Food Security in Pakistan and Need for Public Policy Adjustments

Millets for Food and Nutrition Security in India: Determinants and Policy Implications

Background: Food security has been a target in India since its independence; the primary aim of food security is to ensure enough staple food for the entire population. Although substantial progress was made through the adoption of green revolution (GR) technologies and implementation of the food public distribution system (PDS), desirable food and nutrition security, as defined by the food and...

Does Europe need a Food policy? A Food system approach to Public policy for Food in the European Union

“Have Policies in Pakistan Been Effective for Improving Food Security?” Wanted: Disaggregated Policy Assessment!

This paper aims to show why the answer to the food security paradox in Pakistan cannot currently receive an answer, due to the type of policy assessment done until now. In order to know whether a given policy has been effective or not, it needs to be assessed. The problem in Pakistan is that food security policies have not received the right type of assessment. It appears to have been a neglect...

Public Support to Food Security in India, Brazil and South Africa: Elements for a Policy Dialogue

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Food and nutritional security and public health.

Cad. Saúde Pública, Rio de Janeiro, 24(7):1464-1465, jul, 2008 Food and Nutritional Security has become an increasingly important area of public policy in Brazil. In the tumultuous process of constructing national values and practices, it has come to have a direct impact on the political and institutional make-up of various sectors of government and society. Until the 1990s, the main forms of f...