rwanda, helping small-farmers to cope with challenges and enabling them to gain access to markets. The government has invested in a number of programmes to reclaim marshlands, terracing and hillside irrigation so as to increase area of production. These reclaimed lands are usually given to smallholder farmers through co-operatives for crop cultivation. Through the Crop Intensification Programme (CIP), the Ministry of Agriculture and its partners use co-operatives as a vehicle for the distribution of improved seeds and fertilisers to farmers. 125. Co-operatives also facilitate the government and NGOs to extend training and other capacity building initiatives. Rwanda is committed to fighting diseases caused by mal-nutrition by strengthening programs like the one-cow-per-family, inkongoro y’umwana (one cup of milk per child) and school feeding programs32.” The National Multi-sectoral Strategy to Eliminate Malnutrition in Rwanda (2010-2013) was replaced by the National Food and Nutrition Strategic Plan (NFNSP) 2013-2018. This was anchored from experiences and lessons learnt from the emergency plan to eliminate malnutrition that started in 2009. The laws include: The 12th Bamako Convention on the ban to import hazardous wastes into Africa, the control of their cross-border movement and the management of those produced within Africa, ratified 21/10/2005. Organic law on management and use of land in Rwanda, supra; Organic law determining the modalities of protection, conservation and promotion of environment in Rwanda, O.G. 2005; The law related to expropriation in the public interest nº18/2007 of 19/04/2007. And the creation of the environmental institution - REMA, by Law nº16/2006, determining the organization, functioning and responsibilities of Rwanda Environment Management Authority (O.G. 01/06/2006). 31 32http://focus.rw/wp/2011/01/education-health-labor-going-to-greater-heights-in-next-7-years, labor: going to greater heights in next 7 years, 2011 Page 46 of 105 Education, health,