Country Response to the Food Security Crisis: Nature and Preliminary Implications of the Policies Pursued

2026-06-27http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/260471The objective of this paper is to examine the short-term measures adopted by some 81 countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean and assess their implications for food security and poverty alleviation. Section 2 reviews market and trade measures aimed at reducing food prices for consumers. Safety net and production support measures are discussed in sections 3 and 4, while section 5 discusses the impact of the different measures. Finally, concluding remarks are given in sectio n 6.32 p.application/pdfFAOCountry Response to the Food Security Crisis: Nature and Preliminary Implications of the Policies PursuedCountry Response to the Food Security Crisis: Nature and Preliminary Implications of the Policies PursuedInitiative on Soaring Food PricesDocument