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National Plan for Food and Nutrition Security (2012-2015).

Country/Territory
Brazil
Document type
Date
2011
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Policy/planning Research Inspection Food security Food sovereignty Indigenous peoples Equity Poverty Sustainable development Sustainable use Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge Traditional rights/customary rights Family farming Farming Capacity building Food quality control/food safety Right to food Human rights
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN FAO, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Abstract

This National Plan for Food and Nutrition Security (CAISAN 2012-2015) has a twin-track for an immediate hunger relief interventions with a long-term strategy for sustainable growth. To provide effective results, this Plan objectives, in line with the guidelines set forth in Decree No. 7.272/2010, must respond primarily to the great challenges that threaten the human rights to adequate food and food sovereignty. These challenges are the result of a broad debate within the government and civil society, organized in the National Council for Food and Nutritional Security (CONSEA), intended to explain the central public agendas of food security and nutrition by defining key priorities to be monitored more systematically in view of eradicating extreme poverty, and eliminating hunger and food insecurity through plans promoting participatory environmental management of indigenous territories. According to the National Household Survey 2009 11.2 million people still live with serious food insecurity in Brazil. Although the data show a positive evolution in access to food, food availability and food utilisation in quantity and quality, groups living in rural Northern areas, such as: households headed by women, coloured and indigenous communities are more vulnerable to hunger.

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References - Legislation

Implements

Decree No. 7.272 regulating Law No. 11.346 creating the National System for Food and Nutrition Security (SISAN).

Legislation | Brazil | 2010

Keyword: Food security, Policy/planning, Institution, Right to food, Indigenous peoples, Inspection, Food quality control/food safety, Human rights

Source: FAO, FAOLEX