National Programme for Food Security 2009-2016.
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Abstract
The National Programme for Food Security is a national programme with a multi-sectoral approach whose overall goal is to provide the entire nation with secure supplies of accessible, nutritious and safe food in order to enable healthy livelihoods and high labour productivity, founded on the participation of people, the Government, as well as the public and private sectors.
The programme aims to eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. The instrument is based upon Four Priority Pillars and 13 main objectives. These are the Priority Pillars: 1) Create enhanced enabling legal, economic and organizational environment for ensuring food supply, quality and safety; 2) Stable supply of the population with nutritious, secure and accessible foods and increase the proportion of the industrially processed food in overall consumption; 3) Improve monitoring and information network to secure hygiene and safety of food products and drinking waters; 4) Improve nutritious quality of food, supporting adequate, healthy diets and reduce nutrition deficiency, preventing from risk factors of non-communicable chronic diseases. Special attention is also given to access to drinking water.
The document seeks to enable more efficient food systems. One of the specific objectives is to update food processing technologies in order to enhance market competitiveness of the industry and export capacity of the Mongolian brands of food products. Within the framework of Objective 10.1.4 of the Programme (Enhance domestic production and supply of staple food to substitute imports), several actions and sub-programmes are envisaged. These sub-programmes are related to the production of meat, milk, fish products, among others.
The programme also aims to increase the resilience of livelihoods to disasters. Among the objectives, it includes stabilization of food supply of the population, especially to the people of the vulnerable groups, during natural calamities, economic instability and food deficits.
The programme aims to eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. The instrument is based upon Four Priority Pillars and 13 main objectives. These are the Priority Pillars: 1) Create enhanced enabling legal, economic and organizational environment for ensuring food supply, quality and safety; 2) Stable supply of the population with nutritious, secure and accessible foods and increase the proportion of the industrially processed food in overall consumption; 3) Improve monitoring and information network to secure hygiene and safety of food products and drinking waters; 4) Improve nutritious quality of food, supporting adequate, healthy diets and reduce nutrition deficiency, preventing from risk factors of non-communicable chronic diseases. Special attention is also given to access to drinking water.
The document seeks to enable more efficient food systems. One of the specific objectives is to update food processing technologies in order to enhance market competitiveness of the industry and export capacity of the Mongolian brands of food products. Within the framework of Objective 10.1.4 of the Programme (Enhance domestic production and supply of staple food to substitute imports), several actions and sub-programmes are envisaged. These sub-programmes are related to the production of meat, milk, fish products, among others.
The programme also aims to increase the resilience of livelihoods to disasters. Among the objectives, it includes stabilization of food supply of the population, especially to the people of the vulnerable groups, during natural calamities, economic instability and food deficits.
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Date of text
Entry into force notes
2009-2016.
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No