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Food and Nutrition (in-)Security and Social Protection

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  • Rachel Slater

    (Overseas Development Institute)

  • Rebecca Holmes

    (Overseas Development Institute)

  • Nicholas Mathers

    (Overseas Development Institute)

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Social protection measures are policy instruments that are widely used across a broad range of developing countries in pursuit of many different development objectives. In many cases social protection measures such as food or cash transfers were first introduced to ensure minimum levels of food security for vulnerable households. However, as the policy objectives became more numerous and varied, the relationship between food security and social protection have become less prominent. This paper refocuses attention on the linkages between social protection and food and nutrition security and aims to contribute to better integrated policies on food and nutrition (in-)security and social protection, particularly among Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members and their partners. The paper explores the conceptual linkages between social protection measures and food and nutrition security, examines the evidence of practical benefits that different social protection instruments can deliver and assesses the linkages between the two subjects in the international development policy agenda and concludes by proposing ways to better integrate the two issues within development policies and by identifying the main challenges and trade-offs that DAC members and their partners are likely to face.

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  • Rachel Slater & Rebecca Holmes & Nicholas Mathers, 2014. "Food and Nutrition (in-)Security and Social Protection," OECD Development Co-operation Working Papers 15, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:dcdaaa:15-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jz44w9ltszt-en
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    1. Aderita Sena & Kristie Ebi, 2020. "When Land Is Under Pressure Health Is Under Stress," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(1), pages 1-24, December.
    2. Poliana Araújo Palmeira & Ruben Araújo Mattos & Rafael Pérez-Escamilla & Rosana Salles-Costa, 2021. "Multisectoral government programs and household food insecurity: evidence from a longitudinal study in the semiarid area of northeast, Brazil," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 13(3), pages 525-538, June.
    3. United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF, 2016. "Stop Stunting in South Asia: A Common Narrative on Maternal and Child Nutrition," Working Papers id:10800, eSocialSciences.
    4. Mbonane, Nobuhle Duduzile, 2018. "An analysis of farmers’ preferences for crop insurance: a case of maize farmers in Swaziland," Research Theses 334771, Collaborative Masters Program in Agricultural and Applied Economics.

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