According to the minister, the strategy follows a set of Government instruments, as part of its effort to fight poverty, within a context of unity and national reconciliation, namely within the context of laws on land tenure, environment, waters, seeds and micro-credit programmes.

ENSA purposes include to secure Angolans food in quantity and quality at all times, mainly through internal production.

Another purposes is to increase and diversify farming and fishery production in a sustainable way, with a view to improving the supply of food and diet of the population and living in the rural areas.

The strategy also makes provisions for restoring the internal market and an interconnection between the zones of surplus production and those of major consumption.

The minister explained that PASAN will be the instrument of practical enforcement of ENSAN and includes a series of tasks like food security, market functioning and information on prices and stocks floatation.

According to him, PASAN will be implemented together by the public sector, through ministries and other public institutions, the private sector, the civil society, cooperation partners, local authorities and international partners.