Brhanu Genanew Agitew, Ayele Zewdu Berhanie, Gebreselassie Samson Gebremedhin
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Amhara, Ethiopia.
School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Food Nutr Bull. 2023 Dec;44(4):240-248. doi: 10.1177/03795721231202559. Epub 2023 Oct 26.
Food and nutrition insecurity continues to be one of the persistent challenges in Ethiopia. The country has been responding to the challenges in various ways to foster sustainable development.
The objective of the study is to assess national food and nutrition security policy and strategic responses.
A qualitative review of policies, strategies, programs, guidelines, and a government commitment, document was conducted. Interviews with experts from food and nutrition-implementing governmental and nongovernmental organizations were also employed. Thematic analysis with description was used.
The results of the study revealed that global initiatives stimulated Ethiopia to progressively take various strategic directions to address the ongoing food and nutrition challenges. In addition to various policy directions, the country has been implementing nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programs under the multisectoral approach. The concepts and practices of food and nutrition security shifted from simply balancing the demand and supply of food to a broader and more inclusive food system approach with the involvement of multiple actors. However, more has been said than done. The policy, strategic objectives, and initiatives have not been adequately translated into practices. Actions toward ensuring food and nutrition security, on the other hand, are constrained by institutional, environmental, technological, and emerging priorities like an outbreak of a pandemic and political instability.
The study concluded that available policy and strategic intents have sufficiently addressed food and nutrition challenges in documents and need to be fully translated into practices.
粮食与营养不安全仍然是埃塞俄比亚长期面临的挑战之一。该国一直在以各种方式应对这些挑战，以促进可持续发展。
本研究的目的是评估国家粮食与营养安全政策及战略应对措施。
对政策、战略、计划、指南以及政府承诺文件进行了定性审查。还采访了来自实施粮食与营养项目的政府和非政府组织的专家。采用了带有描述的主题分析方法。
研究结果表明，全球倡议促使埃塞俄比亚逐步采取各种战略方向来应对持续存在的粮食与营养挑战。除了各种政策方向外，该国一直在多部门方法下实施针对营养的和对营养敏感的项目。粮食与营养安全的概念和实践从简单地平衡粮食供需转变为在多个行为体参与下更广泛、更具包容性的粮食系统方法。然而，说得多做得少。政策、战略目标和倡议尚未充分转化为实践。另一方面，确保粮食与营养安全的行动受到机构、环境、技术以及诸如大流行病爆发和政治不稳定等新出现的优先事项的制约。
该研究得出结论，现有政策和战略意图在文件中已充分应对粮食与营养挑战，需要全面转化为实践。
