ABSTRACT
This chapter explores what can be usefully said about the appropriate mix of the policies identified that can contribute to the alleviation of hunger and malnutrition and the enhancement of food security. It discusses the view that international policy is not animated primarily by considerations of globalism, morality, and human solidarity, but by perceptions of national interest. Although the emphasis is on an inventory of international policy measures, the chapter aims to list measures that are the responsibility of the national authorities in countries in which hunger exists and food supplies are insecure. In the long term, enhanced food security requires the assured availability of increasing per capita food supplies. The shorter-term concept of food security dealt with entails developing the capacity to avoid sharp reductions in the food consumption of countries, regions, groups, and individuals due to variation in incomes, food prices, supplies, and availability.
