Grenada Food and Nutrition Security Policy (2013)

The development of the Food and Nutrition Policy was guided by the Ministry’s of Agriculture Mission Statement: “To facilitate national food security and the increase in economic returns from the agricultural sector through the promotion of sustainable use of natural resources and the provision of quality services and products” and the Grenada Food and Nutrition Security Policy: to promote sustainable and permanent food availability, food accessibility, food utilization/nutrition adequacy, and stability food supply for all Grenadians through integrated and well-coordinated multi-sectoral measures/initiatives at all levels of the Government and through the active involvement of civil society and the private sector.

Within the framework of a “New Economy” intervention is required in the following areas: Development of a strategic policy framework for all strategic sectors, especially Agriculture; Capacity building of human resource; and integrated management information system to support programmes relative to food and nutrition. The text consists of 7 Chapters as follows: Introduction (1); Background to the Policy (2); The Current Policy Environment for Food Security and Nutrition (3); The Institutional and Stakeholder Environment (4); The Food and Nutrition Policy of Grenada (5); Creating enabling Environment for Policy Implementation (6); Monitoring and Evaluation of the Policy (7).