Policy - Food Security Policy

Date:
2006
Published by:
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security
Published year:
August 2006
Type of policy:
Food security or agriculture sector national policy, strategy or plan with nutrition components

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Goals
Goals, objectives or targets related to nutrition: 

2.0 POLICY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
2.1 Overall Goal
The long-term goal of this policy is to significantly improve food security of the population.
The goal implies increasing agricultural productivity as well as diversity and sustainable
agricultural growth and development.
2.2 Specific Objective
The specific objective of Food Security, is to guarantee that all men, women, boys and girls,
especially under-fives in Malawi have, at all times, physical and economic access to
sufficient nutritious food required to lead a healthy and active life.
The concept of food security implies that:
(a) All Malawians at all times have both physical and economic access to enough nutritious
food for an active, healthy life;
(b) The ways in which food is produced and distributed should be environmentally friendly
and sustainable;
(c) Both the production and consumption of food are governed by social values that are just
and equitable as well as moral and ethical;
(d) The ability to acquire food is ensured;
(e) The food is obtained in a manner that upholds human dignity.

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