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Strategy and Action Plan for Food Security and Nutrition 2008-2015.

Country/Territory
Mozambique
Document type
Date
2007
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition, Fisheries, Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Policy/planning Food security Agricultural development Poverty Governance Sustainable development Sustainable use Fish products Artisanal fishing Aquaculture Mariculture Right to food Human rights Agro-forestry Forest management/forest conservation Ecosystem preservation Management/conservation
Geographical area
Africa, AFRICA FAO, Eastern Africa, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries
Abstract

The Strategy for Food Security and Nutrition (ESAN II) 2008-2015 results from the evolution of ESAN I approved by the Government of Mozambique in 1998, through the Internal Resolution 16/98. The ESAN II fits into national and international policies and international legislation. National policies emphasize the Agenda 2025, the Five-Year Government Programme, the Action Plan for the Reduction of Absolute Poverty (PARPA II), the National Strategic Plan to Combat HIV/AIDS, and the policies and strategies sectoral and multisectoral. The National Gender Policy advocate greater equality and equity of gender in development interventions and promotes the elevation of the Women's status in the governing bodies and the level of public administration. Thus, the government and society at large They have carried out actions to gradually overcome the existing imbalances at these levels. The Food Security and Nutrition Action Plan (PASAN) covers a time horizon from 2008 to 2015. The PASAN comes with the overall objective of contributing to the planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of actions that contribute paca improving the SAN among vulnerable populations, taking into account the various alimentares8 economies zones existing in the country.

Full text
English/Portuguese
Website
www.legis-palop.org

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Decree No. 24/2010 creating the Technical Secretariat for Food and Nutritional Security (SETSAN).

Legislation | Mozambique | 2010

Keyword: Institution, Food security, Right to food, Governance, Nutrition, Human rights

Source: FAO, FAOLEX