ZANZIBAR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION POLICY - Kilimo

Goal 4: Reduced vulnerability to food insecurity and malnutrition for
resource-poor population groups through well-targeted social protection
measures and effective national emergency preparedness and food
emergency measures.
The effects to vulnerability to food insecurity and malnutrition inflicts upon
the lives of the vulnerable population including those most vulnerable groups
without coping mechanisms in times of emergency as well as the elderly
working population after retirement age. The policy recognizes the need to
mitigate the impact of these shocks by protecting the most vulnerable groups
as well as providing effective mechanisms for social protection for retired
workers from both formal and informal sectors.
Policy strategy 4.1: Strengthen disaster management, emergency relief
and FSN information Systems
Priority areas for intervention:
• Develop national emergency response system including annual crop
assessment, monitoring, surveillance, and early warning systems as well as
food and relief distribution.
• Build the capacity of responsible institutions to carefully plan and adopt an
effective targeting mechanism for food assistance, responding to potential
disaster/crisis/shocks to the needy in a timely manner.
• Establish a food security early warning system to generate information
on weather, crop production forecast, and food price forecasts that are
important for responding to prevailing shocks.
• Provide humanitarian assistance during emergency situations to vulnerable
households.
• Promote public assistance programs primarily aimed at transferring
resources to enable vulnerable people to re-invest / re-engage in their
livelihoods after the occurrence of any shocks.
Policy strategy 4.2: Strengthen social protection and safety nets to the
needy and vulnerable groups
Priority areas for intervention:
• Support targeted public assistance programs with a view to provide basic
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