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Goal:

 

Ensure a dependable sustained food security for all people at all times

 

Core Objective 1: Adequate and stable supply of safe and nutritious food

 

Specific Objectives:

1. Sustained increase in food production

2. Efficient food markets

3. Non-distortionary food grain market intervention for price stabilization

 

Targets:

 

Core Objective 2: Increased purchasing power and access to food of the people

 

Specific objectives:

1. (Effective) Transitory shock management

2. Effective implementation of targeted programmes to improve food security

3. Employment generating income growth

 

Targets:

 

Core Objective 3: Adequate nutrition for all individuals, especially women and children

 

Specific Objectives:

1. Long-term national plan for ensuring balanced food in building a healthy nation

2. Supply of sufficient nutritious food for vulnerable groups

3. Balanced diet containing adequate micronutrients

4. Safe drinking water and improved sanitation

5. Safe quality and food supply

6. Adequate health status

 

Targets:

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Key areas of intervention/Program areas:

 

1.1: Agricultural Research and Extension

1.2: Use and Management of Water Resources

1.3: Adequate Supply and Sustainable Use of Agricultural Inputs

1.4: Agricultural Diversification

1.5: Agricultural Credit and Insurance

1.6: Physical Market Infrastructure Development

1.7: Agricultural Marketing and Trade

1.8: Policy and Regulatory Environment

1.9: Early Warning System Development

1.10: Producer Price Support

1.11: Public Stock Management / Price Stabilization

2.1: Agricultural Disaster Management

2.2: Emergency Distribution from Public Stock

2.3: Enabling Environment for Private Food Trade and Stock

2.4: Effectiveness of Targeted Food Security Programs and Other Safety Nets

2.5: Income Generation for Women and the Disabled

2.6: Promotion of Agro-based/Agro-processing and Micro/Small Rural Enterprises

2.7: Market-driven Skill Development

3.1: Long-term Planning for Balanced Nutrition

3.2: Balanced and Nutritious Food at Minimal Costs for Vulnerable Groups

3.3: Nutrition Education for Dietary Diversification

3.4: Supplementation and Fortification for Balanced Nutrition

3.5: Safe Drinking Water and Improved Sanitation

3.6: Safe, Quality Food Supply

3.7: Women and Children’s Health

3.8: Promotion and Protection of Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding

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Goal - Outcome-target indicators:


WFS (number of undernourished people) – Target: reduced from 39.3 million (1990-1992) to 19.65 by 2015
MDG (prevalence of undernourished) – Target: reduced from 35% (1990-2002) to 17.5 % by 2015

 

Objective 1 - Outcome/impact indicators:


Availability/Adequacy of supply: Agricultural GDP; food supply (domestic production, net imports, variation in stocks) compared to national requirements, food production and consumption requirements disaggregated by regions
Stability of supply: Variability of food production; food import dependency ratio, variability of food prices

 

Objective 2 - Outcome/Impact Indicators:

Proportion of people below the poverty line – MDG1 Target: Reduced proportion of people below US$1 per day (PPP) from 58.8% in 1991 to 29.4% by 2015
Proportion of people in extreme poverty – MDG1 Target: Proportion of people in extreme poverty reduced from 28% in 1991 to 14% by 2015
% increase in average HH cash income from on-farm and off-farm income generating activities
# HH with no food gap – have sufficient food to meet HH needs in all 12months of the year
# income sources per HH
% of HH income spent on food
Food price index; variability in food price

 

Objective 3 - Related Outcome/Impact indicators/Targets:

 

Low Birth Weight (Birth wt. <2.5 kg) – Target: reduced from 36% (2004) to 30% by 2010 and < 20% by 2015
Weight gain during pregnancy – Target: increased from 6.7 kg (2004) to 9-10 kg by 2010 and 11-12 kg by 2015
U-5 underweight (weight for age <-2SD) – Target: reduced from 51% (2000) to 38% by 2010 and 33% by 2015
U-5 stunting (height for age <-2SD) – Target: reduced from 49% (2000) to 37% by 2010 and 33% by 2015
U-5 wasting (Weight for height <-2SD) – Target: reduced from 12% (2000) to 10% by 2010and 7% by 2015
Rural-urban difference in U-5 (PEM) – Target: reduced from 10-12% point (2000) to 7-8% points by 2010 and 5-6% points by 2015
Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED) (Body Mass Index (BMI) <18.5 kg/m2) in women (including adolescent girls) – Target: reduced from 45% (2000) to 20% by 2010 and <20% by 2015
Vitamin A deficiency among children and women – Target: reduced from 30% (2000) to 15% by 2010 and to <10% by 2015
Iodine deficiency in children (6-12 years) and women (15-44 years) – Target: reduced from 34-38% (2005) to 25% by 2010 and to <10% by 2015
Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) – Target: in infants (6-11 months), reduced from 77% (2003) to 60% by 2010 and to 40% by 2015; in adolescent girls (13-19 years) from 30% (2003) to 25% by 2010 and <20% by 2015; in pregnant women from 46% (2003) to 35% by 2010 and to 25% by 2015
Anthropometric indicators: height and weight of under-5 children – Target: increased to at least 80% of WHO standards by 2015

Others:
Per capita calorie intake – Target: Increased from 2238 (BBS, 2006) to 2400 (kcal/person/day)(provisional) by 2015
Dietary energy supply (DES) from cereals (%) – Target: decreased from the current 70% to 60% by 2015
Prevalence of food contamination and food adulteration (physical, chemical, microbiological) (%)
Incidence of food-borne illnesses (number of cases reported)

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