Transcript Food and Nutrition Security Policy in Brazil

Food an Nutrition Security
Policy in Brazil.
Luciene Burlandy
Food and Nutrition Security
• (1) The Concept
• (2) The policy (guiding principles)
• (3) Profile of the Brazilian population
• (4) The Brazilian policy
• (5) Challenges
Food and Nutrition Security
• The realization of the right to regular and
permanent access to sufficient amounts of
quality foodstuffs without compromising access
to other essential needs; it should be based on
eating practices that promote health, respect
cultural diversity and are socially, economically
and environmentally sustainable
Food and Nutrition Security Policy
Guiding Principles
• COMPREHENSIVENESS
• INTERSECTORIALITY
• SOCIAL PARTICIPATION
• EQUITY
Food and Nutrition
profile
• Food Production System
• Families vulnerable to hunger - 44 million
• A drop in the prevalence of malnutrition
• Race and sex-based inequality
Food and Nutrition
profile
• Co-existence of diseases associated with
nutrient depletion and those caused by
excess
• Overweight - 38,5% of the whole adult
population
• The prevalence of overweight and
obesity is increasing significantly among
the poor
Regional Inequalities in
Nutritional Profile
Low height for age among children – 1- 4 age
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
47,1
27,3
1975
1989
1996
22,7
17,9
8,2
Nordeste
Sudeste
5,6
Nutritional Profile
Overweight and obesity in adult population
40
35
30
25
Homens
Mulheres
20
15
10
5
0
1975
1989
1997
Food and Nutrition Insecurity
• Problems related to limited access to foodstuffs
• Problems related to an unhealthy eating profile
– Both are conditioned by inequity
Unequal access to resources to overcome
problems
Federal Institutional Framework
• 1) Institutions dealing with Human Right
to Food
• 2) National Council on Food and Nutrition
Security
• 3) Ministry of Social Development and
Hunger Alleviation
• 4) Nutrition Programs (Health, Education
Ministry
Human Right to Food
• 1) Brazilian Human, Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights Platform
• 2) Special Secretariat for Human rights
in the President’s Office
The Brazilian Policy
• 2) National Council On Food And
Nutritional Security
• 3) Ministry of Social Development and
Hunger Alleviation
Ministry of Social Development
and Hunger Alleviation
(1) Social Assistence Secretariat
(2)
FNS Secretariat
(3)
Citizen Income Secretariat
Food and Nutrition Security Secretariat
• Food Acquisition Program (PAA) –
• Program one million rural cisterns
• Popular Restaurants
• Educational Strategies
• Basic
Food
situations
Basket
-emergency
Citizen Income
• Single Record of poor people
• Family Coupon
- R$ 50 to families with per capita
income under R$ 50.
- R$ 15 per child (max 3) to families
with per capita income under R$ 100.
Hunger Zero
– Remains
strategy
as
a
broader
political
– Mutirão to Combat Hunger
» Food collection
centers
and
donation
» Promote continued education
Nutrition Programs
– Nutrition Surveillance
– Control of anemia, hypovitaminosis A
– Food Labeling
– Promotion of healthy nutrition practices
– Worker’s Food Program
– National School Food Program
Programs
– National Agrarian Reform
– National
Program
for
the
strengthening of Family Farming
– Haverst Plans for family farming
2003-2004
Discussion
Comprehensiveness
• Requires complex intergovernmental
networking for execution
• It’s important to clarify the role and
responsibilities of each actor
Discussion
Intersectoriality – Social Participation
• The complexity of the implementation
chain
• The assemblage of distinct aims and
values
Discussion
Equity
• Income transfer it’s not enough to
guarantee a more equitable
distribution of public goods and
services.