Food Security and Nutrition Strategy 2008

Abstract

This Strategy Paper integrates the major goals, policies and actions related to food security and nutrition into a cohesive whole and provides a mechanism through which the government will facilitate in a comprehensive and coordinated manner the implementation of strategic actions for food security and nutrition. A number of multidimensional and cross-sectoral programs and sub-programs, identified in a consultative and participatory process, are either on-going and require continued support and strengthening or are new and need to be initiated. The main goals of the FSNS are to ensure that all Kenyans have the means to access affordable, nutritious and personally acceptable foods, to guarantee a sustainable, safe and high-quality food supply and to promote food consumption patterns that maximize health and minimize disease. The first goal will be addressed by programs on improved household resource/input productivity, improved national food availability, and improved food access. The second goal will be addressed by improved food safety and quality control program. The third goal will be addressed through improved nutrition in public institutions and among consumers, improved food and nutrition in schools, improved food nutrition in crisis and emergency, and improved food and nutrition information.