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Food Security Program of the Republic of Tajikistan for the period up to 2015.

Country/Territory
Tajikistan
Document type
Date
2009
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Policy/planning Food security Agricultural development Sustainable development Food sovereignty Poverty Disasters Flood Agricultural commodities Early warning system/emergency intervention system Nutrition Processing/handling Meat Milk/dairy products Right to food Breastfeeding/infant food Human rights
Geographical area
Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, Landlocked Developing Countries, North Asia
Abstract

Food Security Program of the Republic of Tajikistan for the period up to 2015 is a multisectoral document is aimed at ensuring food security the development of nutrition and agriculture. Food security is considered as the ability of the state to guarantee the satisfaction of food needs at a level that ensures the normal vital functioning of the population. The organization of a healthy diet, especially for vulnerable segments of the population: children, the elderly, etc., should be a subject of special care. The solution to these problems requires ensuring the physical and economic accessibility of the population in food in the right amount and assortment. The physical accessibility of food implies the uninterrupted supply of food to places of consumption in volumes and assortment corresponding to solvent demand. Economic accessibility is the ability of various segments of the population to purchase food products in a certain size and assortment by purchasing them at prevailing prices, as well as at the expense of funds allocated by the state to pay for food supplies to special categories of consumers.

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