Transcript The Food Security Policy

Food Security Policy for South Africa
MAY 2012
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Legal Basis
Bill of Rights in the Constitution:
“Every citizen has the right to access sufficient food and water, and the state must take
reasonable legislative and other measures within its available resources to achieve the
realisation of this right” (27, 1(b))
Every child has a right to basic nutrition..” (28, 1(b))
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Problem statement
2.8 million households (11.8 million people) are “food insecure”, and 72% of these are in
rural areas
Food security challenges:
 Availability of food
 Accessibility of food
 Utilisation of food
 Stability of food supply
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AVAILABILITY OF FOOD
Domestic production versus consumption
This illustrates the domestic production in relation to the domestic demand. The shortfall of each commodity below the 100 base
index is imported. S.A. imported 40% more food recently than it had for the past five years. Wheat demand is expected to grow by
more than 50% in 2011 and by almost 90% by 2020 due to food consumption pattern changes and economic growth.
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ACCESSIBILITY OF FOOD
Spatial inequalities
Even though food is largely produced in rural areas, markets are not geared to serving
these areas
As a result consumers in rural areas had to pay R16.74 more than consumers in urban
areas for the same basket of products (October 2010)
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STABILITY OF FOOD SUPPLY
Climate change and changing land use patterns are affecting the stability and predictability
of food supply
The liberalisation of food markets has also led to a situation where surpluses and
shortages are not managed
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DEFINING FOOD SECURITY
The Food Security Policy recommends
 An individual adult daily energy consumption of 2 650 Kcal (11 095kj)
 Individuals consuming less that 1 792 Kcal (7 502 kj) be considered food insecure
 A food poverty line of R260 spent on food per capita per month as a proxy indicator of
food security. This amount would cover 70% of a basic food basket at current prices.
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The Food Security Policy
Pillar 1: Economic transformation of the food production and distribution sector
 Alignment to NGP and IPAP2
 Government food procurement programme, with prescribed percentage of purchases
from local smallholder and emerging sector
 Support for sustainable rural, peri-urban and urban agriculture
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Pillar 2: Improved market participation
 Application of the Agri-BEE Charter
 Preferential procurement to broaden supply base
 Prescribed percentage of processed products from smallholder and emerging farmers
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Pillar 3: Improved food distribution
 Improved safety nets (cash, voucher or food transfers)
 Planned spatial development to ensure necessary supplies
 Support for local production
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Pillar 4: Nutrition Education
 Appointment of nutritionists in every District to advise on meal planning, nutritional
indices and consumer literacy
 School and community programmes to improve utilisation and consumption of available
food
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Pillar 5: Risk management
 Regional food security
 Investment in research and development to buold resilience to climate change
 Protecting agricultural land
 Reliable food security information systems
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Institutional Framework
Championed by President and Premiers
Ministerial Committee on Food Security as inter-Departmental co-ordinating structure
Advisory Committee on Food Security, comprising experts from government and civil
society
Food Security Co-ordination Units at national, provincial and local levels
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Recommendation
That Cabinet approves the Food Security Policy for South Africa
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