Food trade and investment in South Africa: Improving coherence between economic policy, nutrition and food security

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dc.contributor.authorThow, Anne Marie
dc.contributor.authorGreenberg, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorHara, Mafa
dc.contributor.authorFriel, Sharon
dc.contributor.authordu Toit, Andries
dc.contributor.authorSanders, David
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-18T10:03:52Z
dc.date.available2019-03-18T10:03:52Z
dc.date.issued2017-12
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa must address a rising burden of diet-related chronic disease while also continuing to combat persistent food insecurity and undernutrition (Muzigaba et al. 2016). The prevalence of stunting among children in South Africa remains around 25% (Said-Mohamed et al. 2015). At the same time, the prevalence of obesity has risen to 39% among women and 11% among men, and diabetes in the adult population to 10% (Shisana et al. 2014). Addressing this double burden of malnutrition will require a comprehensive policy approach that supports demand for healthy food (including financial access) and its supply. In this paper, we focus on supply side interventions – and particularly, the need for policy across sectors to support availability of affordable, healthy food (Republic of South Africa Department of Health 2013; Government of South Africa 2014). However, growing trade and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), supported by binding international commitments, present governments with a challenge as they seek to intervene in the food supply to improve diets and health. Government action to regulate the food supply to reduce consumption of unhealthy foods and increase access to healthy foods becomes subject 1) to the influence of powerful investors and other industry actors, and 2) to commitments made in international trade and investment agreements (Baker et al. 2014, Thow and McGrady 2014, Schram et al. 2015, Thow et al. 2015a, Thow et al. 2015b).en_US
dc.identifier.citationThow et al (2017) 'Food trade and investment in South Africa: Improving coherence between economic policy, nutrition and food security’, Working Paper 50. PLAAS, UWC: Cape Town.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/4539
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFood trade and investment in South Africa: Improving coherence between economic policy, nutrition and food securityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Paper;50
dc.subjectFood tradeen_US
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectLiberalisationen_US
dc.subjectSupply chain policiesen_US
dc.titleFood trade and investment in South Africa: Improving coherence between economic policy, nutrition and food securityen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US

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