Agro-food market policy and food security in South Africa
SOURCE: Development in Practice
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2011
TITLE AUTHOR(S): P.T.Jacobs
KEYWORDS: FOOD SECURITY, POLICY IMPLEMENTATION, SOUTH AFRICA
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 6890
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3727
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3727
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2011
TITLE AUTHOR(S): P.T.Jacobs
KEYWORDS: FOOD SECURITY, POLICY IMPLEMENTATION, SOUTH AFRICA
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 6890
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3727
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3727
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Abstract
South Africa experienced two waves of rapid food inflation in 2001-02 and 2007-08. During both periods the surge in the cost of food undermined the food-security status of low-income families. Belated state reactions to the food-price crises pay scant attention to the fact that poor net food buyers rely on agro-food markets for their food supplies. Moreover, the touted non-interference of the state in agro-food marketing policy gives the impression that this policy is disconnected from food security. This article challenges that notion. It analyses the content and evolution of agro-food marketing policies and argues the case for food security to be at the core of such policies.-
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