Food and Nutrition Security Policy and Plan of Action.

The present Food and Nutrition Security Policy establishes food and nutrition policies and programmes that will promote rational food choices and healthy lifestyles by the population. The proposed policies and programmes are organized under the four pillars of food and nutrition security, i.e. food availability, food access, nutritional adequacy and stability. Under each of these four pillars, policies and strategies are presented that cover, inter alia, the following food and nutrition thematic areas: Improving Household Food Security; Protecting Consumers through Improved Food Quality and Safety; Caring for the Socio-economically Deprived and Nutritionally Vulnerable; Preventing and Managing Infectious Diseases; Promoting Appropriate Diets and Healthy Lifestyles; Promoting Breastfeeding; Preventing and Controlling Micronutrient Deficiencies; Assessing, Analysing and Monitoring Nutrition Situations; Incorporating Nutritional Objectives into Development Policies and Programmes.
In particular, the co-ordination of the various activities will be facilitated by the establishment of a Food and Nutrition Co-ordinating Committee. This Committee will be multisectoral in composition drawing its membership from all government ministries, the private sector and non-governmental organizations.
Part II dealing, inter alia, with fisheries underlines that the government’s fisheries programme is aimed at transforming the industry from artisanal to a more modern one by using improved technology. The main objective of the fisheries programme continues to be the increase in fisheries production.
The text consists of 9 sections as follows: Introduction (I); Nutrition and Health Status (II); Education Status (III); Food Security Status (IV); Review of existing Policies and Programmes (V); Summary of Problems to be addressed (VI); Food and Nutrition Security Policy (VII); Plan of Action (VIII); Implementation and coordination (IX). 26 Tables are enclosed.