ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that the failure of global actors to adapt to new forms of food and nutrition insecurity beyond mal- or under-nutrition has led to a set of policy and programmatic responses that not only fail to address the problem, but may in fact exacerbate it. It examines the shortcomings and problems associated with existing food and nutrition policy and programming at different scales. The chapter also examines some of the shortcomings and inadequacies of current, dominant international discourses and policy models on food and nutrition security. It considers the case of South Africa, explore how this global agenda and policy models interact with national policy formulation and implementation. The chapter finally draws on research carried out in Cape Town, explores the lived experiences of children of the food system to highlight the weaknesses of existing framings of the food security problem.
