Recently, the international Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published that the global economy is projected to remain subdued in the second half of 2022, before slowing further in 2023 to an annual growth of just 2.2%.
Global and economic factors are a major threat to food security, alongside the changing climate. The lack of subsistence farming as urbanisation grows contributes to this. However, with a government plan in hand, can the threat to food security be minimised?
South Africa recently finalised a ‘Just Transition’ framework, for how we respond to climate change and become a low-carbon economy while managing the social and economic consequences. It addresses agriculture as one of four major focus areas. But it does not address the broader spectrum of.
While food prices soar and millions of people in South Africa continue to go hungry, the government is dragging its feet on a plan to meet the constitutional right of all citizens to have access to sufficient nutritious, safe and affordable food, and to ensure food security. Maverick Citizen in.
South Africa’s Health Department is updating its national obesity prevention and control plan, which has not been updated or reported on since the previous 2015-20 anti-obesity strategy. The new strategy is to be aligned with the 2022-27 national strategy to combat non-communicable diseases.