This Law, consisting of 27 articles divided into four Chapters, creates the State Policy and the State System for Food and Nutrition Security. The Law establishes the purposes and application of the State Policy and the State System for Food and Nutrition Security, establishing obligations and responsibilities of the public administration to guarantee the human right to adequate and healthy food, ensuring the participation of organized civil society in the formulation of policies, plans, programmes and actions directed to food and nutritional security. The above mentioned State Policy, a strategic component of sustainable development, aims at promoting, through integrated and intersectoral planning, governmental and civil society actions aimed at ensuring the human right to adequate and healthy food and the integral development of the human person. The State System of Food and Nutrition Security aims to formulate and implement Food and Nutrition Security Policies and Plans, stimulate the integration of efforts between state and municipal governments, and civil society, as well as promote the monitoring and evaluation of food security and nutritional status in the State of Bahia.
Brazil · 2008-05-20