Food vulnerability and policies to combat hunger

Any social policy oriented towards eradicating hunger and malnutrition must take into consideration the problems of insecurity and vulnerability facing the population. Groups having problems accessing adequate food are living under economic, social and cultural conditions that render them highly vulnerable. Others have adequate access but are not free of the risk of suffering a food deficit as a result of natural disasters or other adverse factors. Making progress on solving problems with food and nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean will be very difficult without social safety nets (institutional or otherwise) and national food policies that take in all relevant actors and sectors. Such a policy must point towards achieving food security and minimizing the risks besetting the most vulnerable population groups.

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Reduced Inequalities

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