4.0 SUSTAINABLE ACCESS TO FOOD
4.1 Food Access
Access by individuals to adequate resources (entitlements) to acquire appropriate food for a nutritious diet. Entitlements are defined as the set of all those commodity bundles over which a person can establish a command given the legal, political, economic and social arrangements of the community in which he/she lives including traditional rights, for example, access to common resources.
4.2 To guarantee physical, social and economic access to adequate food at all times
4.2.1 Promote sustainable access to adequate nutritious food and other resources at household and national level
Strategies
4.2.1.1 Formalize trade in foods and other economic products in line with bilateral, regional and international trade agreements without compromising sanitary and phytosanitary issues
4.2.1.2 Promote traditional and cultural practices that improve food and nutrition security for women and men, girls and boys and food technology
5.2.3 Promote the control, prevention and treatment of micronutrient deficiency disorders particularly those caused by Vitamin A, iodine and iron deficiencies.
Strategies
5.2.3.1 Encourage production and consumption of micronutrient rich foods.
5.2.3.2 Develop and enforce mandatory guidelines on food fortification
5.2.3.3 Strengthen supplementation of micronutrients in under-five children, school-aged children, and pregnant and postpartum mothers
5.2.3.4 Promote community based technologies for fortification
5.2.4 Promote control, prevention and treatment of diseases that have direct impact on nutrition and health status
Strategies
5.2.4.1 Facilitate the implementation of the Essential Health Package
5.2.4.2 Strengthen counselling services for management of nutrition related diseases especially for symptoms of common HIV and AIDS related illnesses
5.2.4.3 Provide counselling services on infant and young child feeding especially in the context of HIV and AIDS
5.2.4.4 Encourage early health care seeking behaviours among all people who are sick, especially those living with HIV and AIDS
5.2.4.5 Facilitate dissemination of information and support to clients on medical treatment (including ARV) to ensure adherence
5.2.4.6 Facilitate implementation of water supply and sanitation programmes
5.2.4.7 Promote and support palliative care and community coping mechanisms for HIV-positive and affected households
5.2.4.8 Promote implementation of national guidelines for management of moderate and severe malnutrition
5.2.5 Increase access and availability of services and information to prevent consumers from health hazards
Strategies
5.2.5.1 Review and enforce national legislation and regulations according to the international Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) agreements
5.2.5.2 Establish comprehensive food-control systems at all levels that include risk analysis to ensure safety in the entire food chain
5.2.5.3 Regulate development and use of modern biotechnology including Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and Genetically Engineered Seeds and Substances (GESS) in order to enhance bio safety
5.2.6 Promote the consumption of adequate food in both quality and quantity to meet nutritional needs for rural and urban households with special emphasis on vulnerable groups
Strategies
5.2.6.1 Facilitate the implementation of the national nutrition strategy.
5.2.6.2 Strengthen the implementation of the School Health and Nutrition< programme
5.2.6.3 Build capacity for communities to adequately care for the socioeconomically deprived and the nutritionally vulnerable groups
CHAPTER 6
6.0 STABILITY IN FOOD AND NUTRITION
6.1 Food stability
To be food secure, a population, household, or individual must have access to adequate food at all times. They should not be at risk of losing access to food as a consequence of an economic or climatic crisis or seasonal food variations. The concept of stability can therefore refer to both availability and access to food.
6.2 To guarantee that every individual has adequate and nutritious food that is accessible at the required time and in useable form.
6.2.1 Improve the management of disasters
Strategy
6.2.1.1 Promote a coordinated approach to disaster preparedness and management
6.2.1.2 Ensure allocation of adequate resources to disaster management
6.2.1.3 Improve system of assessing possibilities of a shock