Food Security Act, 1991 (Act No. 10 of 1991). País/Territorio República Unida de Tanzanía Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 1991 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Fuente original The Official Gazette of the United Republic of Tanzania, Acts Supplement, No. 4, 16 August 1991, pp. 91-98. Título completoAn Act to establish a Food Security Department for overseeing the strategic grain reserve and to provide for other matters connected with or incidental to the establishment and management of the reserve. Materia Alimentación y nutrición Palabra clave Seguridad alimentaria Institución Política/planificación Peligros Legislación básica Área geográphica Africa, Africa Oriental, Países menos desarrollados Entry into force notes By public notice in the Official Gazette. Resumen The Act seeks to provide for the creation of an effective food security system in order to prevent future food shortages like those which occurred in the 1970's and 1980's. The Act provides for the establishment of the Food Security Department as an independent department within the Ministry of Agriculture and a Board of Trustees of the Food Security Department. The Board of Trustees shall be composed of Government officials and other persons as the Board with approval of the Minister may co-opt. The Board shall be generally overseeing and coordinating the activities of the Government designed to procure, store and release grain for security purposes and shall advise the Minister during a situation of food shortage. The Department shall, inter alia, have the following tasks: for the establishment of Advise the Government on food security policies; coordinate food security policies; implement programmes on food security; collect and process data on food security; monitor the country's food situation; cooperate and exchange information about food security at a national and international level; report to the Government annually on the level of export of major cereal stable crops; coordinate activities concerning food aid; review and propose the nation's Strategic Grain Reserve level; procure crops; monitor cultivation of food crops; prepare and implement the process of the Strategic Grain Reserve re-cycling/rotation and release (sect. 10). The Department shall be headed by a Food Security Department Director. (17 sections divided into 4 Parts) Texto completo Inglés Referencias - Legislación Enmendado porr Cereals and Other Produce Act, 2009 (No. 19 of 2009). Legislación | República Unida de Tanzanía | 2009 Palabra clave: Protección social, Agricultura por contrato, Explotación agrícola, Control de calidad de los alimentos/inocuidad de los alimentos, Cereales/granos/arroz, Comercio internacional, Autorización/permiso, Productos agrícolas, Producción vegetal, Institución, Registro Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX